The Truck: Athena’s, found on Facebook, and parked at 1513 SW Holden St. from noon to 8 p.m. Tues. through Sat., right outside its brick-and-mortar counterpart of the same name.The Fare: Greek-themed food.The Stop: Nick Parisi is sure that his food truck is going to do well. Maybe his confidence springs from the fact that his truck is named after Athena, the Greek goddess of skill, wisdom, and a string of other generally good things. She’s even painted on his truck — a la Glenn Case, the muralist for Easy Street Records — in vibrant, furious contest with Poseidon. Or maybe Parisi is confident because he’s savvy and knows the business. His family’s been in the food industry since the ’80s, first serving up fried calzones at fairs, and then Greek food when they decided they wanted to sell healthier food.”As of now, we’re the first, only, and best Greek food truck in Seattle,” Parisi said, laughing.Or there’s that.Whatever the reason for Parisi’s sureness, Athena’s gyros do live up to the goddess after which they’re named. A warmed pita envelopes a bed of lettuce that’s draped with caramelized onions, dotted with kalamata olives, slices of tomato, and drenched with a homemade tzatziki sauce. Then there’s the meat — lamb, chicken, or beef — that Parisi said is different than what’s found at other places. Instead of shaving meat from a spindle, Parisi prefers to grill it to order, which he said is more fresh, less artificial. He didn’t mention that it — in my case, lamb — also tastes phenomenal. On the day I ventured over to Athena’s, wind, hail, and rain pummelled West Seattle — after-affects of Athena and Poseidon’s little dance, perhaps. Racing home in that weather to eat the food in the safety of my kitchen didn’t seem appealing, but immediately wolfing down the gyro I held in my hands, did. And from now on, let this be known as fact: It is impossible to eat a gyro in the front seat of a car gracefully. Lettuce flies everywhere, lamb pops out the other end of the pita, and by the gyro’s end, hands are lathered with tzatziki sauce. Napkins are absolutely useless.

Customers will likely sigh, relieved, when Parisi’s brick-and-mortar of the same name at 16th Avenue Southwest and Southwest West Holden opens next month and they can eat their gyros and souvlaki indoors. Also on the menu of the brick-and-mortar Athena’s, which will serve as the truck’s home base and commissary, are falafel, Greek burgers, soft serve, and gelato.”I feel like it’s going to be great,” said Parisi. “No, it is going to be great.” Follow Voracious on Twitter and Facebook. Follow me @katelinchow.