Johnnie's Mobile Kitchen
Melts on homemade sourdough, shrimp tacos and a mango-habanero brat, cooked from scratch out of a teal trailer.
A teal trailer with a sunrise on it, parked at the lake
Some food trucks do burgers. Johnnie's does a turkey-bacon-apple-brie melt on house sourdough, a mango-habanero bratwurst, a bison burrito, and a clam chowder bread bowl — out of a teal trailer painted with a sunrise, parked at a campground on a Colorado mountain lake. It only shows up when the weather's good.
Experienced cooks and a bright, from-scratch menu — sourdough baked in-house, sauces made to order.
Right now the truck is popping up around the valley — T&H Corner Store, Witches Night Out, community events — so follow their Facebook and chase it. In summer it parks at 5 Branches Camper Park on the east shore, where you order at the window and eat looking at the lake.
The melts (off the actual board)
Grilled sandwiches on sourdough and ciabatta they bake themselves:
- Johnnie's Cristo — grilled turkey & ham, melted cheese, and their “jammin' sauce” on sourdough.
- Johnnie Apple Brie — roasted turkey, bacon & apples under melted brie with jammin' sauce on toasted sourdough. The one you tell people about.
- The Godfather — ham, salami, pepperoni, onion, tomato, peppers, and melted pepper jack on ciabatta.
- Mushroom Melt — roast beef, Swiss, and mushrooms on rye.
- The OG — double grilled cheese. For the kid at the table (or in you).
- Mountain Melt — homemade meatloaf, pepper jack, Johnnie sauce — the one that sounds like a dare and eats like a hug.
- Plus the BLT on grilled sourdough, the Turkey Melt, and the Sweet Melt (mozzarella, sweet cherry peppers, cilantro sauce).
Watch the chalkboard, too — the specials rotate. Lately: a Fig Melt with pears + fig sauce on ciabatta, and a Jalapeño Popper melt.
And then the menu goes off-road
- Shrimp tacos — the one the truck itself recommends (“might I recommend the shrimp tacos?!”). Believe them.
- Smoked pork & carne asada tacos
- Bison burrito — about as Colorado as it gets.
- Elk Sloppy Joe — with slaw and Johnnie's sauce (that's it in the slideshow); also the 5 Branches breakfast burrito with elk, eggs, beans + pico. Wider ingredient range than any kitchen in the valley — elk to fig sauce to mango habanero.
- Cuban panini
- Mango habanero bratwurst — sweet heat on a bun.
- Clam chowder bread bowl — yes, at altitude. Cool-evening perfection.
- Smoked & grilled salmon salads — the “we're at the lake, let's be a little healthy” move.
- Breakfast — on morning-opening days: breakfast burritos, The B.E.A.S.T (bacon, egg, arugula, tomato on sourdough), Johnnie's Jam (ham, egg, cheese & Jammin' sauce on sourdough), and pancakes for the kids.
- Pumpkin chili — the fall pop-up legend, when it's on the board.
Fresh off the flat-top — shot at the truck, July 2026
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What was on the window, July 11, 2026
These boards were photographed July 11, 2026 — tap to read them. Specials rotate, and so does the soda list.
House sodas, named for the fun of it
House sodas — $5, and yes the names are half the fun: Happy Camper, Campfire Sip, Dirty Dr. Pepper, Mango Rush, Lemon Chill, Cherry Splash, Coconut Crush, and Beary Chill. Plus iced coffee and Miss Vickie's kettle chips.
The board changes with the day and season — that's half the fun.
Lunch that helps wolves
Johnnie's runs a $5 hot dog, chips & water lunch where proceeds go to Wolfwood Refuge, the wolf and wolf-dog sanctuary up the road in Ignacio. “The wolfies are coming back to 5 Branches” is how they announce it — and the valley shows up. They run it a few times a season: $5 gets the classic lunch, or order off the full menu and the wolves still win. Watch their Facebook for the next date.
They cater. Basically anything.
Weddings, meetings, birthdays, reunions, luncheons — if they can handle it, they'll cook it, with a custom menu built around your event. The same outside-the-box kitchen (elk sloppy joes at your wedding? correct decision), brought to you.
Find the truck
| Summer home | 5 Branches Camper Park · 4677 County Road 501A · Bayfield, CO 81122 |
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| Season | Valley pop-ups now · back at 5 Branches for the summer season |
| Hours | Open 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Wednesday–Sunday |
| Contact | Aimee Strevay · (801) 500-8215 · [email protected] |
| Schedule | The schedule lives on their Facebook — follow for “we're here today” posts: @johnnie.s.mobile.kitchen |
Chase the truck
Summers at 5 Branches Camper Park on the east shore of Vallecito Lake · valley pop-ups the rest of the year. The board changes with the day; the chalkboard settles it.