A Tally of Food Truck Courts, Lots, Parks, and Pods

Detroit Fleat in Ferndale – Source: wxzy.com

Here’s my working tally of permanent or semi-permanent (seasonal) food truck courts, lots, parks, and pods that are open to the public on most, if not all, days of the week. The list does NOT include temporary rodeos, events, festivals, rallies, nor round-ups.

SOMA StrEAT Food Park in San Francisco – Source: insidescoopsf.sfgate.com

It is very obvious from the list that such establishments are particularly popular in Texas and on the West Coast. Austin, Texas appears to be the epicenter of food truck parks with 15 in the metropolitan area. Seattle-Tacoma, Dallas-Fort Worth, Columbus, and Portland-Salem, Oregon are popular sites for these gastronomical venues.

Seventh Street Truck Park in St. Paul – Source: pioneer press.com

While researching these, there are a couple of suggestions to draw more visitors:

Add/create a website. Too often the venues are solely identified on the internet by facebook pages and story links from other sources.
Get more imaginative with naming your venue – just inserting your city name inform of Food Truck Park or Lot is BORING! Liven the name up with some panache. Food truck owners/operators are excellent at coming up with fun, catchy, and memorable names. Personal favorites from the list below are “The Little Fleet,” “Fuel 66,” “Court Louie,” and “The Picnic.”
Try to own the physical site, as moving from place to place due to lease and contract issues is tough for the general public and especially visitors to keep track of. It also makes the venue feel like its operating on a shoestring budget and may not be a long-term endeavor – not a good way to make a first impression, particularly if the goal is to eventually open a brick and mortar location.
Food trucks and food truck parks are an excellent economic development tool. Communities across the country should be facilitating these venues as part of their economic development toolbox.

Please feel free to forward any additions, corrections, or revisions. Chow!

Alder Street Food Cart Pod – Portland, Oregon
Art District Food Truck Park – Lubbock, Texas
Atlanta Food Truck Park & Market – Atlanta, Georgia
Austin Street Truck Stop – Denton, Texas
Aztec Food Trailer Park – Austin, Texas
Ballard Bites & Brew – Seattle, Washington
Baltimore Food Truck Park – Baltimore, Maryland
Beehive Station – Salem, Oregon
Bellevue Food Truck Pod – Bellevue, Washington
Bleu Garten – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Boardwalk on Elm – Waco, Texas
Bushnell Park Food Truck Court – Hartford, Connecticut
Brownsville Food Truck Park – Brownsville, Texas
Campus Pitt Stop – Columbus, Ohio
Charcoal Alley – Jacksonville, Texas
Clearfork Food Park – Fort Worth , Texas
Columbia Food Park – Vancouver, Washington
Columbus Commons – Columbus, Ohio
Co-op Food Court – Austin, Texas
County Fare – Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Court Louie – St. Louis, Missouri
Dallas Arts District Food Truck Court – Dallas, Texas
Deja Vieux Food Park – New Orleans, Louisiana
Denison Food Truck Park – Denison, Texas
Delmar Gardens Food Truck Park – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Des Moines Marina Food Truck Pod – Seattle (Des Moines), Washington
Dinin’ Hall – Columbus, Ohio
Detroit Fleat – Ferndale, Michigan
Downtown Disney Food Truck Park – Anaheim, California
East 11th/Rosewood Food Trucks – Austin, Texas
East Riverside Food Trucks – Austin Texas
East Side Food Trucks – Austin, Texas
Food Park – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Food Truck Bazar -Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Food Truck City – Nashville, Tennessee
Food Truck Court – Abilene, Texas
Food Truck Court – New York City (Manhattan), New York
Food Truck Court at Center Park – Chattanooga, Tennessee
Food Truck Fiesta – Las Cruces, New Mexico
Food Truck Fusion – Houston (Cleveland), Texas – Thank you, Ashleigh
Food Truck-O-Rama – Charleston, South Carolina
Food Truck Park – Guadalajara, Mexico
Food Truck Pavilion – Shreveport, Louisiana
Food Truck Plaza – Wichita, Kansas
Food Truck Stop – Little Rock, Arkansas
Foodville Food Truck Park – El Paso, Texas
Fort Worth Food Park – Fort Worth, Texas
Fuel 66 Food Truck Park – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Gateway to Go Food Truck Lot – Los Angeles, California
Happytown – Traverse City, Michigan (added 5/1/19)
Harlingen Food Truck Park – Harlingen, Texas
Haywood Street Food Court – Asheville, North Carolina
Houston Food Park – Houston, Texas – 2 locations
Hub*Streat Food Park – Dallas (Plano), Texas
Improper City Food Truck Park – Denver, Colorado
Jacksonville Food Truck Court – Jacksonville, Florida
Knoxville Food Truck Park – Knoxville, Tennessee
Lancaster Food Pod – Salem, Oregon
Lone Star Court – Austin, Texas
McAllen Food Park – McAllen, Texas
Mueller Trailer Eats – Austin, Texas
North Block Food Pod – Salem, Oregon
North Loop Vegan Trailers – Austin, Texas
Omaha Food Truck Park – Omaha, Nebraska
Pangea Lounge – Austin, Texas
PGH Food Park – Pittsburgh (Millvale), Pennsylvania
Pioneer Square Food Cart Lot – Portland, Oregon
Rainey Street Food Trucks – Austin Texas
Rayback Collective – Boulder, Colorado
Richardson Food Truck Park – Richardson, Texas
Richmond Food Truck Court – Richmond, Virginia
Richmond Food Truck Park – Melbourne (Richmond) Victoria, Australia
Rose City Food Park – Portland, Oregon
Route 66 Street Food Park – Amarillo, Texas
Santa Monica Food Truck Lot – Santa Monica, California
Savannah Food Truck Park – Savannah, Georgia
Sea-Tac Food Truck Pod – Seattle, Washington
Seventh Street Truck Park – St. Paul, Minnesota (indoors)
SGF Mobile Food Park – Springfield, Missouri
Snow Park Food Pod – Oakland, California
SOMA StrEat Food Park – San Francisco, CA
South Austin Trailer Park & Eatery – Austin, Texas
South Congress Food Trucks – Austin, Texas
South End Food Trucks – Boston, Massachusetts
South First Street Food Trucks – Austin, Texas
Spider House Food Trailers & Village – Austin, Texas
Statehouse Market – Indianapolis, Indiana
Stompin’ Grounds Food Truck Park – Phenix City, Alabama
Street Food Court – Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Tacoma Food Truck Pod – Tacoma, Washington
Telefonica Gastro Park – Tijuana, Mexico
The Back Lot – Mobile, Alabama
The Block – San Antonio, Texas
The Court Urban Food Park – Jacksonville, Florida
The Food Truck Collective – Los Angeles, California
The Hangar – Yuba City (Olivehurst), CA – added 3/7/23
The Hub – Virginia Beach, Virginia
The Little Fleet – Traverse City, Michigan
The Lot – Bend, Oregon
The Midway Food Park – Austin, Texas
The Park – Corpus Christi, Texas
The Park – Redding, California
The Point – San Antonio, Texas
The Picnic – Austin, Texas
The Yard Food Park – Wichita Falls, Texas
Thicket Food Park – Austin, Texas
Tucson Food Truck Round-up – Tucson, Arizona
Three Acres Food Truck Park – Houston (Santa Fe), Texas
Trokachula Food Truck Park – San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Truck Side Food Truck Court – Halifax (Dartmouth), Nova Scotia
Truck Yard – Dallas, Texas
Truck Yard – Houston, Texas
Wayside Food Park – College Station, Texas
Westlake Food Truck Pod – Seattle, Washington
World Food Trucks – Kissimmee, Florida near Disney World – Thank you, Nadeem! (added 7/11/20)
12th & Broadway Food Pod – Oakland, California
3rd Street Food Trucks – Cambridge, Massachusetts
5000 Burnet Food Park – Austin, Texas