Three Bones to open on Third Street and close its food truck

Known for brisket fries and its own brand of Cajun barbecue, the Three Bones Catering food truck developed a strong following after it opened in Baton Rouge in 2010. That popularity jettisoned the business into a permanent location in Uncle Earl’s bar on Perkins Road late last year. Now owner Chris Meyers is opening a second Three Bones at 324-326 Third Street, which he says will be completed in December.

Three Bones specializes in grilled and Cajun cuisine, curing its own bacon and grinding beef for hamburgers in house. The company also makes boudin, sausages, bread and condiments.

Meyers brought the food truck back in August for about three weeks, but decided to close it permanently when staff walked off the job in the summer heat. He says he’ll still take on catering jobs, but that the truck is for sale.

“Keeping the thing running is extremely difficult,” Meyers says of the food truck business. “Now that I’ve gone into brick-and-mortar, it’s so much easier. You have to move an entire kitchen. It’s really, really hot in there, sometimes 130 degrees.”—Maggie Heyn Richardson