Photos: Spenard Food Truck Carnival

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Vendors, customers and performers turned out for the Spenard Food Truck Carnival, a weekly lunchtime gathering in the Chilkoot Charlie's parking lot. July 18, 2013

Anchorage residents who think they're seeing more of the trucks around town are not confused. There are 62 registered -- aka street legal -- mobile food vendors in the municipality of Anchorage, up from 37 last summer.

It's a trend that's even finding its way across the state.

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