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In Los Angeles, food trucks must be parked at a commissary, but it isn’t required that food prep be done there.
by WillPostForFood 8y ago
In Los Angeles, food trucks must be parked at a commissary, but it isn’t required that food prep be done there.
- awad 8y agoAh, I might have been too over-reaching. I know it's certainly true in San Francisco.
- baddox 8y agoI’m not so certain. I know of prominently-positioned pizza trucks in SF that are clearly cooking their pizzas there. I doubt they are doing that illegally.
- schrodinger 8y agoA lot of the laws differentiate between foods that are dangerous when left out (eg meat) and those that aren’t (pizza supplies). I think it’s called cottage food laws?
- awad 8y ago"All mobile food vendors must operate in conjunction with a food facility, also known as a commissary, such as a licensed commercial kitchen. Thus, you will need to rent a commercial space for preparing food, and storing your inventory." https://businessportal.sfgov.org/start/starter-kits/food-truck https://businessportal.sfgov.org/start/starter-kits/food-tru... Another commenter mentioned that there may be various classifications of food such that a Pizza truck may be able to get around it due to the nature of the ingredients but I'm unfamiliar as to where those lines are drawn
- village-idiot 8y agoYup. Food trucks in my area (LA County, but not Los Angeles itself) definitely cook in their trucks, but they effectively cluster into what I call "food truck cafeterias", side streets that seem to be set aside for food truck usage. It's actually pretty convenient, since two streets over from my office there's usually a dozen or so trucks all available on a low-traffic street.