Meet the Owners
Mother & Son run business
Coqui Thody
Born and raised in Mexico, Coqui grew up around her parent’s liquor business, cattle ranch, and her aunt’s tequila distillery. Farm to table and agave to snifter was not just a business; it was a lifestyle that would stick with her and eventually become the idea of starting a from-scratch food truck.
Fast-forward a lot of years, and some crazy stories (ask her about working in Alaska) she relocated to Washington where she was introduced to classic American food and plethora of international cooking magazines. Coqui turned any kitchen into an edible chemistry experiment, combining techniques and flavors from all types of recipes she came across, and diversified herself as much as possible (i.e. the legendary sushi phase of ’94). While most of her food is as authentic as authentic gets, her favorites are the alternatives with influences from Mediterranean regions, southern Asia, and India.
Before Coqui became the owner of a food truck, she raised and homeschooled two kids, ran her own bilingual pre-school, picked up cross country skiing, exercised her botanical abilities in the garden, and always made time for others. During this period, she found it fascinating and astounding that friends and guests who ate her food had never actually tried mole or home cooked beans. That surprise turned into “huh… people are missing out”.
Who knows how exactly things clicked in that brain of hers but it might’ve looked like this:
Passion for cooking + community = food truck
By then, she was in Bellingham looking around for her next project since the kids were no longer viable sources of entertainment (and grey hairs apparently). She teamed up with Marco, and the two got the ball rolling. They started planning in 2018, prevailed through 2020, and had their grand opening that July. Since then they’ve learned a lot and end the day buzzing with excitement.
When Coqui isn’t being the boss, she’s painting, cooking (crazy right?), finding hikes, and trying to revive a super dead garden.
Marco Thody
While Coqui is the brains of operation Marco is guy that knows you need food after getting off the mountain.
His place in Monolo did not start in a beautiful tropical-fruit-laden country with a family business and tequila, it started at the bottom of Mount Baker. “Avid” is an understatement to describe his snowboarding, long boarding, and even art. His intrinsic passion for getting out and turning a whole mountain into his playground introduced him to a lot of pretty cool people and communities. Skating dreamy roads and riding snowy mountains took him around the PNW and as far east as Colorado.
He initially prodded around the recreation industry as a career path but realized something quite important: Ya need food to do epic sh*t.
Luckily, he knew someone who was getting into the food truck business.
When Marco isn’t dishing up your favorite Monolo meal, he’s out and about in various ways. Snowboarding, skating, mountain biking, pestering his older sister, talking to his cat, and filling his notepad with quirky and relatable doodles.