PLANO TX – The Plano City Council unanimously passed an ordinance allowing restaurants to serve as commissaries for food trucks.

The decision will directly impact how the food truck industry operates.

Now food truck owners may serve from their trucks, but they must use a restaurant kitchen to prepare and store their food.

Ann Keady takes credit for pushing the legislation through. She and her husband Jason Key are living the ultimate food truck dream after their Cajun Tailgators truck expanded into a bricks and mortar location in downtown Plano. The two businesses now run in tandem, supplying the area with plenty of po’boys, gumbo and étouffée.

The food may have helped their cause. The Cajun Café happens to be located steps from City Hall, and according to Keady “they’re our biggest customers.” Keady says it took about three months start to finish to get the city to rewrite the code, and now their restaurant can serve as their commissary, saving them significant storage and waste disposal fees every month.

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