RoamingHunger Food Truck & Catering Scraper

Scrape RoamingHunger.com's directory of 24,000+ food trucks, trailers, carts and mobile caterers across the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and select international markets. Browse by city, US state / Canadian province, or cuisine, run a free-text vendor search, or look up specific vendors by their profile slug. Built for event planners sourcing food trucks for weddings and corporate events, and for food-truck market researchers.

What this actor does

• Five modes: byCity, byState, search, byCuisine, byVendorSlugs
• 180 curated market cities across the US, Canada, and select international markets (dropdown, no typos)
• 62 US states / Canadian provinces with active vendor coverage (dropdown)
• 164 cuisine & specialty tags (Tacos, BBQ, Vegan, Halal, Korean BBQ, and 160+ more — dropdown)
• 12 event-type tags (Weddings, Corporate Catering, Fundraisers, and more — dropdown)
• Filters: verified-only, instant-book-only, include-closed-vendors, sort order
• 7 sort orders: ranking, newest, name, tier/level, highest rated, most reviewed, most booked
• Rich per-vendor data: cuisine tags, event suitability, menu highlights, booking/pricing options (incl. alcohol-service and included-hours), ratings, catering/vending booking split, vendor tier, city geo-coordinates, images, social links, profile URL
• Empty fields are omitted — no nulls, no placeholders

Output per vendor

• name, slug, vendorId, profileUrl
• description, shortDescription
• cuisineTags[], primaryCuisine, eventTypes[]
• cityName, cityUrlSlug, cityLat, cityLng, stateOrProvince, stateCode, countryCode, countryName
• menuHighlights[] — { category, item, description, price }
• bookingOptions[] — { type, name, costPerHour, costPerMile, orderMinimum, freeMiles, maxMiles, includedHours, alcoholService }
• averageRating, totalReviews, totalBookings, totalCateringBookings, totalVendingBookings
• verified, featured, preferred, instantBook, closed, vendorTier
• images[] — vendor photo URLs
• website, menuUrl, twitterUrl, instagramUrl, facebookUrl, yelpUrl
• firstServiceDate, createdAt
• recordType: "foodTruck", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	byCity	byCity / byState / search / byCuisine / byVendorSlugs
citySlug	string (select)	austin-tx	Market city (mode=byCity)
state	string (select)	texas	US state / Canadian province (mode=byState)
searchQuery	string	taco	Free-text vendor name/keyword (mode=search)
vendorSlugs	array	["bohemian-burger-q"]	Exact profile slugs (mode=byVendorSlugs)
cuisineTag	string (select)	–	Cuisine/specialty filter; required for mode=byCuisine, optional elsewhere
eventType	string (select)	–	Only vendors suited for this event type
sortBy	string (select)	ranking	ranking / newest / name / level / rating / mostReviewed / mostBooked
verifiedOnly	boolean	false	Only RoamingHunger-verified vendors
instantBookOnly	boolean	false	Only vendors with instant online booking
includeClosedVendors	boolean	false	Include permanently closed vendors
maxItems	integer	30	Max results (1–2000)

Example: BBQ trucks in Austin, TX

{ "mode": "byCity", "citySlug": "austin-tx", "cuisineTag": "bbq", "maxItems": 25 }

Example: wedding-suitable caterers in California

{ "mode": "byState", "state": "california", "eventType": "weddings", "maxItems": 50 }

Example: search by name

{ "mode": "search", "searchQuery": "kona ice", "maxItems": 20 }

Example: all taco trucks nationwide, verified only

{ "mode": "byCuisine", "cuisineTag": "tacos", "verifiedOnly": true, "maxItems": 100 }

Example: look up specific vendors

{ "mode": "byVendorSlugs", "vendorSlugs": ["bohemian-burger-q", "crepe-crazy"] }

Use cases

• Event planners — source food trucks for weddings, corporate events, fundraisers, and private parties by city, cuisine, and event suitability
• Food-truck market research — analyze cuisine density and vendor counts by city/state
• Caterer discovery apps — build a searchable local food-truck directory
• Competitive intelligence — track which cuisines and vendors are trending in a given market
• Lead generation — find verified, bookable vendors in a target region

FAQ

What's RoamingHunger? A nationwide food-truck and mobile-caterer booking directory covering 24,000+ vendors across the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and a few international markets (UK, UAE, Ireland, Hong Kong).

Is a proxy or login required? No — the actor uses no cookies, no API key, and no paid proxy.

Why do some vendors have no rating? RoamingHunger only shows averageRating/totalReviews once a vendor has received at least one review through the platform; unreviewed vendors omit these fields rather than showing a fake 0.

What's the difference between byCuisine and adding cuisineTag to byCity/byState? byCuisine browses that cuisine across all locations; adding cuisineTag to byCity/byState narrows results to that cuisine within the chosen city/state.

Why are vendor profile pages (e.g. roaminghunger.com/<slug>/) sometimes unreachable with a plain curl? RoamingHunger sits behind Cloudflare bot management, which serves a JS challenge to non-browser HTTP clients. The pages are real and load normally in any browser; automated HEAD checks need a browser-like TLS fingerprint (the actor itself handles this internally).

How fresh is the data? Vendor profiles, ratings, and booking counts are live from RoamingHunger's own booking platform at scrape time.

Can I get vendors outside the curated city/state list? The search mode is unconstrained by city/state — search any vendor name or keyword directly. The curated citySlug/state dropdowns cover every market RoamingHunger actively promotes with real vendor coverage.