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Greenwich lunch wagon uses Twitter to connect with customers

Greenwich Time

GREENWICH -- Tori Walker made her way across the damp visitors parking lot from Town Hall on a dreary Thursday afternoon to place her usual lunch order with chef Kurt Shaughnessy at the red and white truck -- a burger, well done, on a toasted roll with pickles.

"Countless times I've said, 'I wish I had Kurt's number so I could order things,' " said Walker, a payroll administrator with the town.

With the technology aboard Frank's Franks, which has been serving lunch to Greenwich employees for the past few months, Walker might not have to pick up a phone......

... Frank's Franks is also on the microblogging Web site Twitter, which DeNicola uses to let people know about specials like pulled pork sandwiches, and which school or ball field his mobile kitchen is off to next......

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