Hannah Hayes

Chef Michael Brown with the Jamburritos truck

Food truck fans rejoice: starting on Monday, January 7, it's going to be easier than ever to find a mobile eatery at lunchtime from Monday through Thursday. Jamburritos Cajun Grille Express will be serving up New Orleans eats from a semi-permanent space on Roosevelt between 3rd and 5th Streets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (excluding the third Thursday of every month). The truck, which first launched in 2010, will serve its full menu along with signature items.

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"Loyal fans of our food have been asking us to locate the food truck somewhere on a regular basis and I am happy to say the folks at Roosevelt Row have graciously stepped up and offered us their lot. We're jazzed to partner with them," says Jamburritos Owner and Executive chef Michael Brown.

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Liberty's Biscuits Facebook page

While the food truck scene's been buzzing in Central and Downtown Phoenix for a while now, outlying areas have been severely lacking in mobile food options. Last month Glendale started to turn that tide with the debut of one of the city's hottest new eateries, Old Dixie's Southern Kitchen.

Well, lightning may not strike twice but apparently new food trucks do and it appears the tidal wave of food trucks to hit the Phoenix food scene is finally starting to lap at shores beyond the center of the Valley.

Heads up, Gilbert. Rumor has it you, too, are getting a gravy lovin' restaurant on wheels.

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Lauren Saria

A gathering of food trucks in Downtown Phoenix for Phoestivus 2012

News flash: The Phoenix food truck scene has exploded over the last year. If you haven't been keeping up (or if you're living under some sort of giant, crushing rock) you might be missing out on some exciting new eats to hit the Valley streets. To be fair, food trucks do move...a lot, and it's easy for the casual food truck diner to lose track of which truck is where, and when.

Luckily, we're here to clarify and have gathered a list of weekly food truck events where you can typically catch some of metro Phoenix's favorite mobile eateries. While not an all-inclusive list -- many trucks' schedules vary from week to week, which is why we say you can "expect" to find them -- our list hits the most popular and populated food truck courts in the Valley.

So grab a map and your weekly planner. Your schedule's about to get real full. (Know of some food truck info we should include in our next round-up? Tell us so in the comments section.)

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- Four Peaks Opens New Brewery and Tap Room, Food Trucks on Hand for Eats

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Walgreens

Get your medicine -- then take it -- with a fresh-squeezed fruit juice.

When grocery stores started their own prescription services, they looked a little more like pharmacies. And now, the pharmacies, specifically, Illinois-based Walgreens, are looking a little more like grocery stores -- and food trucks.

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It's true. The same place you can get nana's disposable camera photos developed, buy a Justin Bieber singing toothbrush, and refill your totally not fake prescription of Adderall, will now feature fresh produce, smoothies, and barista-made coffee at four, newly renovated Phoenix Walgreens.

And the nation's largest drugstore chain is bringing its new freshness to Phoenicians via (what else?) a food truck, er, food bus.

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Four Peaks Brewing

There's no kitchen, no official signage (yet), and the long, industrial building with the green stripe probably won't be winning any architectural awards, but there's beer in them there walls, folks -- Four Peaks beer.

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This week, Four Peaks, the only craft beer brewery in the state to make the Brewer's Association's list of Top 50 Craft Breweries in the U.S., opened their third location and distribution facility at 2401 South Wilson in Tempe (just off of Broadway and Roosevelt Roads).

Just a few miles west of the original location, the new brewery will feature a 60-barrel system, scads of Four Peaks signature suds on tap, and wine. And since the newest Four Peaks is sans kitchen, those wishing for snacks with the suds can visit one of the Valley's food trucks, which will take turns camping out in the parking lot each day.

Here's the hours and the food truck schedule through the end of the year.

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Old Dixie's Facebook

Pie Social's just around the corner and if you're wondering about the savory options to counteract the inevitable excess of sweet, don't worry, we've got you covered. Let us present Old Dixie's Southern Kitchen.

From Northern California to Nashville, New Orleans and Phoenix, Michael Babcock has been around the block and back again. But more than anywhere else, he felt the call from the South - the home of fried okra, cheesy grits, gumbo...and Cajun everything. As of a month ago he's brought his favorite southern flavors to the Valley, and has been winning over even tried and true, down-home Dixie-ites.

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Goodness Gracious Great Balls and Sliders

The Valley already claims one rock-and-roll cupcake dealing food truck and soon will be welcoming a savory counterpart to the scene.

Enter: Goodness Gracious Great Balls & Sliders - expected to hit the streets late next month.

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Lauren Saria

The Popeye Pizza from Pizza People

The annual Grand Avenue Festival -- taking place all day and evening tomorrow, Saturday, October 20, celebrates all of the small businesses and local artists who call the neighborhood home. Many artists' studios and gallery spaces located along lower Grand Avenue open their doors for curious visitors to check out what's currently lining their walls, making for a lively and creative Saturday afternoon. Notable galleries include The Chocolate Factory and Bragg's Pie Factory (sadly, neither of them actually makes or serves sweet treats).

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The Maine Lobster Lady facebook

After a long summer hiatus, word has it that The Maine Lobster Lady is heading back to the shores of Tempe Town Lake. Grab your forks and mark your calendars, folks, it's just about time to dig in.

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Island Loco

Teri Chicken Sliders with ginger aioli and Asian slaw

Since we caught wind of that a Hawaiian food truck would be rolling in to town, you could say we've been excited. But that would be putting it lightly.

Mobile ethnic cuisine from the land of paradise is the kind of thing food trucks were invented for and thanks to island local boy Jeff Chang, the Valley will be getting a little more Hawaiian spice in the mix. Good news is you don't have to wait long, Chang and his Island Loco food truck expect to debut next week.

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