Anisa Mejia of popular food truck Nana’s Rooted is moving out of Tampa next month. Credit: Dave Decker

A popular, plant-based food truck is getting ready to say “See you later” to Tampa Bay.

Anisa Mejia of Nana’s Rooted is celebrating her last weekend at Tampa’s Food Truck Culture (4914 E Broadway Ave.), dishing out vegan fare from noon-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday (or until she sells out, which happens quite often.)

The Nana’s Rooted owner took to social media last week to announce the imminent relocation of her Best of the Bay-winning food truck.

“Thank you for loving us, supporting us and building community here—my heart is so fuzzy, as I will miss a lot of you guys,” Mejia wrote on Instagram. “I will try and hug as many of you as I can, BUT this is NOT a goodbye! This is a “See you later.”

She explains that she and her family are moving to the DMV area (District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) and will eventually reopen Nana’s Rooted 2.0 after licensing and inspections are approved.

There’s only a few more days to grab nourishing, plant-based dishes from the Tampa food truck that’s known for its unique smoothies, empanadas and beloved “plates of the day.”

Thursday’s plate of the day includes a walnut-based bolognese with cashew ricotta, stewed kale and garlic bread, while Friday features a fan favorite “soul plate” loaded with bang bang broccoli, coconut mac and cheese, yams and a side salad.

For its final day of service in Tampa, Nana’s is slinging a Big Mac-style plant-based burger with fries on Saturday, July 26—alongside its daily menu of smoothies, empanadas (filled with walnut “beeph” or curried chickpeas) and sandwiches (crispy jackfruit, BBQ cauliflower and buffalo “chicken.”)

Before opening her food truck in Tampa last summer, Mejia operated a popular brick and mortar in Ybor City. Following a series of controversial code complaints, Mejia eventually closed the Ybor restaurant and relocated to a nearby food truck, but never stopped dishing out her beloved, plant-based eats and spreading knowledge of holistic cooking throughout her community.

Mejia tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that she hopes to remain connected to her local clientele by selling a handful of Nana’s products in Tampa-based stores, as well as continuing to host cooking demonstrations and workshops via Zoom and other online platforms.

While Mejia plans to get a new DMV-based food truck up and running once she and her family relocates, her ultimate goal is to “get back into a brick and mortar!”

Give @nanas.rooted a follow on Instagram for the latest updates on Mejia’s new food truck, locally-distributed products and more.

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