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      mike 2 on August 25, 2010

      Good luck! And remember, if at first you don't succeed...

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      Ari Katz on August 20, 2010

      Guys, what are you going to do if you don't make the $30K? Is that the end of the dream?

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      Leon Morse on August 1, 2010

      Heh, yes, L'Enfant Plaza area is a culinary wasteland, unless you count CityZen (which you would need a lobbyist's expense account to do so) or want to walk to Maine Ave. You win hands down. So quit yer wishin' and get your DOE and other Fed neighbors to pony up!

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      The Crew: Josh and Trent on July 30, 2010

      Hey Folks! What we're going to do is add a drop-down menu when the kickstarter project is done, so you pick your preferred stop location. So, when you pick what reward you like, you can also help us project where the most hungry people will be. No worries though, L'Enfant and West End we'll be taken care of.

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      Angela K. on July 29, 2010

      L'Enfant Plaza area!! We work-a-day folks over here are DESPERATE for decent food! I challenge the Foggy Bottom/West End crowd for who lives in the more food-deprived work neighborhood ... although that sounds like a challenge no one wants to win -- unless the prize for the winner (really, loser) is frequent visits by the PORC truck!

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      Leon Morse on July 29, 2010

      Hi, another vote for Foggy Bottom/West End in case the comments area might be treated as informal market research!

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      The Crew: Josh and Trent on July 28, 2010

      Dave, the whole hog event will be on a weekend TBD. We're going to try very hard to make it fit everyones schedules, and worse case scenario, we have multiple whole hog bbqs! Thanks for your support.

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      Dave Clifford on July 28, 2010

      Any chance this will be a weekend thing? I'm unfortunately out in the 'burbs for the workweek.

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      The Crew: Josh and Trent on July 27, 2010

      Eli_basement, $30,000 in the food service business is very much so on the low end. We've put half of the startup money ($30,000) in ourselves. Building a truck, getting it licensed and on the road costs money. We could do it with less capital, but then we would be serving an inferior product, we would be unable to be eco-friendly, and you, the customer would suffer.

      Liz and Ari, we will definitely be hitting up the West End/Foggy Bottom area. We've both worked in the West End and were dying for some good options. We will not forsake our forgotten comrades.

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      Liz B on July 27, 2010

      I'm also in Foggy Bottom/ West End and would love to be able to buy a tasty veggie burger from a food cart around here! The food options in this neighborhood are more limited than other places I've worked in DC.

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      Eli_basement on July 27, 2010

      Why $30,000? What will that go toward? That seems like a lot of money. Please explain.

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      Ari Katz on July 27, 2010

      Hi, I just pledged. Please, please come near Foggy Bottom. Most of the food trucks gather around Farragut Square or even further east, leaving us in the West End hungry. At least once a week, if you could come near 21st and K, that would be awesome.

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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on August 25, 2010.

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Get two complimentary meals (entree and drink) from the truck. **If you live outside of DC and won't be visiting, you can opt to have us donate your meals to the hungry of DC through the organization Thrive DC and we'll double the amount to four. (2X for donated meals applies to all pledge levels)**

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Get a complimentary meal and your choice of an eco-friendly PORC tote bag or a PORC stainless steel water bottle.

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Get a limited edition PORC t-shirt, two complimentary meals and your choice of the tote bag or the water bottle.

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Get a week's worth of meals (as in 7), the t- shirt, tote bag and the water bottle.

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4 Backers • Limited Reward (146 of 150 remaining)

1 ticket to PORC's Whole Hog BBQ Party. Think tasty BBQ pigs, top-notch beer and good times. PLUS everything in the $100 pledge

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FREE FOOD FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR (1 entree, side, drink and dessert per day). Skip the line and claim your prize every day. Hell, you do this and we'll name a dish after you. PLUS the tote bag, water bottle, t-shirt and 2 tickets to the Whole Hog BBQ Party.

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The crew of PORC is Josh Saltzman and Trent Allen. We're two experienced food service industry guys with useless university degrees (general studies and classical languages, beat that!) on a mission to create the most innovative street food company in the USA. We love and obsess over food and hope we'll be cooking you a meal soon.

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