07/16/2026
1 9 , 0 0 0 f o l l o w e r s ! (Again š¤£)
If youāve been around here for a while you know a milestone like this calls for a story!
I gotta tell yaā¦. When we first started The Bayou we had NO IDEA AT ALL what was on the horizon for us. We had struggled financially for yearrrrsss working 60+ hours weeks for someone else and finally we just had enough. We got really scrappy, saved up enough for a trailer, quit our jobs and took a massive leap of faith. Itās really wild to look back on that and realize how insane we were š
Our first pop up at Mother Road Market was NUTS! People were lined up all day long. We ran out of literally everything. People were ordering our scraps by the end of the day! And paying for them! And our first weekend in our food truck was the same story. We could not keep up with demand.
Through out the following years we traveled a lot. Signed up for every major food truck event we could find. We often had lines 50+ people long. That was the norm for us. It was chaos aaaaaaaallllll the time!
Two years ago we had a seven week residency at the Route 66 Christmas Chute. That was roughly 49 days straight of living on The Bayou food truck. The amount of roux whisked and Muffalettas built still leave us shuddering from the trauma. We BURNT ourselves OUT! But we had also taken on a plant based lifestyle for ourselves that we were in love with. So we switched gears and opened up Tulsa Oklahomas first 100% plant based diner. We had found our calling. But we had to say goodbye to the Bayou. Which left a lot of people upset, confused and unfollowing.
Fastforward to February 2026, Mother Road Market asked us if we wanted to return for a pop up or two. And we just canāt say no to a fun opportunity. So through years of plant based food development, we were able to convert our entire Bayou menu plant based, and do it justice. Honestly one of our biggest culinary accomplishments.
We were so nervous it wouldnāt be received well. That too many people wouldnāt be interested in trying it. There are so many negative voices on the internet and they are very loud. We let it get in our heads but we went full speed ahead anyway.
Plant based Cajun foodā¦ crazy right? But if thereās one thing we love, itās a solid challenge. And not only did it go exceptionally wellā¦ we set the new sales record in that residency kitchen and even held our own in the top sales records of the other merchants in the market.
We had no intention of returning to food truck life. Or Bayou food. But to see the rave reviews, smiling faces & happy belliesā¦ we just couldnāt push that to the side. The āwelcome backā we have received in Broken Arrow just fills up our cups tenfold. Itās truly amazing! We are beyond blessed by our community.
As for the future? We have no idea! We have been looking at restaurant spaces. We have made some offers. But still everyone tells us ānoā ultimately. So we will just keep following the path and seeing where it leads us. And when we can squeeze it into our busy schedules we plan to return with the food truck here and there.
At the end of the day we are just a husband and wife, really just trying to build a life for our five kids, and set a good example. We never imagined weād win awards. We had no idea weād have long lines. We never imagined we would set sales records. Or compete in competitions. We never knew we would go all plant based. Or keep succeeding with plant based foods. This has been a REALLY WILD and EXTREMELY UNPREDICTABLE ride for us š¤£
We just want to serve delicious food, with excellent customer service, while showing our children the way, practice kindness and compassionā¦ we have said it for years āgood food for everyoneā.
Thank you all for being here. Thank you for supporting us through the ups, the downs, the wild twists and turns. We are four years in nowā¦ and we have a feeling that stillā¦ the best is yet to come šš¼
