'I put the 'warm' in shawarma': Summer's gone, but this Whitehorse food truck is still cooking

Normally at this time of yearfood trucks have all but disappeared from downtown Whitehorse. They're covered up, and put into storage for the long winter months.

But there's one die-hard food vendor who hasn't quit yet.

"I would say I put the 'warm' in shawarma," saidLouis-RochGagnon, owner of the Garlic A GoGofood truck.

Gagnon says if the relatively mild weather holds, peoplemight be able to order hisMediterranean foodright up untilChristmas, and beyond.

His truck is hard to miss, downtown it's aclassic 1973unpolished, bare-metal Winnebago typically parked on Third Avenue.

Gagnon sayscustomers are stillfollowing their noses to the smell of garlic.

"They are definitely having their shawarma wraps, the Greek garlic fries are always popular, and the spicy Turkish fries those will keep you warm," saidGagnon.

And how does he stay warm inside, when it's wintry outside?

"Well, the shawarma machine generates about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, my deep fryer is about 400 degrees, so it's quite warm in the truck. In fact, you can see me now in a t-shirt," he said.

Gagnonsays he'llkeep hisfood truck cooking until the temperature dips below 10 C.