Popular St. Louis Filipino-American restaurant and food truck Guerrilla Street Food for sale

Over a decade after launching, co-owners Brian Hardesty and Joel Crespo have decided to sell Guerrilla Street Food. According to Hardesty, the duo will stop operating the business on April 30, and are hoping to transition to a new owner who will keep the brand alive. “We’ve been running Guerrilla Street Food for over 11 years, and the last couple years have been very hard on Joel and myself, like all business owners,” he said. “We’ve just come to a point where we feel like we could love to see the business live on through somebody else’s eyes so we can see it continue, but at the same time, let Joel and I walk away and pursue the things we’ve been dreaming of for quite a while now.”

Hardesty said they hope to partner with some collaborators on specials before they close at the end of the month, and that they hope to see friends come out before the last day. “We just want to see people’s faces and say goodbye,” he said. Going forward, Hardesty aims to focus on projects 9 Mile Garden and Frankie Martin’s Garden, as well as other consulting ventures. He said that Crespo is still weighing options. “It’s a very big transition for doing something for almost a quarter of your life,” he explained.

In the end, Hardesty is proud of what he and Crespo have accomplished. “It’s all been a very positive memory, a positive experience serving the St. Louis community, both locally and on a national scale, being recognized nationally as one of the best food trucks in the country,” he said. He added that they’re hoping for the best regarding the sale and made the case that Guerrilla Street Food is unlike anything else in town. “We feel like it’s a loved St. Louis brand that people care about, and that it represents a style of food you don’t see very often in St. Louis.”