Independent Operators

Arkansas restaurant group expands food truck fleet

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March 26, 2021

Minute Man Restaurants, in Little Rock, Arkansas is expanding the scope and reach of its mobile restaurant fleet with a food truck called the Space Shuttle Café.

The food truck's body is a converted DC-3 plane that was in service during WWII and has been used as a commercial airliner, according to a press release.

In the 1990s, the DC-3 was converted to its current design with specifications based on the now-retired Challenger Space Shuttle. In 2015, the truck was was upgraded to a full commercial foodservice kitchen by the Shanghai Mobile Kitchens Solution Group in New York City.

Minute Man Restaurants has entered into a partnership with a Texas-based food truck developer to build a fleet of customized units designed specifically around the unique Minute Man Mobile menu offering. The first unit is expected to arrive in Arkansas this spring, according to the release.

"We have witnessed incredible demand for the Minute Man brand across the state," Perry Smith, president of Minute Man Arkansas, said in the release. "Given the inherent flexibility of the mobile model, which allows us to both establish a predictable service schedule in townships across the state while also offering full customization for private bookings, such as supporting office luncheons, wedding and birthday parties, tailgating parties, apartment complex celebrations, etc., we have realized we can delight many more customers by offering a robust mobile presence to complement our traditional standalone restaurant offering," he added.

In addition to the expansion of mobile operations, the company intends to add another physical location in Little Rock this year. Currently, Minute Man restaurants are located in Jacksonville and El Dorado, Arkansas.