{"id":2041,"date":"2021-03-30T03:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T03:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/food\/the-patio-grille\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T03:07:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T03:07:39","slug":"the-patio-grille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/food\/the-patio-grille\/","title":{"rendered":"The Patio Grille"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rick Burton created a mobile restaurant that gives his customers a lounge type experience.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rick Burton’s Patio Grille has similar specifications as a typical food truck. People love his tacos, quesadillas, hoagies, shrimp po’ boys, and hot links. Photos by Jason Lewis <\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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By Megan Reed<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When people see the Patio Grille, typically parked in Leimert Park Village, they ask owner Rick Burton if it’s a restaurant on wheels.<\/span><\/p>\n

“That’s exactly what it is,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burton purchased a flatbed trailer and had it built with similar kitchen specifications as a food truck.  But the difference is that he included a seating area and creates a patio lounge type experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The vibe during the day is like an open air patio, and then at night I fire up the fire pit and you get the whole patio experience,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Food trucks and food venders with mobile grills can be found throughout Los Angeles, but the seating is typically folding chairs, if there is any seating.<\/span><\/p>\n

“What I wanted to do was create a vibe where people could come and eat and enjoy themselves,” Burton said.  “So I wanted to give them a vibe instead of just giving them a place where they could go get food on the side of the road next to a truck, and sit there on a crate.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Burton also provides music to create more of a festive atmosphere.  Before opening the mobile restaurant, he was a videographer at local night clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I noticed that the food vendors started selling food at the clubs, and then after the clubs let out there would be a food vendor outside,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

That led Burton to the idea of becoming a food vendor himself, and the Patio Grille was a way to keep the party going for people who just exited a club.  With the COVID-19 pandemic closures, his videography business slowed down, so he decided to run the Patio Grille daily from about noon to around 10 p.m.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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Burton’s menu changes daily, as he has Monday Night beef and chicken bowls, Taco Tuesdays, Hump Day Hoagies, It’s a Wrap Thursdays, Deep Fried Fridays, Backyard Barbecue Saturdays, and Buffet Sundays.  People love his tacos, quesadillas, hoagies, shrimp po’ boys, and hot links.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burton learned how to cook when he was a child out of necessity.  <\/span><\/p>\n

“As a kid I was kind of self sufficient,” he said.  “My mom passed when I was about 13, and I lived with my grandmother.  My grandmother taught me how to cook breakfast.  After I learned how to cook breakfast I had to learn how to manipulate everything else after that.  When I got older I started doing events with my father who used to have events at his house on the weekends.  He was looking for a way to cater those events, so I was going to Smart & Final in the morning and I was making breakfast for everybody, and that transitioned me into doing bigger events.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Burton is from the Leimert Park area, and it’s the ideal place for him to set up.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Leimert Park vibe on the weekend is a beautiful situation because the village is where our people congregate and exchange goods and services,” he said.  “While we’re doing that, we’re having a good time.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow Burton’s Patio Grille on Instagram @rick_burtons__patio__grille<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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