Favorites from a vintage bus
David Rodriguez creates a drive-up restaurant in the parking lot of his catering company
David Rodriguez
As we head into the tenth month of COVID-19 restrictions in the restaurant world, invention and re-invention remain key. So I guessed something was up when, driving down Stoughton Road at dusk, I glimpsed strings of bulb lights illuminating the parking lot in front of a vintage school bus near the Cottage Grove Road exit.
I knew thatâs where David Rodriguez runs his International Catering Co. out of the former Gaylord Catering building, 709 Atlas Ave. Rodriguez bought the long-running catering company at the beginning of this year; he also owns the Melted food cart and has been serving his Taco Local and Melted menus out of the restored 1981 International Harvester bus on Atlas Avenue at lunchtime over the summer.Â