Popular local food truck Malia’s Kitchen will be opening up inside the Montgomery Mall food court, taking over the space that was previously occupied by Lazzaro’s Authentic Italian Deli and Big Al’s Sub Shop. Malia’s Kitchen serves soul food and seafood, which they describe as the best “homemade” down home cooking in the DMV. Items on their menu includes crab cakes, fried chicken, fried fish, and BBQ. No opening date has been announced.
Lazzaro’s confirmed its closing on Sunday morning when owner Larry Lazarro wrote the following in response to a post on the Support MoCo FB page: “Thank you for all you and everyone has done on this page. Business was great and so was the feedback. It was a personal family health matter. But this is not the end I’m looking to move into a brick/ mortar. This place fell into my lap. Goin into the mall was never my first choice. lol Thank you to everyone we’ll miss seeing your beautiful faces every day! We love you and appreciate what everyone has done for us in this group! And the family is doing fine now.”
About Malia’s Kitchen:
“My name is Roberta Hillary, I am the Head Chef and Partner of Malia’s Kitchen LLC delivering you the best “homemade” down home cooking in the DMV. After 25 years of cooking and catering it is now to take our delicious food and recipes to patrons and foodies in the Washington Metropolitan area. Malia’s Kitchen has now launched a food truck to service locations in the District and Metropolitan area, our goal is to deliver homestyle soul food with our food truck and full-service catering options. Although our primary focus is lunch & dinner, our team can also be available for corporate breakfast catering via our food truck or catering delivery services.
Malia’s Kitchen LLC is a fully licensed catering and truck provider in the Maryland region, all employees are Certified Food Managers with current certifications and “ServSafe” certifications. Our staff will always operate with the highest level of safety for food preparation and delivery of your food and catering items.
Our doors are always open for suggestions, reviews, feedback both positive and negative; we aim to be the premier mobile and catering food service in the DMV area. We cater all events no matter how large or small; our services can be included with our partners that deliver audio, video, event furniture and full-service event productions. In the event you need a full-service event production please inquire, we can accommodate most requests from within our partner community.
Please take the time to follow us on our social media platforms, the most important thing we would like is for you to share and download our app “Malia’s Kitchen” that can be downloaded from the google play and apple iTunes store.
If you would like a special cuisine for a food truck or catering event; we can accommodate most request within the appropriate amount of planning. Malia’s Kitchen has food choices for all menu options to include pescatarian, vegetarian, seafood, as well meat only options.”