What:

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to a wonderfully innovative local street food culture that is growing extremely quickly through its combination of technology and mobile, sustainable, food. The SF Cart Project seeks to complement the research of people interested in starting, or expanding, a street food business of their own by providing a relevant central resource for documents, information and community awareness regarding the often confusing (and occasionally contradictory) process of starting and running a legal mobile food business in the Bay Area.

What you will find contained here is a collection of information that is publicly available at city offices throughout the Bay Area. This site is intended to be an affordable resource for new and existing businesses to find the basic information needed to start a mobile catering business in the Bay Area. The SF Cart Project will strive to keep all documents as up-to-date as possible, but we offer them here to complement (not replace) your own due diligence. It is important to note that any interpretations found within these resources are just that: Opinions. Decisions in this area are your own, and SF Cart Project accepts no responsibility or liability for any actions, decisions or penalties that may arise from information that you find on this website.

Although this site primarily focuses on mobile food vending standards and resources for San Francisco, we will seek to add additional area resources and documents for the surrounding areas when available and helpful. If there is something that you would like to see included on this site, feel free to contact the site admin at matt(at)sfcartproject.com. If you have documents that you would like included here, please use the above email address and detail the following: 1. What city and county is the document from? 2. Is the document part of the public record? If not, do you have permission to publish this document? 3. The contact name and information for where you got the document and where duplicates can be found.

Who:

Matthew Cohen is the owner and operator of Tabe Services, a mobile catering consultancy based in the Bay Area of California specializing in Business Development, Social Media, Operations, Permitting and Web services for the Food and Beverage industry. With experience in nearly every aspect of mobile vending, Matthew seeks to assist clients in creating, and executing, longterm sustainable businesses that can be significant and valuable contributors to both their owners and the local communities that they service.

Matt has also been known to occasionally make some Ramen too. You can reach him at matt(at)sfcartproject(dot)com.

Disclosure:

This site will seek to be transparent at all times with affiliations and business arrangements with vendors, suppliers and recommendations. One of the intentions of this site is to provide win-win opportunities for small entrepreneurs entering this area by negotiating discounts for essential services needed by startup vendors. In addition, we seek to offer a resource to allow vendors the ability to compare prices in a market where it is often difficult to find reliable information. If you are a merchant that provides a service that would be of value to the Street Food community, please contact the site to discuss the services you are able to offer.