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Rylie Horrall<\/strong> | Lifestyle Editor<\/span><\/p>\n Tucky\u2019s Southern Kitchen and Pantry is a food truck located across the street from City Hall in Monmouth. It\u2019s owned by chef Brian Etienne, who opened the food truck here in early 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n Etienne initially wanted to create a brick and mortar style eatery that would be located in a refurbished gas station, but decided to put the idea on the back burner in order to branch out. He began doing catering along with focusing on wineries and craft breweries, however felt he was still lacking a connection to his own food.<\/span><\/p>\n Etienne decided to set up Tucky\u2019s in Monmouth after moving here in December 2018. Monmouth itself houses many different small businesses that are supported wholly by the town\u2019s locals, which is one of the things he loved about the town.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI’m a city boy by nature but have always held a place in my heart for country living, simpler things and that storybook small town. I felt Monmouth was that town,\u201d Etienne said.<\/span><\/p>\n Tucky\u2019s is a food truck that sells southern style comfort food that is made to \u201cwarm the heart and feed the soul,\u201d according to their website\u2019s philosophy statement. According to Etienne, their signature dish is all around their fried chicken \u23e4\u00a0 which you can get on its own, in a sandwich or combined with the mac & cheese bowls.<\/span><\/p>\n For first time customers, Etienne recommends both the Crazy Rooster Sandwich and the Mac & Cheese. The Crazy Rooster is a unique take on classic southern fried chicken, thrown together into a sandwich with a \u201clight and bright\u201d slaw and house made pickles. The Mac & Cheese is made with a gluten-free cheese sauce that\u2019s rich and creamy. In the future, completely gluten-free mac & cheese will be available.<\/span><\/p>\n Tucky\u2019s offers a secret menu that gets posted only to their Instagram, however Etienne prefers for the secret menu items to be passed around through people, saying that it\u2019s more fun that way. A previous item they had on this menu was the Wolf Pack Attack, which is a 10\u201d tall burger made with grilled mac & cheese buns, meatloaf, barbeque, pulled pork, sweet onion jam, sriracha pimento cheese, fried chicken skins and house pickles served with a five cheese dipping sauce. Currently, there\u2019s no new secret menu items, but he hopes to have some more in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n Along with serving food, Tucky\u2019s also gives back to the community through drives and small things for customers. Right now, they offer a Redemption Card program that allows customers to get discounts on their food. In addition, Tucky\u2019s will also be doing a Food for Food program where customers will get a discount on their meal in exchange for donating non-perishable foods that will be donated to Western\u2019s Food Pantry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI am all about giving back to my community,\u201d Etienne said. \u201cWe always post on social media our current goals or drives we create to give back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Tucky\u2019s can be found on Instagram with the handle @tuckyskitchen, on Facebook and on their website tuckyskitchen.com. The business is open Monday\u2013Friday from 11 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m. while supplies last.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2019\/10\/IMG_7784-1-1024x683.jpg\")
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