Auntie's Fry Bread

This week, our group visited Auntie's Fry Bread

The truck was located off the sidewalk in a parking lot with a group of other food trucks.  The location was good, because it was visible from the street, and it was also very accessible.  There was more than enough parking, so it was convenient for people to come specifically for the trucks.

The food at Auntie's Fry Bread was called a Native American Fusion.

The portions were huge, and the food was delicious!  I actually went back for seconds.

The ambiance was much different than our previous visits.  We still had the cars going by, but this time there were multiple trucks playing different styles of music.  Auntie's Fry Bread was not playing music, but we could hear rap coming from another truck and salsa music from yet another truck.  There was also a live performer playing violin outside an ice cream truck.  There were a lot of people, and if you weren't standing up in front of a truck, you almost felt in the way.  You'd constantly be navigating through people.  It was a very food court experience.

Amenities were a bit scarce.  There was a long white wall along the sidewalk that a lot of people ate at.

A lot of people actually brought their own fold out chairs and even tables.

The truck also offered napkins for grabbing on the outside of the truck, rather than making you ask for them.  This was very convenient.

A truck employee asked us about the food when we went up for napkins.  They were really friendly and we told her it was the best food truck we had ever been too.

Bathrooms were located a parking lot away at K1 Speed Indoor Go Karts.  They were clean and spacious with multiple stalls.  Very well suited for this kind of food truck event.

As for this weeks design opportunity, we were to develop the previous week's idea further.  This was a bit of a challenge to relate to this week's truck since the situation was so different.  Our food bus idea was developed to help out a truck when it wanted to go to a location that had nothing to offer the customers.  In this case, they could still use the seating area in the bus, since all that the location had to offer was a wall.  Since people were bringing their own seating, it may have also been helpful to use the extra bus space for extra food supplies and trash, since this was such a crowded event.