A few attributes set The Holy Grill apart from other food trucks: It serves up classic North American fare, including hamburgers, fried chicken sandwiches and poutine, yet the chef is classically trained in the French tradition. Itโs a rare example of a food truck with an all-halal menu. The chef also uses a wheelchair, and he had The Holy Grill custom-built as one of Canadaโs first accessible food truck.
But when youโre a hungry customer, all of that is secondary to one big question: How soon will I eat?
Chef Aleem Syed says lineups are one of the most important signs of a food truckโs success โ but in order to really enjoy that success, a food-truck owner has to know how to serve people fast. Having an efficient, orderly system inside the truck is of paramount importance. โYou have to have a system. The way the line is set up and the way the product is being executed is part of that system,โ he says.
As he explains in these videos, The Holy Grill can serve up roughly a hamburger per minute when everythingโs running as it should.
In the same spirit of efficiency, Syed encourages customers to pay by Interac Debit contactless payments. Cash slows everything down: Change has to be given, and the money counted by hand at the end of the day. โIt’s a lot easier when somebody use Interac Debit contactless payments to pay,โ Syed says, โbecause it’s a really quick and seamless.โ
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Note: Interac Debit contactless payments was previously called Interac Flash.
