Meet Mark Prynkiewicz | Food Truck Owner / Operator

We had the good fortune of connecting with Mark Prynkiewicz and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Mark, is there something that you feel is most responsible for your success?
This year, we quietly celebrated our 5th year in business. I think the driving factor of our success has been that we’ve kept it simple, and we took a leap of faith. We aren’t trying to be anything we aren’t. We simply wanted to share Lola’s recipes, because they make people happy. It reminds people of home, and of their own Lola. In doing so, we’ve also created a family business, where we get to work and spend time together with our family. We have a focus on friendly customer service, because we really love what we do, and I think people can feel that appreciation.

What should our readers know about your business?
This wouldn’t be a proper article without tell you about our Lola. Lola’s Lumpia is lovingly named after Mark’s mom, Cora. “Lola” means grandmother in Tagalog, and once we had kids, she just became Lola to us all. Most people think that’s her first name, because everyone just calls her Lola now. Sometimes people see her in public and send us a picture to say they saw a “Lola in the wild.” We all think its really cute and funny how people will recognize her from our social media posts. Although Lola rarely comes to the truck services (it’s too hot!), she is in the kitchen with us, several times a week, rolling lumpia. She likes to chat with everyone at the kitchen, and can out roll all of us. When she’s not in the kitchen, she can be found working in her flowers, or making food for her grandkids, whom she adores.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
Well, that’s a great question. When you’re in the food truck business, you don’t get a lot of time to enjoy the city around you. You DO spend a lot of time eating at other food trucks… swapping food at events! So, we’d have to take them to a few of our favorite trucks- The Pita Stroller for some Chicken Shawarma, City Sliders for the Bada Bing Burger, and Delights Desserts for her amazing cheesecake. If we took a break from eating, we’d try to get down to Station 26 at Sullivans Island.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
When we were thinking of starting our food truck, we would visit trucks, and try to talk to the people that ran them. Some were not so open to communicating with us, but a few were. April with Miss Katie’s Sweets was working her pop up tent prior to getting her truck, and she openly talked with us about the process she was going through to get her truck, She directed us to a private Facebook page that all of the local food truckers are a part of. The page is run by a few local food truck owners, and was an integral part of getting us off the ground. I’d also like to recognize Christina England, the mastermind behind Low Country Eat Out page. Her page allowed us to reach many new customers during the pandemic. Currently, we have so many close friends in the food truck industry that help us out daily. It really is a helpful community of people, unlike any other business I’ve been a part of.

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