click to enlarge Nanny’s opened at 830 East Washington Avenue last month. Kevin Burton A popular Laveen food truck owned and operated by a married couple now has permanent parking at 830 East Washington Avenue. Nanny opened early last month. The bright yellow building that was once First Choice Bail Bonds now serves breaded chicken wings, fish and chips, shrimp baskets, and salads Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nanny’s is closed on Sundays and Mondays. “Nanny is my mother,” says owner and cook Andrea Nabors, who founded the food truck with southern influence a few years ago with her husband Josh. “These are the recipes I saw cooking as a kid and learned as a kid.” Currently, Nanny’s offers take-out and take-away options with online orders. Items on offer include five deep fried wings and fries for $ 14, a basket of prawns for $ 14, a crispy fried fish fillet with fries for 14, 10 wings and fries for $ 17, or 20 wings and fries for $ 32. For dessert there is a deep-fried caramel apple cake in your personal size. Fruit punch and lemonade are offered for drinking. I Support Local Community Journalism Support the independent voice of Phoenix and help keep the future of the New Times clear. “The wings are really our first choice. We started with that first,” says Josh. “Our wings are breaded, which sets us apart from almost all other wings.” Customers can smother their wings with a variety of homemade sauces that Nabors and her mother perfected about 10 years ago. Popular sauces are teriyaki, sweet chili, honey barbecue, garlic parmesan, mango habanero and lemon pepper. click to enlarge Nannys owners Josh Berg and Andrea Nabors. Kevin Burton “We try to serve the customer who just wants to come and grab something quick,” says Josh. “It’s not a full-fledged soul food menu, just a few things that we can do really well and quickly.” Josh left his full-time job in March 2020 to focus on growing the food truck. According to Andrea, Josh “does everything else so I can cook”. “After a few years of developing the truck, we knew we wanted to take the next step,” says Andrea. “We would have a lot of customers and set up seating outside of our truck. At that point we thought, ‘We need a dining room.’ ”The couple said they chose the downtown location because it was a corner lot with plenty of parking near shops and a residential area. “It was a really cool community atmosphere here,” says Josh. With the weather getting cooler this fall, the couple plan to set up additional dining rooms in the parking lot behind the restaurant for a food truck-style meal service that may include live jazz music. “We just want to create a quiet, relaxing environment back there,” says Josh.
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