The motto of Greater Tater, a new Stillwater food truck run by two lifelong friends, is “It’s what’s inside that counts.” In part, it’s literal: The trailer’s signature menu item is stuffed “potato kegs,” which resemble enormous tater tots with a variety of fillings, from bacon-jalapeño to reuben sandwich to breakfast eggs and sausage. But the motto has a figurative meaning, too, especially for David Kaetterhenry, who has Down syndrome.
“I want to let [our customers] know that I may have this Down syndrome, I want to show them that I don’t want to be different,” Kaetterhenry said. “I think special needs need to be out there, so we can show the world that we can do it.” Kaetterhenry and Chas Lecy, both 28, met as elementary schoolers at Stillwater Evangelical Free Church and quickly became friends.
They went to school together, worked at summer camp together and are both passionate about food, Lecy said. They’d been bouncing around the idea of opening a food business for years, he said. So in February, when Lecy and his father saw another food vendor was selling their trailer, the two friends jumped on the opportunity.
“I have this dream to have a three-story restaurant,” Kaetterhenry said. “I remember that me and Chas’s dad talked about this restaurant, so God worked through Chas and [his dad], and they got the food truck and asked me to be part of that.” Kaetterhenry’s dream restaurant would be a tropical, Caribbean-themed spot, he s.
