The newlywed owners of Fresno food truck Twisted Masala thought they had it all planned out.
After launching an Indian-American fusion food truck, they had their future business goals detailed in a shared document on their phones. They spelled out their plans for expansion in increments of one, 10 and even 15 years.
Then life threw them the worst kind of curve. In the spring, their 2-month-old baby had a brain bleed and a seizure, and and was helicoptered to San Francisco for emergency medical care.
Baby Madi, now 9 months old, is back home and at least appears to be fine — though she still requires lots of careful observation for signs of permanent damage from the seizure.
So that’s why Madi’s parents threw their initial business plan out the window and bought an ice cream shop in central Fresno. The brick-and-mortar business is a lot better place than a sweaty food truck to keep an eye on the girl they call their miracle baby.
CREAM (short for Cookies Rule Everything Around Me) celebrated its grand re-opening earlier this month. It’s at Cedar and Barstow avenues in the Bulldog Plaza near Fresno State, serving ice cream sandwiches and other goodies.