Your Money: The romance and reality of running a food truck

Chris Taylor, WEALTH, FEBRUARY 5, 2019 / 9:02 AM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anyone with a boring 9-to-5 job and some culinary talent has at some point probably dreamed of opening their own food truck.

Just think of it: Hitting the road, hanging out at music festivals, making delicious food, being your own boss.

While running a food truck does involve all those things, it also means plenty of not-so-dreamy things like parking tickets, health permits, hefty payments to event operators, mechanical repairs and sweaty, hard work.