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Street Food Stories — Season 1, Episode 19
One box of chicken, one box of fries, and a home kitchen taking DoorDash and Uber Eats orders — that's how Witty's Seafood and Wings started. Two years later, it's a food truck, a second truck for her son, a third truck for her 19-year-old daughter, and a brand-new brick-and-mortar opening with the mayor in attendance.
In this episode, we talk with the owner about the heartfelt story behind the name Witty's (named for her son, after the original name "BKC's" didn't quite land), why she eventually moved from a food truck into a brick-and-mortar to avoid paying thousands monthly for a commissary kitchen, and how her family has kept the entire operation running together — including her son's truck being built out while he was away for two years, and her daughter saving up to buy and build out her own truck from Facebook Marketplace. We get into the real meaning behind "the Witty way," the franchise ambitions that could take this brand to New York, Maryland, and Miami, and what it means to keep a family business not just surviving, but thriving, doing everything the smart way.
Street Food Stories is a 22-episode series profiling the people behind Southern food culture — the ones cooking, hustling, and building something real, one event at a time. New episodes drop every week, so subscribe and turn on notifications if you don't want to miss Episode 20.
V I D E O S T O W A T C H N E X T :
STREET FOOD STORIES youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmllD4tJZ24wIK9ctVS8agqZghBB47xTN
ONYX VISION NETWORK tv.onyxvision.net
Timestamps / Chapters
0:00 Street Food Stories — Cold Open
0:00 Meet the Owner of Witty's Seafood and Wings
0:10 Where the Name Witty's Really Came From
0:42 Starting With One Box of Chicken at Home
0:50 Running Uber Eats and DoorDash From the House
1:16 It Was Always a Dream and a Hustle
1:32 Two Years In and Opening a Brick and Mortar
1:46 Truck First, Then the Brick and Mortar
2:04 Why Franchising Is the Long-Term Goal
2:31 The Real Reason She Wanted a Brick and Mortar
2:40 The Cost of a Commissary Kitchen
2:57 Building a Second Truck for Her Son
3:25 How Her Daughter Got Her Own Food Truck
3:44 Buying a $7,000 Truck and Building It Out
4:11 Keeping the Whole Family in the Business
4:31 What "The Witty Way" Really Means
5:00 Grand Opening Details: October 9th With the Mayor
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Street Food Stories — Season 1, Episode 19
One box of chicken, one box of fries, and a home kitchen taking DoorDash and Uber Eats orders — that's how Witty's Seafood and Wings started. Two years later, it's a food truck, a second truck for her son, a third truck for her 19-year-old daughter, and a brand-new brick-and-mortar opening with the mayor in attendance.
In this episode, we talk with the owner about the heartfelt story behind the name Witty's (named for her son, after the original name "BKC's" didn't quite land), why she eventually moved from a food truck into a brick-and-mortar to avoid paying thousands monthly for a commissary kitchen, and how her family has kept the entire operation running together — including her son's truck being built out while he was away for two years, and her daughter saving up to buy and build out her own truck from Facebook Marketplace. We get into the real meaning behind "the Witty way," the franchise ambitions that could take this brand to New York, Maryland, and Miami, and what it means to keep a family business not just surviving, but thriving, doing everything the smart way.
Street Food Stories is a 22-episode series profiling the people behind Southern food culture — the ones cooking, hustling, and building something real, one event at a time. New episodes drop every week, so subscribe and turn on notifications if you don't want to miss Episode 20.
V I D E O S T O W A T C H N E X T :
STREET FOOD STORIES youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmllD4tJZ24wIK9ctVS8agqZghBB47xTN
ONYX VISION NETWORK tv.onyxvision.net
Timestamps / Chapters
0:00 Street Food Stories — Cold Open
0:00 Meet the Owner of Witty's Seafood and Wings
0:10 Where the Name Witty's Really Came From
0:42 Starting With One Box of Chicken at Home
0:50 Running Uber Eats and DoorDash From the House
1:16 It Was Always a Dream and a Hustle
1:32 Two Years In and Opening a Brick and Mortar
1:46 Truck First, Then the Brick and Mortar
2:04 Why Franchising Is the Long-Term Goal
2:31 The Real Reason She Wanted a Brick and Mortar
2:40 The Cost of a Commissary Kitchen
2:57 Building a Second Truck for Her Son
3:25 How Her Daughter Got Her Own Food Truck
3:44 Buying a $7,000 Truck and Building It Out
4:11 Keeping the Whole Family in the Business
4:31 What "The Witty Way" Really Means
5:00 Grand Opening Details: October 9th With the Mayor
instagram.com/hoodaffairstv
facebook.com/HoodAffairsTV
tiktok.com/@hoodaffairsondemand
twitter.com/HOODAFFAIRSDVD
Hood Affairs brings you exclusive interviews, hip-hop culture, urban lifestyle stories, street documentaries, food, sports, events, and real voices from the streets. We also produce original short films, web series, and indie movie content based in real urban culture.
#atlanta #foodie #FoodTruckLife #streetfood #streetfoodstories #EntrepreneurStory #BlackOwnedBusiness #AtlantaEats #FamilyBusiness #FoodHustle #MotivationalStories #SmallBusinessSuccess #FromTheMud #TheWittyWay #SeafoodAndWings
