Dining
BY KATLYNN FOX
Menu items include the Alamo (Jr $18.25, Mega $24) , which features smoked brisket on a loaded spud.
TaterQue employees Faye Monroe, Ashante Young and Deandre Mack stand with married owners, Bobbie and Bobby Mack.
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Couple grows TaterQue from food truck to restaurant
The restaurant hosts weekly events including adult-only karaoke every Thursday.
which is a butter spud with brisket, ribs, sausage, chives and barbecue sauce. The bestseller is named after Bobby Mack’s coach at LBJ High School, Ray Jackson Sr. “He was more like a father gure in my school,” Bobby said. Community engagement Bobbie says her favorite part about owning a local business is giving back to the community by donating food to organizations and schools and hosting fundraisers. “To hold that space to curate those experiences with the community and [ nd] ways we can give back to people that give to us, that’s been really rewarding,” she said.
Coming january 2026 Community impact’s Health & Wellness Edition The couple opened the TaterQue food truck in 2020; they later launched their rst brick-and- mortar location in P ugerville in 2023. “It’s more than a restaurant,” Bobby Mack said. “It’s like a healing center, [a] ministry at times.” On the menu Food o erings include spuds, tater kegs, boudin egg rolls, wings and sandwiches. The most popular menu item is the Big Jack, Bobby Mack is a former union worker who spent his lunch breaks wishing he could get a baked potato without driving 20 miles into Elgin. In 2016, after a coworker prompted him to address the problem, he came home to his wife, Bobbie, and wrote down the early concept of TaterQue.
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