How it all started...

Joe & Keliana Najera owners of Kenji's food truck in Reno, Nevada started their business in August of 2011.  They both have worked in the corporate food industry for many years and always dreamt of owning their own business one day.  Keliana, a 2004 graduate of University of Nevada, Reno knew that one day her business degree would come in hand, but never thought that her love of cooking would ultimately lead her to become a business owner.  In the summer of 2010, Joe was browsing through a Las Vegas food magazine, and it all came to him!  The coolest article of the food truck movement.  The colorful vinyl truck wraps, fusion foods, and how the people embraced the whole food truck idea!  There were people literally dancing to music outside these food trucks!  He thought, "wow, how awesome!  That's exactly what I'm going to do one day!".  

The menu is a fusion of Hawaiian, Asian, and Latin flair.  Keliana is from Oahu, Hawaii and Joe's family is from Central America, so why not mix things together? So after 8 months of building the food truck (from scratch) and practicing recipes on their friends, the truck finally made it's debut August of 2011.  They named the food truck "Kenji's" after their eldest son, who was a year old at the time.