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A new kind of mac truck
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Rosemount-based R.A. MacSammy’s offers new twist to food truck trend
Two prominent members of the Dakota County community are retiring with different roads ahead. larry 4A werner
by Andrew Miller
Dakota County Tribune
Like a lot of chefs, Kevin Huyck toyed with the idea of opening his own restaurant. He ended up buying a big yellow truck instead. The Apple Valley resident is adding a new twist to the burgeoning Twin Cities food-truck scene with R.A. MacSammy’s, which opened in January. Described by Huyck as “comfort food on wheels,” R.A. MacSammy’s offers soups, sandwiches, desserts and, Huyck’s specialty, macaroni and cheese. “I wanted to have something different and I kind of came to, ‘Who doesn’t like mac and cheese?’ ” he said. Huyck, who has 17 years experience as a chef, adds a gourmet touch to the macaroni dishes R.A. MacSammy’s offers. In addition to classic mac and cheese, there’s more esoteric fare such as Greek mac, topped with olives and feta cheese, and Cape Cod mac, featuring artichokes and lobster. After debuting his food truck at the St. Paul Winter Carnival in January, Huyck has been serving his specialty lunches on weekdays, mostly at high-traffic spots in downtown St. Paul such as Rice Park and Mears Park. Like other food trucks, he gets the word out about his daily location through social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as his website, www.ramacsammys. com. As for the business’ name, the letters R and A are the initials of his children – Randall, 13, and Avery, 16 – while “Mac” denotes his signature dish and “Sammy’s” denotes sandwiches, he said. Based in Rosemount, the business is licensed through the Minnesota Department of Health and the city of St. Paul. His licensing gives him leeway to operate anywhere in Minnesota except Minneapolis. Thus far he’s logged one day of lunch service in Dakota County – a few weeks ago he set up shop in Burnsville at County Road 42 near Judicial Road – but plans to expand his service at south-of-the-river sites to one or two days a week once the weather improves. “It went OK,” he said of his first foray into Dakota County. “I don’t think people are really accustomed See MacSammy’s, Page 10A
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After debuting his food truck at the St. Paul Winter Carnival in January, Kevin Huyck has been serving his specialty lunches on weekdays, mostly at high-traffic spots in downtown St. Paul such as Rice Park and Mears Park. Based in Rosemount, the business is licensed through the Minnesota Department of Health and the city of St. Paul; his licensing gives him leeway to operate anywhere in Minnesota except Minneapolis.
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In January, longtime chef Kevin Huyck of Apple Valley opened R.A. MacSammy’s, a food truck specializing in macaroni and cheese dishes. In addition to classic mac and cheese, Huyck offers more esoteric fare such as Greek mac, which includes olives and feta cheese.
Dakota County Tribune moves this month
Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune Business Weekly will have a new address effective March 16. The newspaper office is moving from its location in Burnsville to the second floor in the Shops on Galaxie with its new address: 15322 Galaxie Ave., Suite 219, Apple Valley, MN 55124.
Readers can send notices of upcoming events, letters to the editor and other correspondence to this address. The phone numbers and email
of staff members will not change. Phone and fax numbers will be out of service March 15 and 16 during the move, so people should use email to contact staff members.