Get a Gyro Fix at the Samos Grill Food Truck

Vladimir Demin was an IT recruiter when he decided to stop working for other people, a decision that led to the launch of the Samos Grill food truck.

Originally from Russia, Demin grew up in Brooklyn and lived in New York for 25 years. “I kind of got tired of the rat race of New York,” he says. “My commute to work was two and a half hours one way. Five hours a day commuting. Imagine three-quarters of your day just going to and from work?”

So in 2018, Demin made the move to Colorado. Then, “right before COVID, I took out a personal loan to refinance my credit cards, and I had about $10,000 that I could put toward my student loans,” he recalls. “I’m like, screw that. Let’s open a business.”

After speaking with his friend/former business partner, who had a great deal of experience in the…