BRUNCH TIME! Eat your way through food truck after food truck at first brunch rally of the season

Monthly brunch food truck rallies returned to the Yellow Cab in Dayton on Sunday, April 7. The food trucks in attendance included El Meson, Drunken Waffle, Twisted Taco, Greek Street Food Truck, Son of a Biscuit, EAT, Bricky Barrels Smoked BBQ LLC, Billie Gold Bubble Tea and Sweets on the Streets. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Credit: Tom Gilliam

Credit: Tom Gilliam

Monthly brunch food truck rallies returned to the Yellow Cab in Dayton on Sunday, April 7. The food trucks in attendance included El Meson, Drunken Waffle, Twisted Taco, Greek Street Food Truck, Son of a Biscuit, EAT, Bricky Barrels Smoked BBQ LLC, Billie Gold Bubble Tea and Sweets on the Streets. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

The return of one of Dayton’s favorite Sunday brunch traditions is just around the corner.

The first brunch food truck rally of the season at the Yellow Cab in Dayton is set for April 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Brunch-themed food truck rallies at Yellow Cab Tavern offer different selections from their evening events on the third Friday of every month. Trucks focus their efforts on breakfast and brunch dishes including waffles, biscuits and gravy, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more. Many trucks offer creative brunch versions of their most popular dishes.

Brunch! Food Truck Rallies at the Yellow Cab Tavern take place the first Sunday of the month April through October.

>> Mark your calendars: Local food truck rally to return to Dayton in March

A milkshake from Rolling Indulgence food truck. CONTRIBUTED

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The Yellow Cab, which hosts monthly food truck rallies on the third Friday as well as the first Sunday, was voted Best Food Truck event in Dayton.com’s Best of Dayton 2019-20 contest.

“Thank you for your amazing support! The people have chosen us as the best food truck event in the area in Dayton.com's Best of Dayton 2019,” Event Organizer Brian Johnson said in a news release. “We’re bringing in our most ambitious, most diverse lineup of food trucks to our 2020 rallies so we can live up to that honor.”

>> A complete list of Best of Dayton winners

A brunch dish from EAT food truck. CONTRIBUTED

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Food trucks scheduled to be on site during the April event include (lineup subject to change):

• Sprouting Dreams

• Momma’z Boyz

• Christian Bros Meat Company

• HaolePino Hawaiian-Filipino Island Cuisine

• What the Taco?!

• Rolling Indulgence

• EAT

• The Pizza Bandit

• Billie Gold Bubble Tea

“In addition to the return of our most popular food trucks, we’re bringing in new trucks who have never before participated in Yellow Cab Food Truck Rallies,” Johnson said. “Variety is the spice of life, and we’re delivering more brunch variety than ever before!”

>> New brunch event to bring restaurants together to offer best dishes, cocktails

Food truck eats from Smokin Bee-Bee Q food truck. CONTRIBUTED

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Yellow Cab will serve coffee, Bloody Marys, mimosas and craft beer.

There will also be a special Dayton Market with free spaces for vendors selling to benefit The Dayton Foundation.

>> 5 decadent food truck dishes that we devour every chance we get

Bubble tea from Billie Gold. CONTRIBUTED

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Want to go?

WHAT: Brunch! A Food Truck Rally

WHEN: Sunday, April 5, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

WHERE: Yellow Cab, 700 E. 4th St., Dayton

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