A new restaurant is opening Thursday, May 19, in downtown Olympia. Located at 317 E. Fourth Ave., the Greek deli-style establishment boasts fresh blue paint and stainless steel kitchen equipment. The business may look new, but the sticker on the front door tells curious passersby this place is the new home of longtime restaurant owner, Kenny Trobman.

Trobman's signature image - a big-eyed chef with tons of frizzy hair, riding in a hotrod covered wagon  - gained recognition after it decorated the front window of downtown favorite grinder and sandwich house, the Clubside Cafe, for seven years before the business closed its doors in 2009. Trobman wanted to shift his focus to family life and, eventually, the very popular street cart operation, The Gyro Spot (lovingly referred to as The G-spot, for, um, satisfying cravings). Trobman's The Gyro Spot has come to be somewhere Westside lunch-goers and downtown partyers rely on for cheap, tasty eats.

The Gyro Spot's move to a physical location, while not as kitschy, should serve Olympia well. Trobman explains the move is a result of county ordinances and codes being interpreted in ways that make it difficult to run a "temporary" business.

While he had a successful run with the cart, and Trobman admits he's sad about leaving it behind, he's also excited about his latest endeavor.

"Food is my passion," Trobman says.

The new physical location of The Gyro Spot shares the same concept as street vending: Fast, yummy and easy on the wallet. Although it won't have quite the same atmosphere as hanging on the pavement, Trobman intends to interact with the clientele just as much, offering late-night grub through a sliding window to the sidewalk. Late night hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, 5 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. - Nikki Talotta

[The Gyro Spot, opens Thursday, May 19, 317 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia]