Arcola’s local eatery, The Hungry Moose Café & Bakery, has branched out to include a new location. There is now a food truck located at White Bear’s Hotel Beach.
The food truck, dubbed Hungry Moose on the Loose, is open, and is a great spot to curb the summer munchies. Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week, the truck serves everything from hamburgers to ice cream to iced coffee.
The location in Arcola, which only started in October of last year, has had some difficult times due to COVID-19. However, the business is finally moving forward and opening up to new opportunities.
Tricia Colpitts, the owner of the Hungry Moose, explained that it was her goal to try and set up something for the summer in White Bear at the beach, where there are currently very few food options. However, she also hopes to eventually have a regular seasonal location at White Bear. At the moment, the food truck is actually a trailer that’s been converted into a food truck.
“I do hope to find a second location at the lake and maybe for the first five years we’ll get a real food truck moving forward and then [it] would be nice to actually have a seasonal location up there that we could do a little bit more with.”
The food truck, which is mostly run by Colpitts’ daughter Kyra Cochrane, serves many of the homemade food items which the location in Arcola sells, such as their burgers. However, the food truck also has some specialty items that the Arcola location does not have, like candy apples and gourmet popcorn.
Overall, The Hungry Moose on the Loose is a great spot to stop and grab a bite to eat while enjoying the beach at White Bear.
Be sure to follow The Hungry Moose Café and Bakery Facebook page for more updates and information on their food truck and Arcola location.
