The owners of the Southside late-night bar Marty's PM have cranked up a new food truck with a tiki-inspired menu that includes such dishes as a Maui burger, a Kahlua pork sandwich and a spicy papaya salad.

The truck, called Paradise Chow, opened in late October, but the owners are hosting a "grand opening" celebration this Saturday, Jan. 20, outside TrimTab Brewing Co. at 2721 Fifth Ave. South in Birmingham. Hours will be 5 to 11:30 p.m.

"We wanted to do a grand opening and really let Birmingham know about tiki food and know what we are," says Marsha Mims, who owns Marty's PM and the Paradise Chow food truck with her husband, Phillip Mims. "We are excited about the food we're putting out and people are really loving it."

The Mimses bought Marty's Bar following the death of owner Marty Eagle nearly five years ago. Eagle owned and operated the Southside late-night staple for nearly 20 years. After Eagle's longtime girlfriend Kay Ferguson closed Marty's Bar in August 2013, the couple bought it and renamed it Marty's PM.

While Marty's PM is popular for such late-night pub grub as cheeseburgers, patty melts, Reubens and BLTs, the Mimses saw an opportunity to branch out and reach customers who aren't out after midnight.

"If you know about Marty's, its late-late night," Marsha Mims says. "Our kitchen, during the week, opens at 11 p.m. and closes at 5 a.m., and on the weekends, it's 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

"We've had this bar for four years, and our kitchen was not being utilized during the day. So, we threw around options of maybe opening for lunch or doing something different. And then this whole food truck craze started to happen, so we decided why don't we become a commissary and open up a food truck?"

Marty's PM chef J.P. Hutchinson manages the food truck along with Noah Clark, Mims says.

"Noah lived in Hawaii for about five years, so we've got some really great tiki-inspired stuff on the menu, a Kahlua pork sandwich, a pork belly BLT, just some really good tiki-inspired food," Mims says.

"We came up with some great things that I don't think Birmingham has to offer anywhere else, including some tiki-inspired hot wings," she adds. "We also do a great spicy papaya salad, and we make our own chickpea tofu.

"So you can get some healthy stuff, too, but then if you want a Maui burger with pineapple and teriyaki glaze, you can get that as well."

The Mimses, who are friends with TrimTab founders Harris and Cheri Stewart, named their truck Paradise Chow in honor of TrimTab's best-selling Paradise Now Raspberry Berliner Weisse, which took home the bronze prize at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival.

The Paradise Chow truck currently parks outside TrimTab Brewing Co. from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and from 5 to 11:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. On Tuesday and Thursday nights, the truck moves to Innisfree Pub at 710 29th St. South in Lakeview after it leaves TrimTab.

For a full menu and more information, go to paradisechow.com.