OLDSMAR, Fla. — It didn’t take long for Stephen Nemeth to figure out his passion.

“From the time I was, like, 13, I was working in restaurants and delis,” Nemeth said.

Growing up on Long Island, it was part of his DNA to be in the food industry.

So much so that he says he spent ten years with Hilton doing breakfast, and also spent a handful of years working at Bern’s Steakhouse.

One day, he was bowling with his buddy and business partner, Joe, when the idea hit him.

“We’re sitting around one day and said, hey, we should start a breakfast truck,” Nemeth said.

In July, they launched the Breakfast Express.

But in the limited time they’ve been in business, the last month has essentially been right outside the Community United Methodist Church of Oldsmar and making money has been the last thing on their minds.

“We’ve been here since like the 28 or 29 of September and we’ve done right around 900 meals,” Nemeth said.

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Breakfast Express has been chugging along in the church parking lot, serving meals to anyone around who needs them.

They have an old coffee container out in front to be used for donations and have dropped prices down to five dollars for people who can afford it.

If people can’t, the church covers the cost.

“We’re just going to keep it going as long as we can,” he said.

Nemeth says with all the donations they’ve received, the church hasn’t had to cover any bill yet, with one donor giving the guys over a thousand dollars to clear the debt incurred from giving away meals.

“We’re big guys and we’ve been reduced to tears a few times just with the people coming in, but it just humbling,” Nemeth said.

It’s one of the many stories that has kept these two going amidst the pain and suffering so many people are dealing with because of the storm.

So, just like it didn’t take Nemeth long to discover his passion, it didn’t take long for him to realize what he needed to do after Helene and Milton.

“Because they needed it,” he said. “Because they needed help. Because so many homes have been destroyed. And this church and if you look at the name of the church, the first word in the church is community. And that’s what it’s about.”

Breakfast Express is doing breakfast and lunch for folks outside of the methodist church from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily at 207 Buckingham Avenue East in Oldsmar and then they’re cooking dinner that is brought into the church for people to eat in the evening.

Oldsmar Cares is still accepting donations as well, while the city says Tuesday’s time frame for residents to meet with a representative from FEMA at the city library was canceled.

They say it will be rescheduled at a later date.