For some chefs in the making, a mobile food truck is an easy way to break into the food service business. And for others, it’s just a steppingstone.
No overhead, limited staff with business hours and a location that can change whenever you want them to sounds pretty good to the several dozen food truck operators on the streets of South Florida. But to others, like Michell Sanchez, owner of Latin House, a restaurant in Miami, the truck was just the beginning.
“It was always my goal to open a restaurant,” said Sanchez, who left the business of buying and selling gold in 2010 to head out on the streets of Miami in a food truck called Latin House Grill. Sanchez sold both of his trucks this year, opened a taco and burger bar in Miami on May 3, and never looked back.