Popular Siouxland food truck opens first restaurant

JACKSON, NE (KTIV) – Tess Etherington, co-operator of The Lunch Box, has lived in Jackson, Nebraska for above 20 yrs.

A nurse by trade, she ended up transitioning to the food items support sector when the Director of Foods Products and services place turned available at her children’s faculty, Siouxland Christian.

She initially received the notion to provide foods when she found numerous building employees working on the street in Jackson, and believed it would be a sort gesture to give them lunch.

With her new practical experience and the advantages of operating at a college, she decided to kick off that idea appropriate in her driveway.

“In the summers I’m off work,” said Tess Etherington, Co-Owner of The Lunch Box in Jackson, NE. “And so we decided to start that thing where we can serve persons lunch. And we purchased a little camper, a very little Winnebago camper, and we transformed it to kind of a lunch trailer.”

Ahead of ever performing in the cafeteria and obtaining the camper, Etherington and her spouse deemed getting the Sweet Tooth: a longtime Jackson ice product shop that was promoting their developing.

Having said that, without having foods assistance working experience, they resolved to hold off.

Now, approximately 5 a long time afterwards, that strategy has appear to fruition.

“And seriously, we just glimpse at that now as getting the Lord’s timing due to the fact I experienced in no way cooked for that several individuals in advance of,” said Etherington. “And so doing work at the faculty the previous 4 decades has actually helped me to know how to prepare dinner for a large sum of men and women.”

The Lunch Box formally opened their doors previous Tuesday, and the response has been overpowering from the regional community, many of whom are thrilled to see the Sweet Tooth’s aged facility re-open.

Etherington claims she hopes to carry on the legacy the Sweet Tooth set up, even adding ice product and milkshakes to the Lunch Box menu.

“We just desired to honor her custom far too and her legacy, and what she crafted, the company that she developed here” said Etherington. “So, it’s just been outstanding. We have had–we’ve been so active!”

Tess claims with out all the help she’s been specified by way of this journey, none of this would have been probable.

“We’re just so thankful for the local community and for family members,” claimed Etherington. “Church relatives, it is just been incredible. So we’re very grateful to be below.”

The Lunch Box also has large strategies for the long run.

Now that they have a brick and mortar place and the ability to seek the services of extra staff members, they are preparing on remaining open up 12 months round, and introducing new goods to the menu.

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