Originally Posted By: Shannow
with regard to food prep at other locations....
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/nyregi...ar-hot-dog.html
The guy pays the city $289,000 a year for the spot and says he earns $3000-$5000 a year?? No way, a NYC food cart must be like owning a bar..
Some of the things we learned about food trucks (in Arizona):
If you don't have a fully licensed commercial kitchen on board you can only prep food in a licensed kitchen you rent, and you still have standards and inspections on the truck.
Not legal to park your food truck in your drive when not being used, it has to be parked in some sort of approved location (forget why) and that means another monthly cost.
Every municipality and event has it's own permit that you have to get beforehand.
Liability insurance- you'd better have a boatload.
Still, people do it and make money at it but they must love the work.
Then there's the lady who pulls up to the job site, opens her trunk and sells everyone a couple of tamales out of a cooler and moves on.