Erik and I've always wanted to have a food-related business, but weren't sure what to sell and how to go about it. E grew up cooking at his mom's teriyaki burger shack and cheffed for a bit at a high-end restaurant in Berkeley. And, between the two he preferred the burger shack! So, we knew we wanted to make fast food with a gourmet edge.
One day, Erik was having lunch with his now-defunct band. He had ordered chili cheese fries and the non-native-Angeleno keyboard player asked, "What's that? It looks amazing!" Gooey cheese, spicy chili and crispy fries do make a pretty amazing meal. Recipes started to take form in E's head. We had our concept.
As soon as he told me he had an idea for a fry truck, I started brainstorming for a name and look. I've always loved mobile anythings: trailers, RVs and lunch trucks! The Fresher than Fresh snowcone trailer in Kansas City is so cute, so at first I thought we should go in that direction.
We also had to think of a name. E has a penchant for puns, birthing such ideas as Lord of the Fries and, my personal favorite, Rosespud. Eventually, we toned it down and came up with FryBot and Frysmith. Unfortunately, FryBot had already been thunk up by McDonalds.
That left us with Frysmith... and that's what we really are: Frysmiths hand-crafting fries, one boat at a time.
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