Bartow County, GA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

Bartow County Code § 44-168 addresses food trucks and mobile food service units in the context of alcohol-licensed businesses, but it states the county's general licensing floor for a mobile food operation. A licensed establishment may partner with one or more food trucks to satisfy percentage-of-food-sales requirements or the requirement of having a full-service kitchen, but only if the food truck vendor meets four conditions. First, the food truck must be licensed under chapter 44, article VIII, the county's occupation tax article, and separately permitted by the Bartow County Board of Health as a mobile food service unit; both approvals are required.

Second, the truck must be located on the same private property as the licensed establishment it is partnering with. Third, it must be generally incorporated into that establishment's operation rather than operating as an unrelated, independent vendor on the same lot. Fourth, the truck must be available, open and prepared to serve food during every hour that alcoholic beverages are offered for sale anywhere on the premises. If alcohol is to be consumed outdoors near the food truck, the host establishment separately needs an outdoor service authorization under § 44-128.

Because Bartow County has no freestanding mobile-vendor chapter, § 44-168 is the codified standard describing what a food truck operator must hold, an occupation tax license plus a Board of Health mobile food service unit permit, to do business in the unincorporated county.