Frankfurt: Snack stand in Oberrad is a real insider tip
The snack stand in Frankfurt-Oberrad is a real insider tip – not just because it’s a bit out of the way.
Frankfurt – Dirk Wolff (31) regularly frys sausages, skewers and burgers at the Wäldchestag, at the Mainuferfest or at the Christmas market in Offenbach. “I’m an event caterer,” says the bright young man. “Without the place here I would probably be broke”. Ironically, a company parking lot on the almost unknown corner of Strahlenberger Weg and Länderweg – a long way behind the Mühlberg S-Bahn station in Frankfurt – saved the trained carpenter. “I know the boss from here and he said you can stand here. Make sure you come to them.”
In normal life without Corona, Wolff operates four snack and two bar trucks. Then he calls it “Sachsenhäuser Schirn”. Now he comes to the parking lot on Wednesdays and Thursdays with a car that has “Sausage Club” written in white letters on red in large letters and orders a fresh burger without end. Bratwurst, beef, Thuringian, fire and wild boar sausages smell on the grill. Pea, lentil and goulash soup are steaming in large cauldrons. French fries crunch in the fryer, kidney and meat skewers in large pans. “The upper wheels like the burgers best,” says Wolff, who, together with René Springer (41), his future brother-in-law, processes telephone orders and supplies the hungry people who appear out of nowhere.
Food truck in Frankfurt: special requests are fulfilled
It’s mainly carpenters, painters, plumbers, refrigeration technicians, electricians, gardeners, sewer workers and people from the FES who enjoy what’s steaming, sizzling and smelling in the food truck. Secretaries from nearby companies fetch bags full of burgers, sausages and fries for the entire workforce. Extra wishes are fulfilled. Some people want more salt on their fries, others like them lighter or darker. “Coming right away,” calls Wolff.
Born in Bonamese, he originally trained as a carpenter and during his apprenticeship he also helped with beer tapping and grilling. Then he was employed for five years and then bought the company. He is now self-employed for the fifth year and enjoys commuting between the weekly market in Offenbach and Oberrad. “I started early and want to finish early,” says the father of a four-year-old daughter. Immediately there is a veto from the regulars. “Pension applications have to be signed by all of us first and that’s not going to happen,” jokes a man who picks up six portions of cheeseburgers, two sausages, two fries and two sweet potato fries. “My colleagues are hungry too and I come here when I’m free. It’s just delicious here,” he says, pays and goes back to the company.
The food truck has been coming for two years and word has gotten around in Oberrad. “It’s all word of mouth,” says Wolff. “From time to time, people from the school office or a few teachers from the Mühlberg School also come.”
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Capri-Sonne is part of the food truck in Frankfurt
There are soft drinks to drink. Capri sun, cola, soda, water and coffee. Even die-hard truck drivers cannot resist the juice from the bag. “It reminds me of the past,” says a man who treats himself to Capri Sun with lentil soup with sausage, in which he has added a lot of vinegar. There are porcelain bowls for the soups at the standing tables. “You can wash them like at home and they are environmentally friendly,” says Springer. Rarely does anything break.
The snack stand is obviously fun for the operators and the guests. They babble, munch and exchange ideas about work, family and the war against Ukraine.
Nevertheless, Dirk Wolff, that he will soon be able to set up his cars again at major events. “Corona makes life pretty uncomfortable. It’s time to celebrate properly again. People need it and we showmen want to get started again.” (Sabine Schramek)