Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in Minnesota (2026)

Minnesota Statute 157.16 requires every mobile food unit to be licensed by the Department of Health or Department of…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no vending cart or mobile food unit can sell food or beverage to the public…

Anoka County licenses food trucks as a Class VII establishment under its Food and Lodging Licensing Ordinance…

The City of Blaine requires every mobile food truck to hold a city license before operating anywhere in city limits…

Operating a mobile food unit in Brooklyn Park requires a food establishment license under § 114.04 before serving any…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a mobile food unit needs a license from the City Clerk under Chapter 5-1500 before…

In the City of Duluth, no one may operate a mobile food cart or mobile food vehicle without a license issued under…

Eden Prairie requires every mobile food unit and food cart to hold a valid Minnesota Department of Health or Hennepin…

Hennepin County requires a food establishment license for mobile food units and itinerant food stands before they may…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, no one may operate a mobile food unit, whether a truck, trailer or self-propelled…

Maple Grove, Minnesota (Hennepin County) requires every mobile food preparation vehicle to carry a one-year operational…

Minneapolis requires a mobile food vehicle license under Section 188.485 before any food truck operates on public…

Every mobile food unit operator in Rochester needs a city license before vending anywhere in the city, whether on…

Operating a food truck in Saint Paul requires a mobile food vehicle license under Legislative Code § 331A.04. The…

Washington County requires every Mobile Food Unit to hold a current-year Food Establishment license from the Department…

Woodbury requires a separate annual license per vehicle for any mobile vendor selling food or goods from a truck on…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, in Dakota County, vending carts are permitted only along 147th Street from…

In the City of Blaine, a mobile food truck may operate only at a private party or city-owned park event, a…

In the City of Duluth, mobile food carts and vehicles cannot vend everywhere: Duluth Legislative Code § 27-22 bars them…

In the City of Eagan, outdoor food sales, meaning prepared food or drink sold from a temporary stand or a mobile food…

Brooklyn Park bars mobile food unit locations from residential districts and limits on-street food truck parking to…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a mobile food unit can only set up where retail sales are allowed, per Section 5-1513(1) of…

City Code Section 5.76, Subdivision 3.C limits food stands to five zoning categories: the office district, industrial…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, mobile food units within the Commercial Central Business District may vend only on…

Maple Grove limits food truck vending to private property with owner permission or a special event permit; public…

Minneapolis licenses mobile food vehicles and sidewalk carts and restricts exactly where they can operate: curbside…

Rochester confines much of its food-truck activity to a defined mobile food unit zone in the downtown core, mapped and…

Saint Paul zones mobile food units as an outdoor commercial use under Sec. 65.525, which requires a conditional use…

City Code Section 5.76, Subdivision 3.F flatly bars every food stand and special event food stand in Eden Prairie from…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, in Dakota County, each vending cart needs its own city license and can operate…

In the City of Coon Rapids, Section 5-1519(6) of the City Code bars any peddler, solicitor, or mobile food unit from…

Maple Grove, Minnesota, in Hennepin County, requires anyone peddling goods or services street-to-street or…

Minneapolis licenses sidewalk food carts under Code § 188.510, capping dimensions at 4 by 8 by 8 feet, restricting…

In the City of Blaine, anyone who dispenses confections or other goods straight from a vehicle on city streets, such as…

The City of Brooklyn Park licenses itinerant produce merchants, temporary sellers of fresh flowers, fruit, and…

In the City of Duluth, mobile food vehicles, the motorized or trailered kind, cannot vend from public sidewalks. Duluth…

Rochester's mobile food unit code controls how food trucks interact with sidewalks: operators may only vend when the…

Saint Paul peddlers and cart vendors can't just plant themselves on a sidewalk or street to sell. Sec. 345.08(a)…