I admit: It’s difficult keeping up with all of the food trucks these days. At least three seem to pop up any given week in L.A., all with clever names, ambitious menus, and dishing out some pretty decent food. So when I first heard about Great Balls on Tires, it sort of breezed by me.
A truck that specializes in meatballs and other edible things in ‘ball’ form? The motto is “Meat Our Balls.” Way too teenage boy, I thought; too punny. I figured the focus was all ball jokes and not good food. I was wrong.
Yes, the truck is owned and operated by a bunch of young guys, so ball jokes are NOT lost on them (nor me for that matter). But the menu is more clever than teenager antics: There’s the Incrediball, sliders made with kobe-beef meatballs, bacon, Gruyere, garlic aioli and arugula; and the Ballywood, garam masala-spiced chicken meatballs with madras currry sauce and tamato and cilantro chutnies. These are some serious balls (oof, I know). And then, of course, the Ciao Balla. How could I not?
