06/10/2026
When Covid happened... Let's just say things got weird...
So weird that on March 15th, 2020, the Simply Fresh food truck lost every future location on our calendar. With nowhere to go & no one to feed, I solemnly drove home & parked the food truck in front of my house unsure how I would be able to pay our next month's mortgage...
I started the next day by cooking for the only people I knew I could feed... My wife & kids...
Hours later, my neighbors came outside and asked, "What are you cooking over here!?" And, "Can you please feed us!?"
Next thing I know, the word got out & more neighbors start showing up. Then faithful customers & life long friends who found out we were in fact still in business, started calling in pickup orders. A couple of weeks later my neighbor's band started playing music in their front yard bringing light & joy to a dark & uncertain time.
With restaurants closing left & right and groceries running out of essential items, my food truck, seemingly overnight, became a sort of lifeline for our Clairemont canyon community.
I was then able to bring back my employees & restart a business that I was almost forced to close...
To honor those times, which I can now luckily look back on fondly, we throw an annual neighborhood block party every summer. Right in front of my house. The neighbors, the band, the good vibes, the (new) food truck. Everything just as it was... except masks ππ€£.
This Sunday. 5pm. 5350 Limerick Avenue. A reminder to never take anything for granted. So join us, everyone is invited, yes, even you! And let's have some good ole fashioned fun