Captrust, a financial advising firm, is hosting a food truck rodeo at North Hills mall from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6.

Ten percent of all sales will be donated to the Payton Wright Foundation, which raises money for pediatric brain cancer research and to support families dealing with this diagnosis.

The event will happen in the parking lot behind Bruegger's. The trucks include Klausie's Pizza, Chirba Chirba Dumpling, Captain Ponchos Taco Truck, Gussy's Greek Street Food, Olde North State BBQ, Big City Sandwiches, Big John's Hot & Spicy (although their Facebook page says they are off the road), Kona Ice and Lumpy's Ice Cream.

For more information about the event, go to the Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/OkqV1J.

For more information about the foundation, go to paytonwright.org.

And to see a complete list of the Triangle's food trucks, go HERE.
 

Come over to The News & Observer from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3 for lunch from a food truck.

We'll have Only Burger, Klausie's Pizza and The Parlour, which will be dishing out scoops of ice cream. The trucks will be parked in the front lot at 215 S. McDowell St.

And mark your calendar for the last N&O food truck Friday of the year on Oct. 5.
 

Lovers of North Carolina craft beer should head to downtown Raleigh from 3-9 p.m. Saturday for Brewgaloo, a craft beer event with live music and food trucks.

Fifteen breweries from Roth Brewing Co. to Big Boss Brewing, Sub Rosa to Fortnight (the latter two haven't even opened yet) will be pouring beer in City Plaza, or the 400 block of Fayetteville St. There is no cover charge. You must buy brew bucks to purchase beer: $1 buys one brew buck, 5 brew bucks gets you a pint of beer, or 1 brew buck gets you a 3-ounce tasting. If you buy brew bucks online before the event, you can get 25 brew bucks for $20. On Saturday, it's full price. Go HERE to buy brew bucks.

The event is open to the public. You can come to the event and then go have dinner and go back to taste more beer. The event will happen rain or shine.

There will be four bands (The Small Ponds, Hank Sinatra, Mel Melton & the Wicked Mojos and I was Totally Destroying It) and five food trucks (Klausie's Pizza, Cafe Prost, Big Al's BBQ, Chirba Chirba Dumpling and Baguettaboutit.)

The event is sponsored by Shop Local Raleigh, which is funded by the Greater Raleigh Merchants Association. About Brewgaloo, organizer Jennifer Martin says, "We just want to get consumers focused on shopping local, eating local and drinking local."

I'm giving away a copy of John T. Edge's new book, "The Truck Food Cookbook: 150 Recipes and Ramblings from America's Best Restaurants on Wheels."

Only Burger, Daisy Cakes, Klausie's Pizza and Farmhand Foods Sausage Wagon get a mention in the chapter on Durham. And there's a recipe for Only Burger's fried green tomato and pimento cheese burger.

You know the drill. To enter, leave a comment below this post before noon April 27. I'll choose a winner at random. Good luck!

The sixth annual Empty Bowls fundraiser will be serving up bowls of soup to benefit Urban Ministries of Durham as usual. But this year, organizers have added an after party at Fullsteam Brewery  and Motorco Music Hall with a food truck roundup.

So now you have two opportunities to help the Urban Ministries of Durham's Community Cafe, which serves nearly 220,000 meals annually to those in need.

From 5:30-8 p.m. March 8, eleven restaurants will be competing for the title of "Best Soup" at The Durham Armory. You can pay $15 to enjoy some soup or $30 for soup and a handcrafted bowl made by local artisans to take home. Children age 6 and under eat for free. To buy tickets, go to  www.umdurham.org.

The participating restaurants include Guglhupf, Revolution, L'Uva, Papa Mojo's Roadhouse, Thrills from the Grill, Watts Grocery, Blu Seafood and Bar, Whole Foods, Toast, Saladelia Cafe and Mad Hatter Bakeshop and Cafe.

If you can't make the earlier event, head over to Fullsteam Brewery and Motorco Music Hall starting at 8 p.m. for the after party. Seven food trucks will be debuting a new dish and donating a percentage of their sales to Urban Ministries of Durham. The food trucks include Pie Pushers, Will & Pops, The Parlour, Chirba Chirba Dumpling, Klausie's Pizza, Only Burger and Farmhand Foods Sausage Wagon. 

The opening night of Green Day's "American Idiot" at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium will feature a food truck rodeo.

From 5-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, six trucks -- Klausie's Pizza, Only Burger, KoKyu BBQ, Baguettaboutit, Lo Yo On The Go and Chick-N-Que -- will serve food before the 7:30 performance. The trucks will gather in front of the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.

There is also a special ticket offer for the opening performance: $32 for seats in the orchestra section, $22 for seats in the mezzanine section. That's a $10 discount. Use the code ROCK when ordering. Call 831-6941, ext. 6944. To order online, go to www.nctheatre.com.
 

Brian Bottger, who manages the Only Burger truck, called this morning to tell me about the biggest food truck gathering to date in the Triangle. It will be from 5:30-8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14 at Durham Central Park, where the Durham Farmers' Market meets on Foster St. 

Bring your lawn chairs and maybe umbrellas to stay out of the sun.

Here is a list so far of those trucks who will be in attendance: Only Burger, Pie Pushers, The Parlour, KoKyu BBQ, The Grilled Cheese Bus, Parlez-Vous Crepe, Farmhand Foods, Slippin' Sliders, Klausie's Pizza, Don's Classic Ices, Sweet n Savory, Kona Ice and Locopops.

A few more trucks may RSVP before Sunday so check back for an updated list.

Rebus Works in Raleigh’s Boylan Heights neighborhood is hosting a food truck rodeo from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 14.

The trucks include OnlyBurger, Bulkogi Korean BBQ, Klausie's Pizza, The Grilled Cheese Bus, Blue Sky Dining and Kona Ice. Plus, beer from Aviator Brewing Company will be available. The night’s entertainment includes a few matches by Gouge Wrestling. It's free and open to the public.

For more information, go to http://on.fb.me/hBmnm8

Remember, if you are on Twitter, follow me @andreaweigl and then follow my list, Triangle Food Trucks, to keep track of their locations. Go HERE to see the list.
 

In conjunction with Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, they are offering a free showing Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at Durham Central Park.

The film will be preceded by a Food Truck Round Up starting at 6:30 p.m. under the park pavilion. Food trucks in attendance include: Farmhand Foods Sausage Wagon, Daisy Cakes, Joey D’ NY Dogs, Only Burger, Parlez-Vous Crepe, Klausie’s Pizza, Slippin’ Sliders, and The Grilled Cheese Bus.

Remember, if you are on Twitter, follow me @andreaweigl and then follow my list, Triangle Food Trucks, to keep track of their locations. Go HERE to see the list.

Dick Gordon's The Story had a nice segment today with Mike Stenke, the owner of the Klausie's Pizza truck.

Remember: Raleigh City Council's Law and Public Safety committee is hearing a request to allow food trucks on Raleigh city streets at its meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 25.

If you want to share your thoughts with council members Mary-Ann Baldwin, John Odom or Eugene Weeks who serve on that committee, here are their e-mail addresses:

mary-ann.baldwin[at]raleighnc.gov

john.odom[at]raleighnc.gov

eugene.weeks[at]raleighnc.gov

If you'd like to share your thoughts with the entire council, go HERE for e-mail addresses for all the council members.

There also is a NC food trucks advocacy group. You can share your opinion on its website as well. Go HERE.