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- 0:05Speaker 1: New Aswego food truck planned on site of recently closed
- 0:08Speaker 1: Freddie's Off the Chain restaurant. Written by Eric Shelkoff, This
- 0:14Speaker 1: article is being read by an automated voice brought to
- 0:17Speaker 1: you by Everlett. Relatives of the owner of the recently
- 0:21Speaker 1: closed Freddie's Off the Chain restaurant in downtown Oswego plan
- 0:25Speaker 1: to start a new food truck that will be located
- 0:28Speaker 1: in front of the building. My brother Armando, our partner
- 0:32Speaker 1: John Fitzgerald, and I Adriana Herada have to start our
- 0:35Speaker 1: own food truck, Freddie's Taco Crave, states a post on
- 0:39Speaker 1: the former Freddie's Off the Chain Facebook page. Our parents
- 0:42Speaker 1: are staked right. Our parents are almost seventy and after
- 0:45Speaker 1: so many years of running the family business, they made
- 0:47Speaker 1: the difficult decision to close the restaurant. We just couldn't
- 0:50Speaker 1: let Freddie's name and legacy end there. To honor our
- 0:54Speaker 1: late brother Freddy and keep his name alive, We're taking
- 0:56Speaker 1: a leap of faith and starting this new chapter, the
- 0:59Speaker 1: post said. Mona Heirada opened Freddy's Off the Chain restaurant
- 1:04Speaker 1: in April twenty twenty five. After operating the business as
- 1:07Speaker 1: a food truck. The restaurant closed its doors in July.
- 1:11Speaker 1: The two three hundred and seventy two square foot building
- 1:15Speaker 1: at eleven South Madison Street is for sale. Freddy's Off
- 1:19Speaker 1: the Chain is named for Harada's oldest son, Freddie, who
- 1:23Speaker 1: died in March twenty seventeen at the age of forty.
- 1:26Speaker 1: His story had been prominently featured on a wall in
- 1:28Speaker 1: the restaurant. The new food truck will feature a brand
- 1:32Speaker 1: new menu. According to the post, don't worry, the famous steak,
- 1:37Speaker 1: chicken and pastor tacos you all love are coming with us.
- 1:40Speaker 1: The post states, We're so excited to bring the flavor
- 1:42Speaker 1: back to Oswego, and we hope you'll come out support
- 1:45Speaker 1: our family, grab some food and be part of this
- 1:47Speaker 1: new journey with us. New truck, new menu, new chapter,
- 1:51Speaker 1: same family. Freddie's legacy lives on