Asada, the popular Latin American food truck and restaurant inside of Mac Arnold’s in the Village of West Greenville, is leaving Mac Arnold’s for a new-to-them restaurant space on Wade Hampton Boulevard.
“It’s been a cool ride, but we really want to set some roots down and have a place of our own,” said Gina Petti with Asada.
Their sublease with Mac Arnold’s was up at the end of February, and Petti said they had looked at other spaces in the Village, but nothing was “kitchen-ready.”
Then along came an “amazing” opportunity from an angel investor, Rob Young with Communicating Results Advertising, Petti said. Young is purchasing the already-equipped restaurant building at 903 Wade Hampton Blvd., former home of Haus Edelweiss, and then doing a lease-to-own agreement with Asada.
Young, an avid Asada customer, said when the restaurant approached him about moving to a brick-and-mortar location, he considered it a good investment and bought the former German restaurant.
“I see the traffic counts on Wade Hampton for people coming in and out of Greenville,” said Young. “The location is about ¾ mile from The Community Tap, where they [Asada] sell out within an hour every time they’re there. They’re the No. 1 food truck in town. They’re a destination.”
For now, the move is simply a case of moving locations. Asada will still be serving lunch and dinner with the same hours, the menu won’t change and the staff will remain. Lola, Asada’s food truck, will be parked out front. Even the restaurant space itself will be about the same size, at about a 44-person occupancy.
Petti said they may be hiring some additional staff come spring, as Lola will “be wanting to get out and about more” and roam the streets of Greenville.
In the space they are vacating at Mac Arnold’s, Petti said Arnold and his wife, Vonda, will be running their own kitchen with fresh ingredients from their garden.
Young said he expects to close on the property in early February, and Petti hopes to be open at the new location by the first of March.
[ Featured image via Asada, via Facebook ]
