AUSTIN — They're everywhere and everyone has their favorite.
Food trucks are an Austin staple and range in all different styles of food. With that said, KVUE wanted to know: who's the best?
Keep in mind, the winner of this bracket does not receive any "award or prize" -- except bragging rights, of course. This bracket is simply meant to be a fun social experiment to see who Austinites believe the best food truck is. With that being said, let's get started.
After polling the KVUE newsroom, these 24 food trucks were among the popular choices, which will be voted on "March Madness Bracket" style by you: Arlo’s, Glory Roll, Torchy’s, Chi'lantro, Luke’s Inside Out, Via 313 Pizza,Thai Kun, East Side King, Emojis Grilled Cheese, Coat and Thai, Patrizi’s, Three Little Pigs, Garbo’s Lobster Truck, Little Lucy’s, Baton Creole, The Mighty Cone, Tommy Want Wingy, Veracruz All Natural, Churro Co., Hey!... You Gonna Eat Or What?, Conscious Cravings, Biscuits N Groovy, Gordo’s, Las Trancas.
The seeding and bracket layout were randomized by challonge.com and are as follows:
***NOTE: In the 24-team bracket template, eight restaurants will get a first-round bye. Again, these seedings were randomized by the website. KVUE did not purposefully give these restaurants a free first-round bye. Call it luck of the draw.***
After weeks of voting, Ausitnites have chosen their favorite food truck in Austin for 2018. The winner of the KVUE food truck tournament -- as voted by Austinites on Facebook -- is Arlo's! According to their website, Arlo’s serves plant-based comfort food in a bistro style setting for the Austin nightlife scene. The food is designed to satisfy omnivores and herbivores alike.
Arlo's won the tournament after defeating Gordo's Tortas 1,300 votes to 628 votes in the championship round. Thank you everyone who participated and voted along the way!
VIEW THE TOURNAMENT MATCHUPS BELOW:
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND (Voting closes at 3:30 p.m. June 2)
ARLO'S VS GORDO'S TORTAS (For mobile/app users, click here to vote.)
SEMIFINAL ROUND (Voting closes at 4:15 p.m. May 25)
ARLO'S VS CHI'LANTRO (For mobile/app users, click here to vote.)
GARBO'S LOBSTER TRUCK VS GORDO'S TORTAS (For mobile/app users, click here to vote.)
ROUND 3 (Voting closes at 7:15 p.m. May 21)
ARLO'S VS TOMMY WANT WINGY
CHI'LANTRO VS LAS TRANCAS
BISCUITS N GROOVY VS GARBO'S LOBSTER TRUCK
GORDO'S TORTAS VS CONSCIOUS CRAVINGS
ROUND 2 (Voting closes at 5:00 p.m. May 19)
TORCHY'S VS ARLO'S
HEY!... YOU GONNA EAT OR WHAT? VS TOMMY WANT WINGY
CHI'LANTRO VS THE MIGHTY CONE
BATON CREOLE VS LAS TRANCAS
GLORY ROLL VS BISCUITS N GROOVY
EAST SIDE KING VS GARBO'S LOBSTER TRUCK
VIA 313 VS GORDO'S TORTAS
CONSCIOUS CRAVINGS VS CHURRO CO.
ROUND 1 (Voting closes at 3:00 p.m. May 17)
PATRIZI'S VS ARLO'S
TOMMY WANT WINGY VS COAT AND THAI
THE MIGHTY CONE VS LUKE'S INSIDE OUT
LITTLE LUCY'S VS LAS TRANCAS
BISCUITS N GROOVY VS VERACRUZ ALL NATURAL
THAI KUN VS GARBO'S LOBSTER TRUCK
GORDO'S TORTAS VS EMOJI GRILLED CHEESE
CHURRO CO. VS THREE LITTLE PIGS
TORCHY'S -- FIRST ROUND BYE*** (see note above)
HEY!... YOU GONNA EAT OR WHAT -- FIRST ROUND BYE*** (see note above)
CHI'LANTRO -- FIRST ROUND BYE*** (see note above)
BATON CREOLE -- FIRST ROUND BYE*** (see note above)
GLORY ROLL -- FIRST ROUND BYE*** (see note above)
EAST SIDE KING -- FIRST ROUND BYE*** (see note above)
VIA 313 -- FIRST ROUND BYE*** (see note above)
CONSCIOUS CRAVINGS -- FIRST ROUND BYE*** (see note above)
