The dineLA food truck rolls out with some big names attached

It's a sign of the times: Anisette's Alain Giraud will be handing out free samples from a food truck on the Third Street Promenade. "I've never worked inside a truck, so I don't want to get too ambitious," he says of the French delicacies he will prepare.

That's not a permanent change of venue, of course. Giraud is one of five well-known Southern California chefs who will be participating in a promotion in advance of dineLA's first fall Restaurant Week, which will begin Oct. 4.

But while Giraud may not be ambitious, that's certainly not the case with dineLA, which hit on the canny idea of tapping into the food truck fad that has taken the city's popular imagination by storm.

Giraud will spend one day on the dineLA truck, which was donated by RoadStoves, the same company that helped the Kogi Korean barbecue taco truck redefine road rage. The other chefs who will cook on wheels and hand out free tastes are Eric Greenspan from the Foundry on Melrose, Jason Johnston from Dakota at the Roosevelt, Walter Eckstein from Lawry's the Prime Rib and John England from downtown's new Rosa Mexicano.

To read the rest of Jessica Gelt's story, click here.

Photo: The chefs are,  from left: John England of Rosa Mexicano, Walter Eckstein of Lawry's the Prime Rib, Alain Giraud of Anisette Brasserie, Jason Johnston of Dakota Steakhouse and Eric Greenspan of the Foundry on Melrose, with the dineLA food truck at RoadStoves. Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[bucket truck]

Food trucks are actually pretty mainstream these days. I was just down in Austin and saw a bunch of them. Its funny because the fare can range from cheap products and low prices to fine quality street food at restaurant prices.

This is a good example of some of the fine dining available in food trucks... of course, this is an extreme example.

[Used Bucket Trucks]

What better than good Food? Good Free Food!! that's an excellent idea by the way :)

[Forestry Trucks]

This is quite a curious posting on the LA food truck. These types of trucks are quite strong and robust though it does not seem so.

[crane trucks]

This is a great idea- bring the better food to the people