A woman wearing a black t-shirt and black pants and eyeglases stands with her hands in a heart symbol in front of a food truck.
Rebecca Romero Beiber at the reopening of the Retro Wagon on October 3, 2023. (Rebecca Romero Beiber via Bay City News)

When entrepreneur Rebecca Romero Beiber launched her food truck, the Retro Wagon, in Fort Bragg in 2022, she knew one thing: she wanted to serve American comfort food and diner classics to hungry travelers along California Route 1. 

Eggy breakfast sandwiches, grilled cheese, juicy burgers, chicken noodle soup, pulled pork. That’s all Romero Beiber wanted to serve up to diners. And just as she started to get a dedicated following of customers, especially among first responders and CalTrans, PG&E, AT&T and other blue collar field workers, Romero Beiber was diagnosed with breast cancer at the beginning of April 2023. It was less than 10 months after the Retro Wagon opened. 

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Sarah Stierch covers breaking news and more for The Mendocino Voice. Reach her at sarah@mendovoice.com.