The Arkansas Heart Hospital is unveiling its food truck this week, making it the first hospital in Arkansas, and possibly the country, to own and operate a food truck.
The food truck will highlight Executive Chef Coby Smith’s Japanese ramen, which was featured in February on a “CBS This Morning” segment, “How an Arkansas hospital became a ramen destination.”
The truck also will sell heart-healthy options, including salads, and will use as many local ingredients as possible.
The truck will appear at corporate events, too, where Smith will perform cooking demonstrations and encourage the audience to have screenings at the Heart Hospital.
It is scheduled to make its first public appearance from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at 801 S. Chester St. in Little Rock.
Smith said the truck will travel to the Heart Hospital’s clinics around the state and could travel to disaster sites to offer food to survivors and aid workers.
Smith said he’s wanted to have a food truck ever since he joined the Heart Hospital about five years ago. “I thought it would be a great avenue for marketing,” he said. “We like to do things a little bit differently around here.”
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