Tag archive for ‘Legislation’
By Mobile Cuisine On Friday, June 14th, 2013
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Huntsville Food Truck Vote Later This Month

HUNTSVILLE, AL - The Rocket City appears ready to join the national food truck craze. An ordinance introduced at Thursday’s Huntsville City Council meeting would allow food trucks to set up downtown along More...

By Mobile Cuisine On Friday, June 14th, 2013
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Judge Throws Out Chicago Attempt to Dismiss Food Truck Case

CHICAGO, IL - The fight for freer food trucks lives on after the Cook County Circuit Court shot down the city’s motion to dismiss a complaint against anti-competitive restrictions. The hearing, held at the More...

By Richard Myrick On Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
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Portsmouth Council Discusses Food Trucks But Not Kindly

PORTSMOUTH, VA – Another city in the country is beginning to analyize the idea of allowing food trucks within their borders and on their main streets. In Portsmouth, VA the story is starting the same way it More...

By Mobile Cuisine On Thursday, June 6th, 2013
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Norfolk Food Truck Lottery Begins

NORFOLK, VA - Registration is underway for vendors interested in Norfolk’s recently approved mobile food-vending program. The city has scheduled a public lottery for June 17 at 9 a.m. in its human resources training More...

By Mobile Cuisine On Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
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Northbrook Mulls New Food Truck Legislation

NORTHBROOK, IL - Northbrook is looking into considering some sort of regulations for food trucks, which have been on the rise in the area. Village trustees directed staff to research the topic further after a preliminary More...

By Mobile Cuisine On Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
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SF Supervisor Looks to Make Laws Stricter on Food Trucks

Supervisor Scott Wiener(Photo: Rick Gerharter) SAN FRANCISCO, CA - San Francisco is getting closer to putting the brakes on food trucks near restaurants. On Tuesday, Supervisor Scott Wiener’s revised four-piece More...

By Mobile Cuisine On Friday, May 31st, 2013
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DC Food Truck Law Could Be Revised to Eliminate Bad Parts

WASHINGTON DC - D.C. Council member Vincent Orange said Thursday his committee will kill proposed regulations on food trucks and seek a compromise over space issues, News4′s Tom Sherwood reported. Every member More...

By Mobile Cuisine On Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
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Washington Stalls the Food-Truck Lobby

WASHINGTON DC - Washington has recently become an unlikely hotbed of culinary innovation, with entrepreneurs flocking to this historically stodgy meat-and-two-veg city for the chance to feed dulce de leche cupcakes More...

By Mobile Cuisine On Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
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Norfolk Balks on Wide Open Food Truck Regulations

NORFOLK, VA - The push for food trucks downtown has yielded a compromise that will allow the vendors to serve while keeping them away from traditional restaurants. Food trucks will compete for six metered parking More...

By Mobile Cuisine On Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
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Lexington Council Gets First Look at Food Truck Pilot Program

LEXINGTON, KY - Lexington’s Urban County Council spent two hours on Tuesday discussing details about a proposed six-month pilot program to create five food truck zones downtown. The discussion covered everything More...