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Loosening restrictions brings more food trucks to Northeast Texas

August 25, 2017

One year after the Northeast Texas Public Health District loosened regulations on food trucks, the number of permitted trucks has doubled, according to the Tyler Morning Telegraph.

In October, the board of directors loosened regulations for food trucks over complaints about the lack of trucks roaming the streets.

The health department had 14 active mobile food vendor permits at the time, including ice cream carts and snow cone trucks. The first full-service food truck, Curbside Taco, was approved with the new regulations.

By August, there were 30 permitted food vendors, 10 of which are full-service trucks.

Three trucks permitted in August were Rotolo's Pizzeria, Café 1948 and Say Cheese. They join Curbside Taco, Lupita's Restaurant, Pokey O's, Eloy's Catering, Crawdaddy's Boil-n-go, Weinerland and Katie's Old Fashioned BBQ.