POCATELLO – A restaurant that has been owned by the same family for nearly six decades has taken on a new business endeavour.

Jeri’s Jumbo’s Cafe, which has been owned by the same family continuously since it first opened, has now started a food truck at 4539 South 5th Avenue. Called Jumbo’s Xpress Cafe, the food truck offers a condensed menu with both beloved and brand new dishes for customers to try.

The restaurant started when George and Jeri Pieper acquired Jumbo’s Café in 1966, and turned it into Jeri’s Jumbo’s Café.

“…it didn’t take long before Jeri had made some lifelong customers and friends. To this day, there are still people who come in and tell stories of the fun they had in Jumbo’s,” the restaurant’s website reads.

One of George and Jeri’s children, Lisa, and her husband,

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