Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, June 22, 2016
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Bobbalou’s slowly growing
By Dan Klapheke
IVN Staff Writer
When Bobbie Loyd gets up in the morning and drives to
work, she drives her work to work.
Loyd, owner and cook of Bobbalou’s Burgers, Dogs &
Sweets food truck, has wanted to work in the food industry since
she was little. Specifically, she wanted to own a food truck.
“I have always wanted to have a food truck and be in the
food business for a long time,” Loyd said. “I finally got a chance to
do it and I’m enjoying it.”
But to get to where she is now, Loyd started with a food cart.
She bought the cart through a friend last year and operated on that
for over six months, setting up on the corner by the pharmacy.
Meanwhile, Loyd was actively searching for a truck.
“It had to be the right truck, and this is the truck that we
found,” Loyd said of the truck she’s used since September. “It used
to be a Sara Lee bread truck.”
But the truck didn’t come with the amenities she needed, so
Loyd improvises. The cart sits on an open platform in the back of
the truck and Loyd installed a common refrigerator to store the
food, and that’s about it. But when the fridge is empty and she’s
run out of food, she’s done for the day. Sometimes she’s sold out
by 2 p.m.
But Loyd is working on getting it all completed by winter,
hoping to add a deep fryer, bigger grills and ovens. Despite the
restrictions, she doesn’t feel any challenges.
“It goes pretty smoothly,” Loyd said. “I’m just hoping that I
put good food out there. It’s probably the one thing I wanna make
sure that it’s consistent.”
Loyd’s consistency starts at 8:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday.
She parks the truck at the end of the lot near Papa Dispensary, and
then preps for the day. She slices her lettuce, tomatoes and other
vegetables, sets out her condiments and gets her drinks in ice.
Loyd said it gets busiest between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., but
sometimes business starts earlier.
“I think the earliest I’ve had is like 9:45 for a hamburger,”
Loyd said, laughing.
Loyd said she’d like to expand, but she’s not in a hurry.
She recently set up at the Moon Tree Run, and has weddings and
school catering events coming up. Bobbalou’s will also be at the
upcoming Concerts in the Park series at Jubilee Park.
Loyd doesn’t travel outside of Cave Junction and doesn’t set
up at bigger venues and events, and she doesn’t want to--at least
not yet.
“I would love to have more than one Bobbalou’s,” Loyd said.
“I would love to have that. That’s in the back of my mind, and I’m
moving toward that.”
The second Bobbalou’s will likely be the food cart once the
truck is completed, Loyd said. She also only wants more trucks
and not a building.
“It’s low-maintenance,” Loyd said. “It really is. I don’t have
a whole lot of overhead.”
However, Loyd said a building isn’t out of the question.
“If the right opportunity came up, maybe,” Loyd said. “If
God opens those doors for me, then yeah. I wouldn’t say no to it.”
Operating out of a building comes with more to manage,
including paying for electricity, water and employees. In the
Bobbalou’s truck, the cart is propane-fueled and a generator
powers the refrigerator. Loyd’s sister, Darby Basset, and friend,
Kelli Augustadt, help run the counter and prepare the food while
she grills. Plus, with Loyd also working as a hairdresser from
(Photo by Dan Klapheke, Illinois Valley News)
Loyd starts her day chopping vegetables and prep-
ping her meat, cheese and condiments.
home, she doesn’t have the time.
“I don’t have all that stuff that comes with a building,” Loyd
said. “I can come and go as I please, and I don’t have to be there at
a certain time every day, and all that kind of stuff. I’m versatile.”
Since it’s opened, Bobbalou’s has found its regulars.
“I like talking to the people and meeting all kinds of new
people and stuff. It’s fun,” Loyd said. “I have my regulars, and
pretty much almost every day that I’m open they come. So it’s
nice.”
Bobbalou’s is open Monday-Thursday until 6 p.m., or until
the food is sold out. Loyd and her team cook burgers and hotdogs
and sell chips and drinks, along with the occasional special of
Philly Cheesesteaks or pastrami sandwiches.
But whatever Loyd cooks in the truck she drives to work, it
has to drive her.
“Whatever makes me feel like I wanna cook,” Loyd said.
IVHS 2016 senior scholarship awards
Judy Hoyle
IVN Contributing Writer
The following 41 organizations and
programs awarded grants and scholarships to
IVHS graduating seniors in May. Ninety-five
awards totaling $126,700 were distributed.
Alpha Alpha Masters (AAM), Amaranthus
Family Foundation Science & Math (AFFSM),
American Legion Auxillary (ALA), Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons Kerby Belt Lodge
#18 (AFAM KBL), Ann and Wirt Cogswell
(AWC), Association of TRSD Administrators
(ATRSDA).
Cave Junction Lions Club (CJLC),
Caveman Kiwanis (CK), Drummond Family
(DF), Educational Credit Management
Corporation (ECMC), Evergreen Federal Bank
(EFB), First Student (FS), Flaming Family
Memorial of Lucy Flaming (FFM LF).
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Pass Association of Realtors (GPAR), Grants
Pass Kiwanas Club (GPKC), Grants Pass Rotary
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Total awards information as of press time.
The Illinois Valley News regrets any errors or
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