Taste Budz Take Out, a primarily carryout restaurant with a storefront at 280 DeBaliviere Ave., has rolled out a food truck. Taste Budz Express, which made its debut in early April, offers up a lunch menu with popular offerings from the restaurant, including made-to-order burgers, BLTs, fish sandwiches, onion rings, wings, Phillies and more.
Taste Budz Express rolls through both St. Louis City and County, although co-owner Eric Tomlin said he has mainly set up shop in North County thus far. Tomlin said he wanted to open a food truck ever since he opened his brick-and-mortar in May 2014. “(I’m excited) being able to get the taste of (my) food and restaurant out to different clients,” he said.
Spring proved the perfect time for Tomlin to focus on the food truck’s opening, as the DeBaliviere location is currently closed due to The Loop Trolley construction. He said he hopes to re-open the brick-and-mortar Taste Budz by September.
This article appears in May 2015.