Several food-truck owners in Tulsa were looking for a place to park and sell their offerings.
They and other entrepreneurs hatched upon a solution with their Fuel 66 concept at the corner of Atlanta Avenue and 11th Street (aka Route 66).
The Tulsa World newspaper explains:
The lot has a 1,000-square-foot building that will become a permanent bar with seating and walk-up windows. The surrounding space will hold up to six food trucks with patio seating. A large bathroom facility will be built on the site as well. […]
Trucks that come to the site will have to pay about 2 percent of their sales to the Fuel 66 owners. Those fees will go to cover operating costs. The main revenue driver will be the bar sales, he said.
Fuel 66 will have televisions and a movie screen for outdoor film viewing. It is family-friendly, including four-legged family members. Lewis said the project has been in development for about six months.
The owners say they want Fuel 66 to continue to stimulate the Route 66 corridor in Tulsa and help local food-truck owners.
There was no word in the article when the facility will open.
Food trucks became trendy in the last few years, but Tulsa has seen a sprinkling of them for at least a decade — mostly by those serving the Mexican-American population. (The original Los Unicos near Second Street and Lewis Avenue comes to mind.)
But food trucks have their practical value, too — it’s a much lower-cost way for a restaurateur to get started in the business.
This guide shows at least 20 food trucks are operating in Tulsa, offering all sorts of styles of food. With all the things Fuel 66 will offer, those truck operators will be clamoring to get a parking space there.
(An image of a food truck in Tulsa by Tom Baddley via Flickr)
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