Fried Chicken Food Truck in Upper Arlington, Ohio

Upper Arlington sits just northwest of downtown Columbus, tucked up against the city and Ohio State. It is a leafy, residential place — long on parks, well-kept neighborhoods, and a community calendar full of celebrations, but short on the kind of late-night taproom strip you find elsewhere. That gives a fried chicken food truck a slightly different job here: less brewery rotation, more neighborhood gatherings, park events, and the parties that fill a UA summer.

Peckerheads is a Columbus fried chicken food truck that hand-breads everything and fries to order, and Upper Arlington is on our map. Here is where a truck fits in a place like UA, what we serve, and how to track us down.

A different kind of food-truck town

A lot of food-truck coverage assumes a brewery district or a downtown lunch crush. Upper Arlington is more of a front-porch, backyard, and park kind of place — which actually makes a truck even more useful. When the closest sit-down options are a drive away, a truck that comes to the neighborhood is a genuine event. Pull up to a community gathering or a block party and you have instantly solved dinner for a whole crowd.

Fried chicken is built for exactly that. It travels well, it pleases kids and grown-ups alike, and fried-to-order means it arrives crispy instead of tired. For a graduation in the backyard or a get-together in the park, a truck doing one thing well beats a pile of takeout boxes every time.

The menu

We keep it short so we can do all of it well:

• Chicken strips — hand-breaded, fried to order, three for 7.50.
• JoJo fries — thick, seasoned wedges with serious crunch, 4.
• Mac and cheese — creamy and rich, 4.
• Kale slaw — fresh and tangy, 3.50.

Build your own combo at the window, cash or card. The sides do a lot of heavy lifting here — a good plate is chicken plus one or two well-chosen sides. If you want help rounding out an order, our guide to the best sides for fried chicken makes the case for each one.

Why fried-to-order matters

The single thing that separates a great chicken truck from a forgettable one is whether the food is fried when you order it or held warm beforehand. We do the former. Hand-breading each piece and dropping it fresh is slower by a minute or two, but it is the difference between a shatteringly crisp crust and a soft, steamed one.

That small wait is the price of crispy at the window, and it is worth it. On a nice UA evening with a plate in hand, a couple of minutes is no hardship at all. If the food were sitting under a lamp, it would not be worth the trip — and it would not be us.

Finding the truck in Upper Arlington

We move daily, so skip the search for a fixed address and go straight to the live map on our homepage. It shows our next stop as it updates. For UA specifically:

• Watch the community event calendar. Neighborhood gatherings and park events are where you are most likely to find us.
• Lunch stops may sit closer to nearby commercial corridors than deep in the residential streets.
• Check the live pin before heading out, since we are always on the move.

Want the broader playbook for finding trucks anywhere in the metro? See our guide to tracking down Columbus food trucks.

Book the truck for your UA event

This is where we really shine in Upper Arlington. We bring the whole operation to your block party, graduation, or community event, serve a crowd fast off our short menu, and leave you with no cooking and no cleanup. Hand-breaded chicken from the fryer makes a party feel like an occasion.

To check a date or plan for a group, email [email protected] or call (614) 555-0199.

Hungry today? Pull up the live map to see where we are parked, build your combo, and come find us. And when you are planning something in Upper Arlington, book the truck to roll up to your event.