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How Baton Rouge food trucks returned in force during COVID-19

The stay-at-home order drove Curbside founder Nick Hufft to return to his roots: He brought back the food truck that first introduced Curbside’s food to the community years ago. Hufft was still an LSU student when he launched the food truck in 2010.

This time, taking it to the streets allowed patrons to enjoy Hufft’s signature pub grub just a few steps from home.

“We put the word out right after we found out [about the dine-in restrictions] and immediately got requests from 80 or 90 people on social media,” Hufft says.

Others, like Cou-Yon’s, have joined the fray—tanking up once-idle food trucks and heading to different Capital Region neighborhoods.

We wrote about the trend for 225‘s May 2020 issue, all about how the local restaurant industry has gone above and beyond to stay afloat and support the community during the coronavirus pandemic.

Read the story on food trucks here, and check out 225’s full May issue online here.