Enterprise Beat: Clear-eating targeted meals truck opens in Longview | For Subscribers Solely

When Josh and Laura Robertson had been anticipating their first baby, she started to query the “established order,” notably when it got here to meals.

“We began trying into altering our personal weight-reduction plan,” Laura stated.

They made a change that their whole household follows: gluten-free, dairy-free, no seeds or refined oils or refined sugars, no microwave use, no plastics or aluminum.

“If you eat like we do, it's very troublesome to eat out,” he stated.

Now, nevertheless, the couple is providing that possibility at their new meals truck: Caveman Comforts, which is at 5651 US 259, subsequent to the Spindletop gasoline station and comfort retailer and north of FM 1844.

The couple had talked about opening a restaurant, however determined to begin with a meals truck, which has much less overhead, and develop from there.

“There’s a enormous want and need right here,” Laura stated. “Persons are beginning to pay attention to how the belongings you put into your physique have an effect on you negatively.”

“It's been actually good,” he stated of the general public's reception to the brand new idea. “It's been enjoyable and troublesome, every part about opening a brand new enterprise.”

“We have already got numerous common clients who come each weekend, typically a few occasions a weekend.”

The time period “Caveman” comes from the truth that the menu is primarily paleo, though some dishes have corn, and since it’s consolation meals.

The menu consists of a number of forms of loaded candy potato fries, such because the southwest model that comes with black beans, corn, rooster, and do-it-yourself vegan cheese sauce with vegan bitter cream made with cashew milk.

Different non-dairy merchandise from the meals truck are made with coconut milk.

Two forms of tacos and two forms of rooster wings full the menu.

“All of our meat is domestically sourced” and whole-grown, Laura stated. The couple additionally sources as a lot of their different elements as attainable from native farmers.

Caveman Comforts is open from 11am to 1pm and 5:30am to 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 11:30am to 2pm on Sundays.

Sweets with a function

Roxy's Sweet Lounge in downtown Gladewater has a mission of a couple of sort.

Roxy's opened in December, with Lana Niemannn and Jackson Foltyn as companions within the enterprise. However make no mistake, Foltyn's daughter Roxy is the chief director, Niemannn stated.

Roxy, 10, attends major college in Richardson and is autistic. Niemannn stated the aim of the for-profit firm is twofold: to present Roxy a spot to be taught abilities and run a enterprise so she may be self-sufficient and to assist assist a nonprofit Foltyn began known as The Roxy Room .

The group raises funds to put in sensory rooms in colleges the place wanted and requested to assist kids on the autism spectrum, Niemannn stated.

Foltyn is greatest identified domestically for buying the previous Gladewater Opry and opening the Jackson Theater there, presenting a mixture of theater and stay music.

Niemannn stated she and Foltyn even have plans to open the Fulton Common Retailer in downtown Gladewater, in addition to an Irish pub and Airbnb rooms throughout from the Sweet Lounge.

Foltyn and Niemannn met when she attended one in every of his reveals. She already owned buildings on the town, she stated, they usually discovered frequent floor of their need to assist downtown Gladewater thrive.

“The objective is to make the town middle a extra vibrant space that additionally has nightlife,” he stated. “This can be a vacationer metropolis and we wish to appeal to extra vacationers…”

Roxy's Sweet Lounge, situated at 104 S. Predominant in Gladewater, gives quite a lot of traditional sweet favorites, in addition to quite a lot of treats and desserts, together with various kinds of fudge, chocolate-covered Oreo cookies, white chocolate pretzels and with milk, kinds of truffles and different delicacies.

Because the enterprise grows, a portion of gross sales of sure merchandise will go to Roxy's Room.

Roxy's Room is designed to present kids on the spectrum a spot to reset when wanted when they’re at college. Room sizes depend upon want and have objects corresponding to cocoon swings, tents, sensory toys and different objects to assist present peace to kids when wanted.

The nonprofit, which Niemann stated operates strictly on donations, has offered 4 school rooms to date, together with Roxy's college at Prairie Creek Elementary, two in Liberty Metropolis and one in Spring Hill. Nineteen different colleges have utilized. Rooms price between $eight,00zero and $15,00zero, relying on measurement. The following ones are deliberate to be held at Gladewater and White Oak colleges.

“That is strictly depending on the donations these rooms obtain,” Neimann stated.

Roxy's Sweet Lounge is open from 11am to 7pm Tuesday to Friday and 11am to 8pm on Saturdays.

For data, go to roxyroom.org, Roscy]s