Coquitlam choosing menu for 2024 food truck season
Food trucks, start your engines.
Coquitlam is looking to offer as many as 10 licences for food trucks and carts that would operate in select locations throughout the city beginning next spring.
In a bid to add some flavour to the street, the city recently issued a Request For Expressions of Interest in the hopes of finding vendors that offer reasonably-priced food which will: “reflect the needs and desires of the diverse community.”
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The city is planning to enter into a one-year agreement at several sites beginning April 1.
Locations
- West side of Pinetree Way in front of Douglas College
- East Side of Pinetree Way by Town Centre Park
- Evergreen SkyTrain plaza
- Southwest corner of Guildford Way and Pinetree Way in the park and ride lot
- Southwest corner of Poirier Street and Foster Avenue
- Northeast side on Hartley Avenue east of Schooner Street by the Home Depot parking lot
Food trucks must be at least 30 metres from a restaurant.
The city is looking to offer as many as 10 licences but another two licences could be given to food trucks operating on city-owned streets.
Food trucks must have insurance as well as certification from a health authority. Vendors must also be inspected by the fire department and pay the city a $1,000 damage deposit.
While the city is mainly looking for food, Coquitlam would consider other mobile businesses such as flower vendors, according to the release.
The city is slated to accept applications until Feb. 28, 2024.
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