Now Doing Business in Boston: A Food Truck Overview

The City of Boston is excited to begin the process of allowing food trucks on the city's streets and in the neighborhoods.

  • Food Truck Map

    Hungry? Find a Food Truck

    Food Trucks are now on the city streets!  Food Trucks can be found in 15 public locations around Boston and on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. 

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    Business Owners: Operate Your Food Truck in Boston

    The Mayor's Office, Public Works, Transportation, Inspectional Services, and Fire departments have developed a single application process for procuring Mobile Food Vending Vehicle Permits to operate in Boston. Application information is now available online.

    The City of Boston encourages vendors to pick the right spot to vend. Vendors can choose from public, private, and special properties.

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Announcements

  • Information About the Required Business Registration Form

    As mandated by Massachusetts General Law, all businesses in the city of Boston must file a Business Registration Form with the Office of the City Clerk. Mobile Food Trucks are permitted to utilize the address of their approved commissaries as their Boston address where business is conducted.

    Additionally, Mobile Food Trucks are asked to list vending locations (public, private, and special sites) throughout the city on a separate sheet of paper and attach it to the Business Registration Form.

    New or Renewal Business Certificate

    How to File and Submit the Form

  • New Mobile Food Truck Calendar Year

    To better reflect the common vending season, The Mobile Food Truck Committee has created a Mobile Food Truck Calendar year that starts on April 1st of each year. Permits issued in 2011 that are set to expire on December 31, 2011 can be extended for up to three months (January, February, and March).

    Owner/operators intending to vend by January 1, 2012 should submit the Food Truck Permit Extension Application to Public Works by December 23, 2011.

    Food Truck Permit Extension Application

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