{Lemon iced buttermilk cake doughnut with crushed pistachio from Vincent Van Doughnut}
Lunch is usually the time when area food truck windows open, but a trio of trucks – one established, the other two coming soon – have us thinking about meals on wheels a lot earlier than noon.
For almost a year, husband-and-wife team Jack and Pat Williams have served Belgian waffles out of their truck, Walk Away Waffles (@WalkAwayWaffles) as early as 7 a.m. In addition to their variety of waffles flavors (like peach, blueberry, apple cinnamon and pumpkin, to name a few) each paired with a complementary dipping sauce (syrup, chocolate, apple butter, pumpkin butter and strawberry jam), customers can now add sausage and bacon their waffle’s batter. Additionally, the truck will now serve lunch on certain days, offering fruit waffles along with the newest option, chicken and waffles.
Expected to roll onto streets in mid-November is Vincent Van Doughnut (@vinvandoughnut). The truck will offer a rotation of artisan doughnuts, traditional and creative. “You have to have some of the well-known classic ones and cater to the foodies with artisan creations,” said co-owner Brian Marsden, former co-owner of now defunct Mirasol, who has more than 20 years working in the restaurant industry. Among unique doughnuts, watch for infused gooey butter with a brown sugar cookie crumble and vanilla icing, Vahlrona chocolate and peanut butter stripes, lemon meringue, and lemon iced buttermilk cake doughnut with sprinkled with crushed pistachio (pictured).
Marsden explained that he originally planned to open Vincent Van Doughnut as a brick-and-mortar doughnut shop. The food truck craze prompted him to do a U-turn and make it a mobile operation. “There isn’t one in St. Louis. We want to corner the market on it,” he said. Marsden plans to tootle the streets of St. Louis city and county. He has the necessary permit for the latter and hopes to secure his license from St. Louis City this week. Marden said he expects the truck to make its debut at a launch party at newly opened Heavy Riff Brewing Co.
Finally, you’ll soon be able to get your caffeine jolt from new coffee truck The Gateway Grind (@GatewayGrind). Feast reports that the coffee truck, a venture by a Sweet Divine employee, will get rolling – and brewing with Goshen coffee – in November.
UPDATE: The Scoop failed to include Deli on a Roll (@DELIonaROLL), in business for more than a year, as one of the food trucks also offering breakfast items. Among morning-centric bites are: omelets, lox and bagels, buttermilk pancakes, vanilla-flavored challah French toast, corned beef hash and bagel sandwiches.
This article appears in October 2013.