Munchie Machine Makes Mouthwatering Morsels

For Brentwood born and raised Rob Grier, the food truck business was an affordable way to start a restaurant. Grier is a lifelong foodie—he guesses he was probably 16 when he got his first restaurant job while attending Palisades High School.

Before purchasing his Scooby Doo-inspired, neighborhood cafe on wheels, the Munchie Machine, Grier trained franchise owners of the Jody Maroni's restaurant chain.

"After opening 6, 7, 10 Jody Maroni's restaurants, I was ready to go open my own thing," Grier said.

One of his hottest selling items is the maple bacon s'more, a toothsome stack of graham cracker, chocolate, marshmallow and crisp breakfast pork that Grier sears with a small blow torch.

"We get kids, people of all ages, who like to take pictures of us as we do our s'mores," said Grier. "There's a couple YouTube videos of us doing s'mores in action."