Downtown Halifax’s french fry master Leonard (Bud) True dies at 77

June 21, 2003. Arlene Barron and Jim LeBlanc, both from Halifax, enjoy fries from Bud the Spud seen in the background. Bud the Spud's familiar spot can be found on Spring Garden Rd. right in front of the Halifax library.Over the past 40 years, the “Bud the Spud” food truck in downtown Halifax has become a local landmark, known for its mouthwatering french fries, long lineups and the outgoing man who made the business a lunchtime mecca.

“We’d visit Bud the Spud’s truck. He was my uncle, but he also made amazing fries. … There were lineups all the time.” Despite the long hours between May and September, Bud remained a friendly and gregarious man whose commitment to quality never waned, Mr. Burke says.“He was always cheerful, always jovial – even when he was working in the truck for 12 hours a day,” says Mr. Burke, who now lives in Bedford, N.S.

As for how Bud the Spud made what some claim were the best fries in Halifax, Mr. Burke says the key to the port city delicacy was in the preparation. Before the sliced potatoes were placed in the fryer, they were blanched.“There could have been a Bud the Spud in every food court in Canada,” Mr. Burke says. “But he was always focused on running the business as well as he could. He stayed small and local.

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