Owner Bryan Maness
Food Truck Switches Gears A GRAB-AND-GO NO MORE.
BY OLIVIA DESMIT · PHOTOS BY L.G. PATTERSON
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ometimes the best things in life
What some might take as a
and eat with folks. The food truck is
start out in a whirlwind of chaos.
foreboding sign, Maness just rolled with
always grab-and-go, and we never got to
Such is the story of the Ozark
the punches and eventually made Ozark
see folks after they enjoyed the meal.”
Mountain Biscuit Company.
Mountain what it is today: a biscuit
With a permanent building comes a
Flashback to August 2013: The truck’s production is behind schedule with the manufacturer in Florida, but its debut was scheduled for that weekend. Owner Bryan Maness flies to Florida to drive the truck back to CoMo — and rolls into town the night before the event.
We wanted to have a place where we could sit down and eat with folks.
The health department gives approval for a limited menu since they didn’t even have time for a full inspection, and the very next day the Ozark Mountain
brick and mortar.
few perks: A more diverse menu, beer
“We wanted the opportunity to
and cocktails are on the horizon. “We
Biscuit Co. food truck served their brag-
give our clientele more diverse menu
realized people don’t always only want
worthy biscuits for the first time ever at
options,” Maness says. “Plus, we wanted
a biscuit sandwich,” Maness says. “Our
Pridefest at Flat Branch Park.
to have a place where we could sit down
food is Midwest-style, so the biscuit will
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