RESTAURANT REVIEW CURBSIDE KITCHEN By 3300 Giant Road, San Pablo | (628) 400-3840 | curbsidekitchen.us Vickie Lewis Filipino Inspired Gourmet, Served up the Good Ol’ American Way! People who work in a profession about which they are passionate are among the luckiest in the world. They are motivated, they are eager, they are driven, and their energy and enthusiasm are contagious! These attributes perfectly describe brothers and co-partners of the Curbside Kitchen Gourmet Mobile Food Truck, Raynard and Russell Lozano, who are living out their desire to create and spread their love for Filipino food. Based out of San Pablo, these two young men are making their mark throughout Contra Costa County, offering Filipino-inspired foods served American style, as a tribute to their culture and background. Ray and Russell have always been fascinated by food (translation: they have an avid interest in eating!) Born and raised in San Pablo into a traditional Filipino family, their mother worked at Nation’s Restaurants for many years. They spent many afternoons at Nations waiting for their mom to get off work, happily enjoying burgers, fries and shakes while doing their homework. Russell 30 MARKETPLACECONTRACOSTA.COM APRIL 2017 loved to watch his mother cook at home from a very early age. When he was only seven years old, he expressed interest in learning to cook, and began serving as his mother’s “kitchen assistant.” As a teen, he expanded his love of cooking by working at local restaurants, and eventually enrolled in the Contra Costa College Culinary Arts Program, from which he graduated in 2012. Prior to the launch of Curbside Kitchen, Russell continued to hone his skills in the restaurant industry, and worked as a Sous Chef for Tina’s Place (Pinole), a Head Chef for the former Sala Restaurant (Hercules), and as a lead cook for Nordstrom’s in San Francisco, among other venues. For Curbside Kitchen, Russell is the primary cook and food preparation artist, and loves the flexibility and creativity that comes with owning his own business. Raynard’s love of eating did not lead him to study Culinary Arts; instead his educational pursuits were in the areas of Socio- Economics and Urban Planning. These fields of study have proven
Contra Costa Marketplace - April 2017
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