Food & Beer
LET'S EAT!
By Dan Greenwood
SOUTHERN MN STYLE Greg Taylor, owner and founder of TNT Eats, serves a customer one of his speciality pulled-pork sandwiches at Home Depot.
TNT EATS
Food truck owner plans to open restaurant Photos by Pat Christman
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rowing up in Kansas City, Missouri, Greg Taylor had plenty of inspiration when it came to honing his barbecuing skills, learning through trial and error. After moving to Mankato five years ago, Taylor, who had been making a living as a truck driver for over a dozen years, recalled words of wisdom his grandmother instilled in him years ago. “My grandmother told me that if you do a job you love, then you will never work a day in your 36 • MAY 2021 • MANKATO MAGAZINE
life,” he said. “I had that in the back of my head for quite some time, and I found that statement to be very true.” Those words compelled Taylor to follow his dream and open his own food truck, TNT Eats, about three years ago. He’s been serving homemade authentic barbecue with a “Mankato twist” ever since. “I never feel like I’m working. I spend more time coming up with great tantalizing cuisines for the truck and making sure that we do something that you wouldn’t
normally find in the Midwest.” Along with catering private and public events, his food truck is a mainstay at the Food Hub in Mankato’s Old Town every Wednesday during the summer months. While TNT Eats food truck is out and about during all kinds of weather – Taylor recalls serving barbecue when it was minus 17 degrees below zero and people still flocked to the truck to get their barbecue fix – he has plans for a permanent restaurant in the future.
