The Munchie Truck

The Munchie Truck is a catering business in Albuquerque, NM, operating as a mobile caterer out of 318 Isleta Blvd SW. It holds a rating of 4.90 from its customers. The business runs two mobile units: a food truck offering a locally sourced savory menu and a separate Aguas Frescas and dessert truck serving all-natural fruit water drinks made with fresh fruit, bone-char-free cane sugar, and locally sourced produce when available.

The owners are Mandy and Marcus, best friends who met through the food truck industry and grew up in the South Valley. Rather than take on large loans, they started small by converting a short school bus into a food truck known as the Cool Bus. The business uses only organic-sourced produce supplied by Agri-Culture Network, grown by small farmers, and roughly 80 percent of the menu is gluten free. The Munchie Truck reached the semi-finals of Edible magazine's Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown and runs a recurring event called Heart of the Valley. The savory menu includes loaded fries such as carne asada and Korean BBQ pork varieties, appetizers like mozzarella sticks and green chile cheese fries, sandwiches including a Cubano, a green chile cheeseburger, a vegetarian Caprese grilled cheese, and a brisket grilled cheese, along with sodas and water.

The truck is based on Isleta Boulevard Southwest, just south of Bridge Boulevard Southwest in the Five Points neighborhood. Dolores Huerta Gateway Park sits about 0.2 miles away, Five Points School is within roughly 0.2 miles, and the nearby arroyo drain is a short distance to the north.

The Munchie Truck has built its following through its locally focused, community-rooted approach to South Valley street food.