Downtown Roseville Monthly Mobile Food Fests to Start in September

The first monthly mobile food truck roundup in Downtown Roseville is set for Thursday, Sept. 13.

Roseville City Councilmembers unanimously approved a resolution during the Aug. 1 meeting to , or SactoMoFo, for the monthly food truck events.

Council also approved $7,150 that will go to pay for the monthly events through the rest of the fiscal year.

SactoMoFo has monthly mobile food roundups scheduled at other cities within the region, according to Jamie Carlson with the City’s Parks and Recreation department, and plans to add Roseville to its location lineup on the second Thursday of every month.

In May, the City of Roseville and SactoMoFo also partnered for a of Downtown Roseville’s Town Square, which was successful, according to city staff.

Although the City approved an agreement with SactoMoFo, which represents mobile food trucks like Krush Burger (formerly MiniBurger) and Drewski’s Hot Rod Kitchen, a representative from a new local food truck association urged council to consider working with individuals instead.

A number of Sacramento area food tucks have split from SactoMoFo to form the , a regional group with ambitions to expand statewide. California Mobile Food Association now represents trucks like Wicked ‘Wich, Roseville-based El Matador Mobile Mex and Mama Kim on the Go, among others.

“If you would like to work with the trucks individually, and help us help you support the community, we’d hope that you would look at us as an organization that you might want to work with,” a representative from California Mobile Food Association told councilmembers.

Although councilmembers and staff weren't aware of this new organization, they moved forward with an agreement with SactoMoFo.

John Sprague, Community Development director, told councilmembers that they plan to sit down with SactoMoFo “to make sure that they can deliver as we experienced in May and we thought they could do in September.”

The City of Roseville could terminate the contact with SactoMoFo within 10 days, according to City Attorney Brita Bayless, if they decide to do so.

Staff also plans to provide updates on how the monthly food truck roundups are going and how it’s affecting Downtown Roseville businesses.

During the monthly roundups, Vernon Street between Lincoln and Grant streets will be open to pedestrians only.

The monthly mobile food truck roundups will take place on Vernon Street in Downtown Roseville from 4-9 p.m. the second Thursday of the month, starting Sept. 13.

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