i went to alleyburger 2 days ago at around 1 or 2pm and there was no line up, surprisingly! I got to meet chef connie from top chef canada too. I had the single alley burger and it was quite tasty. it was just warm so i have a feeling i got a leftover one from the lunch rush, so it wasn't as juicy as i'd thought it'd be, but it was still very tasty. I heard that the poutine was actually better than the burger, so i regret not going for the poutine.
as for the other food trucks, i've tried fiasco and los compadres. Fiasco was good, friendly service, and they seem to be always out. I'm not sure how well they'll do during the winter months.
Los compadres i have mixed reviews. The food itself is awesome! I would skip the beef, but the pastor (bbq pork) and the chicken had awesome flavor! It doesn't quite compare to an LA taco truck, both in taste and in price, but it definitely beats tacotime or any other mexican restaurant in calgary. The system that they have set up is a whole different story though. It can be quite slow, and I think that they have a lot to improve on that. There are usually 2 lines, one to pay and order, and one to wait for your food. When you go to order your food and pay for it, they give you a small receipt, and you head over to the other line up to wait for your food. Now I would think that once i have paid and ordered, the kitchen staff would have a ticket on their end so they could just call out a number when my order is ready. Instead, once you have ordered, you wait in the 2nd line, which is usually double in size, where you just wait amongst other hungry patrons for the window to open up. once they open up the window, they ask for about 10 receipts, which at that point they start preparing your order. Highly inefficient i find. Be prepared to wait at least 45-1hr on a busy lunch rush and about 20-30 mins when there's no line. They seemed to have improved though, because the first time i went, there was a lot of confusion on who's order was who's because they didnt call out any numbers.
A lot of people didnt understand the system and would miss out on handing in their tickets, therefore making the wait even longer.
But the food was good enough for me to go back. Hopefully they work out the kinks and create an efficient system soon. Perhaps having a ticket go to the kitchen when the order is placed, as well as taking down names of the customer, so when the order is up, then the chef can just yell out the name?
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