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Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019 Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page A—13
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Barista Brooke Ohlson smiles recently inside the Little Red Espresso
Truck in downtown Shelton. The truck serves-coffee-based beverages
and snacks, such as grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Journal
photo Molly Walsh '
Classic American
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Passing by in a flash of bright red,
Radio Fryer Foods is on the move, serv-
‘ing classic American comfort foods to
Shelton and the greater South Sound
region. When the truck is not parked
'at its East Railroad Avenue head-
quarters, Radio Fryer Foods headsto
wherever the action is —- a parade, a
festival or a taproom.
The owners of Radio Fryer Foods,
Dean. and Jackie Jewett, embarked
on a food-truck venture as part of a
broader plan to revitalize the 111 E.
Railroad Ave. building in Shelton. A
continuation of this plan is the intro-
duction of a sister truck to Radio Fryer
Foods, a mobile café called the Little
Red Espresso Truck. -
Despite its launch earlier this
fall, the Little Red Espresso Truck
was actually the first truck that was
purchased by the Jewetts. Since the
espresso truck was purchased out of
state, a lengthy permitting process en-
sued before the truck Was cleared for
operation in Washington.
During the permitting process
for the espresso truck, the Jewetts
purchased a larger red food truck
that was already licensed in Wash-
ington. This truck became Radio
Fryer Foods. Dean Jewett said that
upon opening Radio Fryer Foods,
the truck was instantaneously on
the road to serve attendees of local
parades, races, birthday parties and
graduations.
“It just really kind of took off and
took a mind of its own,” said J ewett.
The truck’s mObility allowed Ra-
dio Fryer Foods to participate in local
events, including serving food at the
Shelton Christmas parade.
Offering classic American-style
meals, Radio Fryer Foods’ menu in-
cludes a selection of hamburgers and
cheeseburgers in addition to corn dogs,
hot dogs, chicken strips, fries, onion
rings, cordon bleu bites and cheese-
burger egg rolls. It’s a menu that
aligns with the food truck’s festival
and taproom travelszhe Little Red
Espresso Truck offers coffee—based
drinks and snack items, such as gour-
met grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato
soup and hot dogs. In the summer, the
truck will also serve Olympic Moun-
tain Ice Cream.
From beans from Urraco Coffee
'Co., to the potatoes grown on a small
farm in Olympia, Jewett said he and
his wife are dedicated to sourcing as
many ingredients as possible from 10-
cal vendors.
“Anything we can do local, we’re
going to do local,” Dean Jewett said.
“You support local, it’s just the way to
go. It’s the right thing.”
Although Radio Fryer Foods and
the'Little Red Espresso Truck keep .
a full schedule, Dean Jewett said the
trucks are a part of a larger plan to
open up a taproom and event center at
111 E. Railroad in Shelton.
“Basically the food trucks were pur-
chased in preparation of opening up
our taproom and then they’ll be able
to feed the taproom, so that we won’t
have to have a restaurant per se in
here,” Dean Jewett said.
His inspiration to open a taproom
and adjacent food trucks stemmed
from a trip to Oregon, where a major-
ity of the taprooms J ewett visited had
a food truck parked outside. Operating
food trucks serves as a more versatile
alternative to outfitting a restaurant
inside the future taproom.
The taproom-is slated to open next
spring. After the taproom is up and
running, Dean Jewett will continue
with plans to finish the building by
creating an event center, retail space
and eventually, vintage-style rustic
hotel rooms.
Dean Jewett» said that' becau5e he
owns the building and parkinglot lo—
cated on East Railroad Avenue, the
location is adaptable and there are
many potential options to rent out the
space and host concerts. 1
Despite a future taproom, event
space and retail suites on the horizon,
Dean Jewett discovered that owning
two food trucks is an ambitious but
awarding undertaking of its own, in-
dependent of future plans.
“Once we got into the food truck,
it’s kind of fun,” Dean Jewett said. “It’s
a lot of work. Don’t let anyone ever tell
you that it’s not, because it’s really
hard work, but you’ve got a lot of good
people”,
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