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Rylie Horrall<\/strong> | Lifestyle Editor<\/span><\/p>\n Lonney\u2019s Lunch Wagon is a food truck located at 152 Main St W in Monmouth. Opening at the tail end of 2018, Lonney\u2019s serves Hawaiian-Asian style cuisine that comes in both smaller and larger sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n Lonney\u2019s initially started out with owners Donney Ito and Leon Abrew selling lunch plates out of their houses as a way to earn money while attending Western. Eventually the two expanded and thought it would be a good idea to start a food truck business in town.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c(The) love and support we got from everyone here was too hard to leave,\u201d the two explained over Instagram. Ito and Abrew wanted to provide a solid food option for the people in Monmouth and for the Western football team that supported the pair from the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n The idea to sell Hawaiian food came from the fact that Abrew and Ito are both from Hawaii. However, according to Lonney\u2019s, \u201cWe actually only have one \u2018Hawaiian\u2019 dish, (which) is our Kalua pig.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Their menu consists of many different mixtures of Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, and some Fillipino dishes, but just stick with the label \u201cHawaiian food\u201d for simplicity.<\/span><\/p>\n The menu rotates every other day, with chicken, beef and pork options available daily, and seafood available on Saturdays. Lonney\u2019s does not have a secret menu, but allows their customers to customise their meals with different sauce options they have for the day. If the Loco Moco is on the menu, any dish on the menu can become a \u201cmoco,\u201d meaning that they will add over-easy eggs and gravy to your plate.<\/span><\/p>\n Abrew and Ito say their signature dishes are the Hurricane Katsu or Hurricane Chicken. Both dishes are drizzled with a mild spicy mayo, a sweet sushi sauce and are sprinkled with furikake on top. However, the dishes they recommend to first-time customers are the Loco Moco or Bulgogi.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c(We) recommend the Loco Moco or Bulgogi because so many people order the Hurricane every time that they don\u2019t get a chance to try (them),\u201d the two explained over Instagram. \u201cLoco Moco is probably the most underrated plate that we have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Loco Moco is homemade Hawaiian style hamburger patties with an over-easy egg and brown beef gravy, and the Bulgogi is homemade Korean teri-marinated beef.<\/span><\/p>\n Along with food, Lonney\u2019s sells pop sockets and, in the past, t-shirts. They\u2019re currently in the process of bringing more t-shirts in.<\/span><\/p>\n Lonney\u2019s also advertises for customers to \u201cleave their mark\u201d on the back of their wagon by putting a sticker on it that represents home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When asked if they wanted to add anything else, Ito and Abrew had this to say.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThank you so much to EVERYONE for supporting us and welcoming us with open arms. There\u2019s a lot of sacrifices we make to be able to run this business, but getting to provide good people with good food makes it all worth it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Lonney\u2019s Lunch Wagon can be found on Instagram with the handle @lonneyslunchwagon and on Facebook. The business is open Monday\u2013Friday from 11 a.m.\u20133 p.m., and on Saturday from 12 p.m.\u20133 p.m. Occasionally, Lonney\u2019s holds \u201cdrunchies\u201d hours, which usually occur from 11 pm\u20131:30 am.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n