Tag: Food Truck Policies

Taqueria Cinco owner Nicolas Carvente, a town resident, claims there is another motive that is at the root of some of the complaints, and pointed to a negative social media posts he called “bullying” and evidence of “racism.”

The Coeur d'Alene City Council agreed to give the green light to providing a space for mobile eateries to gather downtown.

While kitchens on wheels serving freshly prepared food have inundated some U.S. cities for years, they're only starting to show up in force in Sussex. County staff, in a presentation to the County Council, said there's no easy way for an entrepreneur to set up a food truck in most of Sussex County, even if there's an agreement with a commercially zoned parcel owner to park there.

Bloomington City council members discussed an updated version of the proposed ordinances but didn't vote on it.

It’s a common narrative, and a popular one, in the food truck industry. Call it the creation myth of the District’s mobile food vendors: Plucky innovators short on capital abandon the tedium of desk jobs and the restrictions of traditional restaurants to peddle their creations to the District’s business-casual-clad lunch crowds.

Vending food trucks are a growing industry nationwide, but the Chippewa Falls City Council wants more information before allowing trucks to set up shop in the city.

The trucks get annual vehicle inspections and checks from the health department - but that's it - and some food truck owners say it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have a little more oversight.

Tampa Fire Marshal Milton Jenkins heard about the explosion Wednesday morning and immediately thought of Tampa's rally. He checked on the reports and found that the trucks had not been inspected before the event started, as required. So he went down to the food truck rally himself to check it out. He met an inspector there.

Two weeks ago city commissioners voted to allow vendors to start applying for food truck licenses.

hen the City of Montreal ended an almost half-century ban on food trucks, the buzz it created was palpable; finally, one could walk outdoors and buy a bagel or even steak tartar from a vehicle.