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Saturday Afternoon, Downtown Morristown was filled with food trucks as it held the second Eat N Greet, a food truck gathering.

More than 20 food trucks lined up on the green at the Morristown Farmers Market ready to sell their goods.

Among those were Crave Hotdogs, Puertorican Smoke, Oh Nuts Donuts and Grill Billy Smoke.

Hundreds of foodies showed up to make sure they had a chance to try one of the trucks present.

“We were so excited for the event to return,” Jillian Carmichael said. “Last year it was really packed and we didn’t get a chance to try that many trucks but we came early to make sure we could get try several of the different trucks here.”

Carmichael said her family has been a constant supporter of the food trucks in the area.

“We love trying new things so anytime we see a new food truck parked on the side of the road we are eager to stop and see what they have,” she said.

The last Eat N Greet was held in the spring and many had been waiting for its return. It exceeded their expectations.

“Since the last one we had been waiting for it to come back,” Susan Johnson said. “We had a blast this go around. We love the new location and how it was set up. It wasn’t so crowded and it was nice to be able to walk around and see all the different food trucks; some we had never heard of.

“It was a great time and we look forward to see what the next one brings to the city.”

The event came from Bill Hall, owner of Grillbilly Smoke. Hall had hope the event would be a match making event to help food lovers to food trucks in the area.

“Just like the last event we hope to make this a matchmaking event,” Hall said. “We want to connect the community with the great food trucks in the area.”

“So many times people drive by food trucks and don’t pay any attention to them but what they don’t realize is they are missing out on some of the best food ever.

“Many owners put their heart and soul into their food and they get overlooked because people choose to eat at a sit down establishment. We hope this event can bring awareness to the many trucks around here.”

Hall may have achieved his goal as community members agreed to continue to support food trucks after the greet.

“We have found some food trucks that we are going to continue to eat at, we got their schedule and we will be the first in line,” Carmichael said.

The event was slated to go to 7 p.m. but late afternoon severe weather affected that.