Program Guidelines

Concession cart vending is limited to commercially pre-packaged food items; such as: ice cream bars, popsicles, chips, juices, water, coffee, muffins, cookies.

Food trucks do not have the above food restrictions, but must supply all required permits from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. The sale of alcoholic beverages is not permitted in any Pierce County Park.

All food trucks and concession carts must be fully self-contained and supported and comply with Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Temporary Event Program (www.tpchd.org; contact Amanda Peters at (253)798-7677, apeters@tpchd.org) rules and regulations.

• Food Truck/Concession Cart Vendor Guidelines (pdf)
• Vendor Conditions/Restrictions (pdf)

Applications & Fees

Applications for all concession permits will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Applicants will be contacted after the application is received.  Interested vendors may submit our on-line application beginning the 1^st of March of each year. Applications submitted prior to March 1 will not be accepted.

Vendors selected and approved are required to pay a vendor fee prior to operations.

Concession Cart Fee:

• $150 Fee - Dawson Playfield 
• $150 Fee - Gonyea Playfield 
• $300 Fee - Frontier Park
• $300 Fee - North Lake Tapps Park 
• $300 Fee - Spanaway Park

Food Truck Fee:

• $30 - Daily Fee
• $100 - Weekly Fee