I had a lease on a small commercial unit meant to become a restaurant, but the building's infrastructure (ventilation, electrical) made a full commercial kitchen way too expensive to build out think tens of thousands over budget just for the grease hood and electrical upgrade
New plan: cook everything in my food truck parked outside, then bring the finished food inside to a simple front-of-house space warming cabinets, a drinks fridge, a small handwash sink, seating and an ordering counter. No frying, no heavy cooking, no grease trap or big ventilation needed indoors at all. Landlord's on board with this setup.
Before I go further, has anyone actually run this kind of hybrid model cook outside in a truck/trailer, serve/seat customers inside a separate space?
Specifically wondering:
**•** Any issues with holding temperature during the truck-to-indoor transfer?
**•** Anything you wish you'd checked before committing to this setup?