If being at Fisherman's Wharf makes you crave fish and chips, skip the expensive restaurants lining the water and instead find this little food truck, which makes delicious fried cod, Baja-style fish tacos, and several varieties of flavored French fries. Note the early closing time.

Entire Mission street-art movements have been fueled by El Tonayense tacos over the past 25 years. Burritos and quesadillas are generous to a fault, and made-to-order tacos are tasty gourmet meals on the go – especially the al pastor (marinated roast pork) and lengua (beef tongue) with family-recipe salsa verde. Parks in three locations along Harrison Street; 17th Street is handiest.

It's remarkable that a food truck could contain a wood-burning oven, but herein lies the secret to Carmel's remarkably good, single-serving, blistered-crust pizzas. Note the early closing time at dinner.

Parked permanently at Fisherman's Wharf, the Tanguito food truck makes exceptional Argentine empanadas with chicken or steak, stellar saffron rice and even paella (if you can wait 45 minutes). Note the early closing time at dinner.

Your posse is hungry, but one of you is vegan, another demands tacos with beer, and another craves Korean fried chicken. So what do you do? First: recognize that you and your friends belong in San Francisco. Second: head to this SoMa parking lot, where gourmet food trucks will satisfy your every whim.