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Famoso Mexican Street Food is a San Diego Mexican food business with a food-truck service listed by Palomar College for cooking and serving on its San Marcos campus. The college includes Famoso among outside vendors that can be considered for campus events under its catering requirements. Famoso’s public phone number is the verified contact for food-truck inquiries. A regular public truck schedule or wider service area has not been confirmed.

About La Cocina del Abuelo La Cocina del Abuelo is a family-run birria food truck with an established San Marcos location. Its own site lists 900 Linda Vista Drive and advertises catering that brings its Mexican street food to private gatherings and larger events. Birria Specialties The published menu centers on birria in several forms, including tacos de birria, quesabirria, mulitas, burritos, tortas and birria ramen. It also lists birria bowls, nachos and fries. Menu offerings and service arrangements may differ for catered events. Catering The business says it plans an event menu with the customer, prepares the food and delivers it to the event with setup and service. Its San Marcos truck provides a local place to find the operator, while the catering offering is separate from that regular stop. Photos: La Cocina del Abuelo / official website.

Phatties is a plant-based Mexican food truck with North County connections. Its food-truck account has promoted pop-up service, including a December 2025 stop in San Marcos, and the brand’s posts show burritos and other prepared dishes. Phatties also appeared in Vista food-truck and vegan-food events in 2023 and 2024.

About Puras Papas Puras Papas is a San Marcos food-truck business led by Victoria Guerra and her mother Maria. Its San Marcos truck serves from Linda Vista Drive, while a second truck travels through San Diego and Riverside counties for catered events. Food and Menu Loaded potatoes are the specialty, including the Papa Loca with adobada. The menu also includes tacos, burritos, loaded fries, sopes, quesabirrias and aguas frescas. Events and Catering The traveling truck offers prepaid private-event catering or on-site food sales. Puras Papas also lists PTO events, school tournaments and fundraisers among the gatherings it serves. Its catering page provides package information and a phone number for custom event inquiries.

El Picante is a Mexican food truck that has served tacos, burritos and quesadillas at Dogleg Brewing in Vista. The brewery named the truck for its 2026 trivia-night series. That Vista appearance does not establish the truck’s home base or a current route.

About Fro Yo By The Sea Fro Yo By The Sea is a North County Coastal frozen-dessert food truck run by mother-and-daughter team Marne and Lexi, who describe themselves as Encinitas natives. The mobile unit advertises service across North County Coastal and the greater San Diego area. Frozen Treats The truck specializes in frozen yogurt with custom toppings and açaí bowls made with fruit and sorbet. Its operator also describes non-dairy and gluten-free selections and occasional specials such as floats and ice-cream sandwiches. Offerings can vary by event. Events Fro Yo By The Sea advertises private parties, weddings, corporate gatherings, school and sports fundraisers, and large sporting events. It also describes curbside beach service. Its event-inquiry form lets customers provide event details directly to the business. Photos: Fro Yo By The Sea / official website.

Germán Seafood, also listed as Mariscos German, serves Mexican seafood from a food truck in San Marcos. The City of San Marcos lists the truck at 969 Linda Vista Drive and publishes 760-829-2792 as its phone number. The operator’s Instagram identifies its San Marcos lunch trucks separately from its Escondido restaurant. The operator’s menu includes fish tacos and other seafood dishes. Its catering page advertises seafood service for private gatherings and corporate events and provides a direct event-inquiry form. The listing does not assume that the restaurant address is the truck’s location or that the truck follows a particular route.

A food truck based in San Marcos, available for events around North County.