Joe DeLoss, Owner and Head Fryer at Hot Chicken Takeover — Photo by Walker Evans.

For the second year in a row, Hot Chicken Takeover has won the hearts of local eaters and has been crowned as the best local food truck in Columbus. Over 3,400 votes were cast in our annual Food Truck Poll that coincides with this past weekend’s Columbus Food Truck Festival. Over 60 trucks and carts were narrowed down across five rounds of daily voting until only one winner remained. The official announcement was made, and trophies were handed out, live on stage at the Food Truck Festival on Saturday afternoon.

Runners up included Kenny’s Meat Wagon in second place, Mikey’s Late Night Slice in third place and Buckeye Donuts in fourth place.

For more information, visit www.hotchickentakeover.com.