Gourmet Breakfast Food Truck Opens In Fairfield

FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield natives Eric Felitto and Mike Bertanza recently opened the third location for their popular gourmet breakfast food truck — The Tasty Yolk — and the first in their hometown, according to the Fairfield Citizen.

The Citizen reports Felitto and Bertanza, who met while they were in third grade at Stratfield Elementary School, have plans on a fourth location and want to keep expanding down the coastline. The Fairfield Tasty Yolk is located at 1916 Post Road in front of the former Mrs. Greens Natural Market. The other two Tasty Yolk food trucks are located in Bridgeport, at 4700 Park Avenue and 2889 Fairfield Avenue.

The Tasty Yolk was Connecticut Magazine’s “Reader’s Choice” Winner for Best Food Truck in 2017 and was also named to MSN's "America's 100 Best Food Trucks." Felitto, a chef who currently works at The Chelsea in Fairfield, and his childhood friend, Bertanza, launched their first Tasty Yolk breakfast food truck on May 5, 2016, according to its website. To sign up for Fairfield breaking news alerts and more, click here.

“Their intentions were to remain at their primary jobs, but get their own piece of the pie by having a breakfast business,” according to The Tasty Yolk website. “They could work the truck before going into their primary jobs. Michael Bertanza, who was a financial adviser at the time, left his job when the two decided to open their second truck in November 14, 2017. The business is now a success! Michael works the truck with his wife, Shekinah Bertanza. Eric Works the truck with his wife, Allison McHale, who also heads their social media in addition to cooking on the truck. You could say it's a family business.”

Felitto will be competing on an upcoming episode of Chopped on the Food Network on Dec. 18.

The Tasty Yolk is closed on Mondays and open from 7 a.m. to 12 noon Tuesday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

Read the full story at the Fairfield Citizen here.

Visit The Tasty Yolk website here and on Facebook here.

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