#AIRSTREAMER INTO FOOD TRUCK FULL#

To find Archie’s Lobster, look for the high-flying buoys attached to the perimeter fence and signs for ‘fresh lobster.’ Food truck owner, Heather Lewis, had her mobile kitchen custom made in Florida and then hauled to Maine. A second one, Archie’s Lobster, is set up on what was formerly the McEachern & Hutchins lumberyard lot on the corner just after the intersection of Route 102 and Flat Iron Road. Helmke’s Airstream at 298 Tremont Road is one of two food trucks parked in town this season. Usually food trucks move to where the people gather, but these two will be staying put looking to host a crowd. TREMONT - After an opening weekend affected by rain, Henry Helmke was surprised to see about a dozen people waiting in the sunshine to order outside the window of Quietside Snacks on the Tuesday following Memorial Day. When the sun returned the following week, so did the customers. Business was decent on Memorial Day weekend but hindered by the rain. No ifs or buts, you gotta call.Henry Helmke and Selena Young look out the order window of Quietside Snacks recently.

So, if y’all are looking to start your own food truck (do it!!), or if you just happen upon an old Airstream that needs a stellar refurbish, you got to call the guys at P&S.

We owe it all to Kevin and P&S Trailer Service. What we started with was a 1973 27 Airstream and what we ended with was the best food truck in Austin. They outfitted the trailer beautifully with ovens and refrigerators, cooktops and grills, all the while souping up the exterior with new rims and a fresh polish. But, Kevin and his team were up for the job. Seriously, gutting and rebuilding a vintage Airstream? That’s called w-o-r-k. Kitchen appliances are not made of air, so the pure labor, strength, and engineering prowess needed in making Jep’s Southern Roots made for no easy task. P&S worked some heavy magic to make our dreams a reality, and I mean heavy magic. Brian and Jess teamed up with Kevin, Paul Ruth’s grandson, on the project, and P&S took it from there. Jess and our pal Brian Purser got to work on design and the needed fixin’s. We got in touch and put the project into motion. We loved the idea of a vintage trailer for the truck, and P&S, which now specializes in food trucks, was definitely the way to go.

#AIRSTREAMER INTO FOOD TRUCK FULL#

At first, Paul only worked on the Airstreams part-time during the winter, but in 1970, P&S went full force.įast forward nearly 50 years (whoa, right!) to when the Ruths met the Robertsons. He was met with much encouragement and enthusiasm and got busy. When visiting the Airstream Service Center in Ohio with his son Steve, Paul asked if there was any interest in an Airstream refinishing business. Then, in 1968, patriarch Paul Ruth bought a 1964 Airstream Overlander in much need of repair. The Ruth family has lived on the same farm in Ohio for 5 generations (that’s a long time!!) and have been tilling the land for more than 100 years. That’s when Jess found P&S Trailer Service. We knew we had a great idea, but we didn’t know where to start. When Jess and I first had our idea of starting a food truck, we didn’t know just what we were getting in to. If it weren’t for the P&S gang, our venture into the foodie world may have never gotten off the ground. Turning an old, beat up Airstream into a beautiful, new food truck was a huge task, and Kevin and his team at P&S turned our wildest dreams into a very true reality. I had no idea the day I would come across their services would be the day of a new chapter in lives of the Robertson clan. We are forever thankful for and blessed to have the P&S family in our lives. Yesterday, Jep wrote a little something up about our friends at P&S Trailer Service.

Airstreamer into food truck