A popular night-market tale has snack-stall operators moving on to become mainstream entrepreneurs. Wan-hua ’ s Tai-nan Dan-zai Noodles and the island-wide Formosa Chang restaurant chain are well known examples of the tale playing out in the real world.
小吃攤變成企業家，更是一則夜市傳奇，例如萬華的豪華餐廳「台南擔仔麵」和全台連鎖的「鬍鬚張」魯肉飯，就是知名案例。