Fryday Podcast With Le Petit Poutine

Where do you turn when you're having trouble getting inspired? We talk about the best books to help small businesses and creatives to get unstuck and inspired. Plus, a food truck explosion in Oregon is a great opportunity to talk about quick safety checks for your food truck business. It's the Fryday Podcast.  

The baby is here! We welcome Lizzie's new baby to the poutine-crew and talk about all the adorable details. Plus, we talk how to fill your food truck calendar with a good balance of events and who is the #1 fast food french fry? Say that 5x fast. It's the Fryday Podcast. 

With frigid temps and sub-zero wind chills, we discuss what to think about when making the decision to close your small biz due to inclement winter weather. Plus, a food-truck shoot-out (it's true) and more on. It's the Fryday Podcast. 

Our guest this week is Dan Martello, chef and co-owner of Good Luck Restaurant and Cure at the Public Market. He stops by to tell us about how he came to be a chef, what it was like in the early days of Good Luck (which turns 10 this year), and why patience matters. Plus he tells us what it’s really like to live with Lizzie! Listen in, it’s the Fryday Podcast.    

Our guests this week are Tracy Schuhmacher & Sarah Taddeo - the team that broke the recent story about a local food truck builder with a long list of lawsuits and customer complaints. These complaints of wrongdoing impacted not only customers here in Rochester, but food truck owners nationwide. They take us through the process of researching this story, how it all came about, and what didn't make it into the story. If you are a food truck owner or small business owner, this is a must-listen episode! It's the Fryday Podcast. Learn more: Read the original article here. Follow Tracy and Sarah on Twitter: Tracy @RahChaChow Sarah @sjtaddeo  

This week's guests are Bri Merkel, Creative Director at the Little Theatre and Guy Higgins, OTFF musical guest. This is the second year of the One Take Film Festival which centers all around documentaries. We got the low-down on what films are playing, how they are chosen & how each is being paired with it's own musical performance that relates to the films. To get more info on movies times and descriptions, check out OTFF.org To learn more about the sweet sounds of Guy Higgins, check out his website here.

It's a quickie Fryday Podcast as we get ready for a frigid opening day. We talk about DC's food truck's surprise change-up and answer some listener questions about improving a food truck business and getting the right food truck team in place to keep you operating. Plus, who is really writing formal business plans these days? We talk about taking it month to month to get your bearings.  It's the Fryday Podcast.

A local food truck builder in our city is getting big press, in a bad way. The company is accused of burning food truck owners out of thousands of dollars in the form of deposits on trucks and poor workmanship. We discuss the story and it's local implications. Plus, we mull over what we will be doing differently from here on out and what food truck owners can do when it comes to planning your own truck purchase. It's the (buyer beware) Fryday Podcast. 

Our guest this week is Marisa Krol, artist, jewelry designer and one-woman show at Interstellar Love Craft. We are excited to have her on the show, because we are BIG fans of her modern and thoughtful style. And also, because we've been lucky enough to be spending lots of time with her this winter. We talk about working as a solo-act, getting her start in jewelry design and finding a mentor at the start. Plus, we learn about how Marisa connects with her customers, and how a positive state of mind goes a long way in business.     To learn more about Marisa, her creations and her brand, visit: http://www.interstellarlovecraft.com/ To learn more about jewelry classes, and The Adorned Studios, visit:  http://www.theadornedstudios.com/ For pictures from our interview, check out Facebook.com/LePetitPoutine

It's a Ronnie & Lizzie only episode this week and the talk is about trucks. What's up with DC's food truck squatter situation? A vegan butcher shop (you read that right) opens a food truck in the mid-west, and a future food truck owner sends in his questions for the poutine-queens.   It's the Fryday Podcast.

Have you ever dreamed about traveling the world, or wished you could press pause on your life to take an adventure?  Our guest this week are Elissa & Matt Sundman, and they did just that. They took a 2-year travel break to see the world, and they tell us all about how they got the idea, how they prepared and what it means to be on the road that long.  Before you say it can't be done, listen in to find out if there is an adventure in your future. It's the Fryday Podcast. To read more about their travels and to get travel tips, head to www.thatshowiroam.com

Our guest this week is Kurt Indovina-writer, you-tuber, dreamer and all around nice guy. We talk about creating a process for creating, early mornings and publishing your work online without regret. Plus, what's it like to work at Nintendo (THE Nintendo) and comic books for non-comic book people. It's the Fryday Podcast.  To find Kurt online go to: YouTube: Kurt Indovina Twitter: @Kurt_Indovina Instagram: @Kurt_Indovina

Our guest this week is Erika Sorbello, owner of Gallery Salon. Erika tells us about her background in art, and how growing up around hair stylist led to everything you see at Gallery. Listen in while we talk management, expanding a business and creating a community in your workplace. To learn more about Erika and Gallery Salon, head to galleryhair.com.  To learn more about Bossy, head over to facebook.com/BossyRoc It's the Fryday Podcast!

Our guest today is a long-time food truck soul-brother and newbie to the Fryday Podcast. Marty O'Sullivan stops by to talk about multi-tasking with 2 trucks and a storefront. He gives us the run down of what's new at Marty's on Park and talks Marty's Birdland, his new truck opening this spring. Plus, how Le Petit Poutine saved Marty's butt.  It's the Fryday Podcast.

It's a Fryday/Groundhog's Day- podcast.  We re-cap our recent trip to Chicago & give the run-down of all our food adventures. So. Many. Food adventures. Plus, the opioid epidemic is everywhere. We talk about how it's affecting the restaurant biz.

A food truck battle wages on...in Indianapolis. With 120 food trucks and limited locations, we talk about the logistics of this and should municipal governments get involved in scheduling food trucks in the interest of fairness? Plus, Rochester gets rejected by Amazon, the queen Jane Goodall and our first winter pop-up date announced!

This week we talk to Thea Chiarenza, urban agricultural adventurist. We talk about how she transformed her back yard into a nano-garden complete with crops, a duck pond and a green house, one big project at a time.   She teaches us about compost heat recovery, and her progress using waste to heat her greenhouse. Plus, caring for outdoor animals in the winter and homemade duck-toys (which, it turns out, are a real thing). If you are interested in learning more about what you hear in the podcast, check out some of these resources, including an explanation of compose water heaters, like Thea's and a quick intro to duckponics.   Head over to our Facebook to see pictures of Thea's nano-farm.

Are you renewed and enthused for 2018? Is this the year of the standing desk or the creepy doll (and what does that even mean?!) Plus, we have a winner to announce from last week's contest! It's the Fryday Podcast.