LIBA is, at heart, a falafel bar. After finding inspiration in the falafel shops of Amsterdam, we pondered how to deliver the same ingenuity, accessibility, and flavor intensity to the streets of the Bay Area. So, we decided to deliver it via the cutest truck on earth.

Serving real food is important to us. Our falafel, salads, and sweets are made from scratch every day at our sparklingly beautiful cooperative kitchen. We use an abundance of organic ingredients, and make sure that our produce is delivered from as short a distance as possible, allowing us to support California farmers, provide fantastic ingredients, and contribute to your health…all in one fell swoop.

All of our take-away products are compostable—every little thing. At the end of the day, our oil gets turned into biofuel. We’ve chosen natural drinks that are low on sugar, high on novelty, and sharp on flavor.

You may also notice a bit of a romantic feeling on our truck—that’s because we’re sort of sweet on you. You feel it, right? LIBA means romance or love in several languages, and while some people may find a falafel affair a bit of a reach, they’ll see what we’re talking about when they join us as a customer.

At LIBA, we love falafel and we love you. We think you two should meet.

Gail Lillian has worked in the food industry for 18 years, trained as both a chef and pastry chef. She’s been around the chopping block, as a café owner, catering chef, private home chef, and cake decorator. She celebrates food with vigor and thinks it brings a sometimes black-and-white world into beautiful vivid color.

She is an avid volunteer in the community, as a Certified Mediator, helping to facilitate communicative dialogue between disputing parties for a few local organizations. She is also trained as a CASA (court-appointed special advocate for foster youth); a yoga teacher; and a nutritionist. She collects ceramic goblets and superballs, just because.