Retail food mobile license - food truck or food cart
An establishment that sells or serves food to consumers that reports and operates from a commissary and is readily moveable, such as a truck or cart. Examples include a mobile food truck that travels to different locations, moveable hot dog stand that sets up on a periodic basis, or other food carts or pushcarts that are wheeled and towed to a specific location. Retail mobile food licenses have restrictions on where they can park, set up, and operate. More permits for parking and specific locations may be required.
Special Note: The mobile retail food establishment or pushcart licenses required shall be in addition to the ice cream vendor's license. A food peddler license is not required for an ice cream vendor operating as a food peddler; however, an ice cream vendor operating as a food peddler shall comply with the food peddler requirements of section 23-52 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code.
Commissary operation guide(PDF, 112KB)
Map of restricted areas for mobile food trucks in downtown Denver(PNG, 603KB)
Retail food handling examples(PDF, 204KB)
Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute Offers a New Business Bootcamp for New Retail Food Mobile Businesses
The Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute is launching a program aimed towards Spanish-speaking newcomers who are interested in starting a retail food mobile business. The program is a business boot camp that provides training on different aspects of running a retail food mobile business and at the end of the bootcamp, participants have an opportunity to access microloans to support their business endeavor.
Information about the program can be found here:
Business Boot Camp - RMMFI
Prospective participants can get started through this Spanish language survey:
https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/7ZClen?lang=es
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