


He’s planning to sell it and is hoping to open a restaurant inside Harrisburg’s Air Madness, which plans to expand its offerings to also include a bowling alley, ax-throwing and an arcade.


The colorful Big Orange Truck won’t see a sixth season with owner Dean Marshall. Berke bought a bus and is having it converted into a food truck for his son and stepdaughter to run, possibly serving the late-night bar crowd downtown. The one definite spot in his schedule is Thursdays at Tractor Supply Co. Customer favorites are the brisket and cheesy hash browns. Scott Berke started the truck in 2015 and serves brisket, pulled pork and pulled chicken as sandwiches and tacos, and makes several side dishes. This year-round food truck keeps busy serving lunch crowds across the city. The trucks have been staples at Golf Addiction’s Food Truck Tuesdays, concerts at Levitt at the Falls, small-town celebrations and the fall season at Country Apple Orchard. The Backyard BBQ menu includes pulled pork, brisket and smoked chicken sandwiches, along with sides such as molasses baked beans, mac-and-cheese and coleslaw. The trucks all based in Sioux Falls but are available for catering and events across the region. He hopes to find enough workers to have the new trucks operating by June. It also operates Ollies, which it started in xx, and plans to add a Just Fries truck and a dessert one that will feature Stensland Family Farms ice cream, said Eric Elenkiwich, whose father started the restaurant in Brookings and expanded to Sioux Falls in 2014. The restaurant with locations in Sioux Falls and Brookings started running its first Backyard BBQ truck eight years ago, added a second one a few years later and “Q3” in 2021. Find locations on 605 Barbecue’s Facebook page. Its signature dish is loaded pork mac-and-cheese. Typical menu items include smoked pulled pork, ribs, beef brisket and chopped chicken. 605 Barbecue keeps busy with private events but can be found at local events like the 605 Summer Classic and barbecue competitions. Zach Bauer, the younger half of the father-son duo of Holy Smokes Barbeque, owns the food truck with Zach Scott and Jeremy Keizer. The recipes of 605 Barbecue Co., which started in 2021, have been crafted over the years in competitions and workshops. We have updates on almost 100 area food trucks, and we’ll be updating this guide as long as the weather allows. The net gain isn’t quite as big, though, with the loss of some newcomers and more established trucks. The food truck scene is growing this year with more than a dozen new offerings - everything from egg rolls, jambalaya and loaded baked potatoes to lattes and boba tea.
