AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) – Felicia Walton’s meals truck is a household enterprise in each sense. From the inspiration to begin her personal enterprise, to the relations who assist hold it working, even its title “Phatty Increase” is impressed by her household.
“It’s a childhood nickname that my sister gave to me,” Walton mentioned.
Phatty Increase is a novel title a for meals trailer, however that’s Walton’s enterprise and she or he’s pleased with it.
“We promote hen and waffles, steak sandwiches, cheeseburgers topped with pastrami and we now have chili cheese canine and tacky fries,” Walton mentioned.
Enterprise was good, she even began bottling and promoting the spices she makes use of in her dishes.
All of it was impressed by the lack of her youngest son, Jalen, who was killed two years in the past.
“He was an entrepreneur,” Walton mentioned. “He had his personal enterprise and he at all times promised me that he was going to purchase me a meals trailer as a result of he knew how a lot I like to prepare dinner and entertain.”
Enterprise got here to a standstill since Walton’s pickup truck wanted restore.
“Sadly once I did get the cash collectively, somebody took the truck the identical day I received my truck out of the store,” Walton mentioned.
That occurred Wednesday morning close to her dwelling close to Parker Street in Aurora. Friday evening, Walton received a name from police. Her trailer was recovered.
A part of the enchantment of her enterprise was the very animated emblem plastered on each aspect. police instructed Walton after her trailer was recovered somebody tried to cowl her emblem, and it suffered different damages as nicely.
“To have them scrape off my emblem and try to color over it’s simply devastating as a result of I don’t understand how I’m going to restore it,” Walton mentioned.
Walton is hoping to get her trailer and begin her enterprise again up once more. A fundraiser has been set as much as assist her achieve this, and those that want to donate can achieve this on the GoFundMe web page.
