Matt Basile, owner of Fidel Gastro’s, the popular food truck and sandwich pop-up is opening a new restaurant at 638 Queen St. W. at Bathurst.

As reported by The Grid, Basile will be taking over the 60 seat, recently closed Prague European Kitchen and reopening it as his own restaurant called Lise Marie – keeping in line with his Elvis theme after naming his food truck Priscilla.

Basile started as one of Toronto’s first pop-ups and opened his food truck last August. Since then he has been doing both public events and private events with the truck and as a pop-up catering operation.

Basile sees this lastest venture as another extension of the Fidel Gastro’s brand.

“I needed a hub to do my food truck and catering business. When this space came up, it had a perfect layout for a massive kitchen, a huge front of house and parking in the back for the truck. The food itself is going to still have a street food theme and the restaurant is just another cog in the Fidel Gastro’s wheel,” says Basile.

When asked how the new brick and mortar location will affect the food truck arm of his business, Basile assured us that the truck will still be hitting the streets of Toronto as frequently as ever.

“I think this will give me the opportunity to get the food truck out even more because now that there is a centralized location, I can actually staff my company properly and I don’t have to be in three places at once to make the business operate.”

Matt hopes to launch the new restaurant in the spring sometime. In the meantime, keep an eye out for his food truck.

About the Author: Mark Macdonald is the Founder of Toronto Food Trucks. He is a Toronto freelance web designer and a street food movement supporter. Get more from Mark on Twitter and Google +.