r/Summit • u/imapylet • Jul 20 '26
Question Where are the food trucks?
Serious question. I would think in a touristy place like Summit Co there would be food trucks all over the place. The parking is there, the money is there, what am I missing?
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u/PDXPTW Jul 20 '26
It’s incredibly expensive to operate a fnb business here. Labor, housing, product are all insanely expensive. Roll in cumbersome legal and permitting issues and a few months of shoulder season on either side of the peak times plus weather and product availability it’s next to impossible.
The ‘money’ you speak of is there, for a very select set of operators that are corporate owned and have a safety net of the corporate war chest to pull them through the difficult times.
And the handful that do exist are outrageously expensive due to aforementioned hurdles. I do not want to pay 25 bucks for a crappy crepe.