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Baltimore, MD: Gypsy Queen Looks to Add Another Truck to the Caravan

The Gypsy Queen Cafe is hoping to roll out a third food truck by the end of the year.
Co-owner Tom Looney said the gourmet cafe on wheels, which has two trucks now, is aiming to add one truck a year. This marks the Gypsy Queen’s third year in business, and ultimately, Looney wants to have at least five trucks in his fleet.
There are a few options when it comes to buying a food truck — new, used or do-it-yourself.
New food trucks cost between $100,000 and $150,000, and used trucks run between $40,000 and $115,000, Looney said. Outfitting a food truck from scratch can be more cost-effective, but Looney said it takes a long time to complete.
The Gypsy Queen Cafe took first prize at last year’s Taste of Two Cities, a duel between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., food trucks. Looney said the truck will try to keep its top spot at this year’s second annual food truck battle, slated for June 1, when more than 40 trucks will gather for a taste-off at Rash Field.
“We’ll try defend our title,” Looney said.

The Gypsy Queen Cafe is hoping to roll out a third food truck by the end of the year.

Baltimore, MD: Food Trucks Rallying All Weekend Long

Gypsy Queen Café, 2 1/2 stars, $$$
Photo: Patrons in line at the first Food Truck Rally in Harbor East.

Taste: I went hoping to the get the Korean kimchi tacos, but they were out. Instead, I tried fish tacos and Buffalo chicken tacos. If you're not a fan of fried food, these are underwhelming. Next time, I'll go for the Crab Cone, a crab cake sitting on Old Bay-covered French fries, which seems like a diabolically delicious idea.

Menu: There's good variety here: tacos, salads, seafood and desserts.

Price: The crab cone costs $12, but most dishes are less than $10.

Wait: Less than five minutes.

Twitter: twitter.com/thegypsytruck (Gene Sweeney Jr. / The Baltimore Sun /July 6, 2011)

Baltimore’s fleet of food trucks are rallying again this weekend.

Baltimore, MD: Food Truck Rally Saturday at Meadow Mill

Joann Calwell, owner and sous chef of The Jolly Pig, calls a customer's name for their order during a November 2012 food truck rally in Towson. (Baltimore Sun Media Group Photo / November 8, 2012)

The food truck rally known as The Gathering comes to Meadow Mill for an all-day family-friendly party.

Baltimore, MD: The Gathering Starts A New Season of Friday Food Truck Rallies

Seung Cho, Matthew Finch and Adam Ardakanian enjoy entrees at the food truck rally at McHenry Row in July 2012. (Baltimore Sun Photo / July 28, 2012)

The food-truck rally known as The Gathering kicks off a new season on Friday night in Hampden.

Baltimore, MD: Roll Through the Food Truck Scene at The Gathering

MATT GRONCKI EATS A GYPSY QUEEN CRAB CONE - STEVE RUARK

The smell of french fries and chicken curry filled the air. That’s when I encountered a gypsy queen in a castle full of iced gems.

Baltimore, MD: Return of the Food Truck Gatherings

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Celebrate the arrival of spring at Friday’s food-truck Gathering. More than a dozen trucks will line up from 5-10 p.m. at the building called “The Castle” at Keswick and 34th Streets in Hampden.

Baltimore, MD: Food Trucks – GrrChe, Gypsy Queen Cafe, Kommie Pig, Souper Freak, and more.

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The Wild Dog Cart shows just how unimaginative most hot dog carts are. Take the Mexican dog, for instance. It’s got green chilies, cheese, salsa, and crushed corn tortilla chips. Now that’s how you make a hot dog!

Baltimore, MD: Food Truck Rally Headed for Union Craft Brewing in Woodberry

The food trucks are coming to Woodberry (Baltimore sun photo/Gene Sweeney, Jr. / January 31, 2013)

The food trucks are coming to Woodberry

Baltimore, MD: Food Truck Rally To Play Role in New Reality TV Show

Baltimore's top 10 food trucks
Two years ago, you could count the number of Baltimore's food trucks on one hand. For most people, "food truck" meant the dude on the corner slinging crappy hot dogs -- or, if you were lucky, a passable gyro. 

How did we survive? 

These days, Baltimore has something like 20 food trucks, serving everything from high-end cupcakes to Korean BBQ pulled pork tacos. They're all over the city, even as far out as Towson and Owings Mills. But they're not all delicious. 

To separate the best from the rest, we sampled dishes from every regularly touring food truck in town. When ranking the top 10, we took a few factors into consideration: 

How good is the concept behind the food truck? Is the menu interesting, and the food tasty? Do they take credit cards, and are they good about updating Twitter and Facebook with their location? 

Here are the 10 that rise above the rest of Baltimore's ever-growing food truck fleet. (Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun /July 31, 2012)

The evening food truck rally, which was running on a weekly schedule back in the fall, is kicking off the 2013 season on Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Castle in Hampden, on 34th Street and Keswick Avenue.

Baltimore, MD: Darua, New Food Truck, Brings Brazilian Street Food to Baltimore

Darua food truck specializes in Brazilian street food (January 29, 2013)

Darua food truck specializes in Brazilian street food (January 29, 2013)