Over the years, members of the Platte River Cosmopolitan Club sold a lot of funnel cakes out of their food trailer. Club members, who mixed the batter and fried the cakes in the trailer, like to share funnel cake stories. They accuse longtime member Ray Mayhew of selling cakes that weighed two and a half pounds.
An 8-inch funnel cake cost $4.50. Customers could order the funnel cakes with toppings, such as powdered sugar and apple and cherry pie filling.
Sometimes, Cosmopolitan members got creative. For a couple of patriotic events staged by Chef Anthony Brando, they sold red, white and blue funnel cakes. Red food coloring was added to the batter, and the cakes were topped with whipped cream and blueberries.
Bringing the food trailer to various area events, Cosmopolitan Club members made more than funnel cakes. They sold hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, ice cream sundaes, root beer floats, popcorn, breakfast burritos and cinnamon rolls. For years, the Cosmopolitan Club fed patrons of Art in the Park.
But the Cosmopolitan Club no longer has its food trailer. They recently sold it to a Gibbon family for $16,000. The Cosmopolitans are confident the Gibbon family will get good use out of it.
Youngster Jackson Thornburg, 11, is running the truck with help from family members. Club members took good care of the trailer, keeping it clean and investing money into it over the years. The Cosmo Treats trailer was a common sight at a host of events, including Harvest of Harmony, Art in the P.
