Smoke N’ Ash’s debuted exactly a year ago at the very first Spring Lake Sparkle, an event that Alex said changed their lives and the village as a whole.
FRUITPORT, Mich. — Starting a business is already a challenge, but for one Fruitport couple, they decided to take it on in the same year as the pandemic and the birth of their son, and they both say they wouldn’t change a thing.
Brad Ashcraft and his wife, Alex, picked a busy time to open a food truck last December.
“We got married in 2020, our son was born in 2020, and the business started in 2020,” said Alex.
“It’s been quite the journey,” Brad added, “but it’s been fun.”
With Brad’s long history in the restaurant business, culinary degree, and new found love for smoking meat, the couple created their mobile barbecue, Smoke N’ Ash’s (with the pun intended because of their last name.)
“It’s really a dream come true,” Brad said. …