Fifteen new food vendors will be offering everything from Belgian waffles to Filipino fusion to French crepes and pastries on Vancouvers streets this summer. The new vendors will begin operations this month and once fully-operational, will be among the 114 stationary food vendors on Vancouvers streets.
This year, vendors were also invited to apply to set up in one specific location, along with other vendors. This food truck group or pod concept benefits both the public and vendors by offering more choices in one location. Five of the new vendors will be located along Hamilton Street outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
The citys street vending program received 29 applications for 15 new stationary permits this year.
This years applications were reviewed by a four member selection panel with expertise in small business and the food industry, as well as the citys engineering department and Vancouver Coastal Health.
The 15 successful applicants will be in a number of new locations including the Olympic Village Skytrain Station, Abbott Street near Rogers Arena, Victory Square and Beach Avenue.
The citys street food vendors were recently ranked third best in North America by Travel and Escape Digital Magazine.
The 15 new Vancouver food trucks
1) Aussie Pie Guy, 600 Hamilton Street Sweet and savoury Aussie hand pies.
2) Chou Chou Crepes, 500 Cambie Street French-ified crepes.
3) Culver City Salads, 400 Cambie Street (may change) Fresh daily vegan entree salads and brown rice bowls.
4) Dougie Diner, 600 Hamilton Street Dougies famous dogs and burgers.
5) Eat Sexy, 400 Cambie Street Healthy fusion.
6) Falso Philly Cheese Steaks, 200 West 40th Philly cheese steaks and bubble tea.
7) Fat Duck Mobile Eatery, 600 Hamilton Street Slow-cooked comfort foods.
8) JJs Trucketeria, Abbott St. at Expo Blvd. Healthy Filipino fusion.
9) Patisserie Lebeau, 600 Hamilton Street. Traditional, decadent Belgian waffles.
10) San Juan Family Farm, 1800 Davie Fruit juices, smoothies, fruit shakes.
11) Reel Mac & Cheese, 600 Hamilton Street Movie-inspired Mac and cheese and deep-fried mac and cheese balls.
12) Stir It Up Bike Cafe, Olympic Village SkyTrain Station Vancouvers first pedal-powered food cart with sustainable coffee and gluten-free snacks.
13) The Grill Express, TBA Kosher Israeli fare.
14) Wan Jai Thai Food, 1300 Pacific Blvd. Thai food.
15) Yo Quiero Taqueria, 1700 East Broadway Tacos and fresh house-made salsa.
To learn more about the street food vendor program or to use the Street Food Vendor map, click here.
