Smyrna Food Truck Tuesdays
Smyrna’s hometown food truck Happy Belly is looking forward to the launch of Food Truck Tuesdays. Credit Sydney Busby

Update, 3 p.m.

Due to the rainy weather and cold temperatures Dinner at the Depot has been cancelled for this evening. The opening season event will be Monday, May 13.

Original Story, 9 a.m.

Join Dinner at the Depot, Kennesaw’s weekly food truck event, for Carnival Night.

The Monday, May 6th event will have carnival games for families to enjoy as well as live music and a variety of food trucks. Monday is opening night for the 2013 Dinner at the Depot season.

Due to possible showers this evening, the event might be postponed. Check back for updates.

Participating food trucks, according to the Dinner at the Depot Facebook page, include:

• Happy Belly Truck
• Tex’s Tacos
• Champion Cheesesteaks
• Alisha’s Kitchen
• SNAP Franks & Coneys
• King of Pops

The event takes place in Depot Park, at 2829 Cherokee St., Kennesaw, GA 30144, across from the Southern Museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Credit Atlanta Street Food Coalition

The first Marietta Food Truck Rally of 2013 is tonight, Monday, May 6, at Harry’s Farmers Market.

Every Monday, the Marietta Food Truck Rally will offer Cobb foodies a taste of the thriving urban street food scene and bring casual, affordable, delicious food options to Marietta’s community.

Last year the Marietta Food truck Rally was held at the parking lot of Walton Communities’ 12-acre Meeting Park near Marietta Square. The move to Harry’s Farmers Market offers food truck enthusiasts a more central location with expanded parking and saeating options, according to Whole Foods Market.

Are you planning on attending the Marietta Food Truck Rally? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

The Food Truck Rally, previously scheduled for April 29, was pushed back to Monday, May 6. The one week delay allowed for food trucks to participate in Sunday’s Taste of Marietta.

Marietta Food Truck Rally

• When: Every Monday night from 5p – 9p, starting Monday, May 6
• Where: Harry’s Farmers Market, 70 Powers Ferry Rd., Marietta 30067

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http://marietta.patch.com/articles/first-marietta-food-truck-rally-tonight

 Every Monday night starting May 6, the Marietta Food Truck Rally will offer Cobb foodies a taste of the thriving urban street food scene and bring casual, affordable, delicious food options to Marietta’s community.

Last year the Marietta Food truck Rally was held at the parking lot of Walton Communities’ 12-acre Meeting Park near Marietta Square. The move to Harry’s Farmers Market offers food truck enthusiasts a more central location with expanded parking and seating options, according to Whole Foods Market.

Marietta Food Truck Rally

• When: Every Monday night from 5p – 9p, starting Monday, May 6
• Where: Harry’s Farmers Market, 70 Powers Ferry Road

http://eastcobb.patch.com/articles/food-truck-rally-starts-monday-at-harrys

Credit Taste of Marietta

More than 70 vendors will showcase their best dishes, including Italian, seafood, steak, BBQ and desserts, which range in cost from 50 cents to $5, at the 20th annual Taste of Marietta on Sunday from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on the Marietta Square.

At last year’s event, more than 100,000 people hit the streets to sample their favorite foods.

Again this year

• Food Truck Alley
• Will showcase popular gourmet food trucks

Need a break from the heat?

• Visit one of the shops on Square
• Learn about Marietta’s history in one of city’s museums, located within walking distance of Square
• Catch ride on Historic Marietta Trolley and explore Marietta’s historic neighborhoods

More than just food

• Family festival has outdoor entertainment all day, culminating with Sunset Concert featuring “Banks & Shane”
• Cooking demonstrations at East Park Cooking Stage
• “Kids Alley,” children’s area complete with moonwalks, sand art and strolling characters, sponsored by LGE Community Credit Union

Admission

• Free

Parking

• Free parking available in lots around Square and Cobb County parking garage adjacent to Square off Lawrence Street
• Parking also available at Marietta Middle School
• Historic Marietta Trolley Company will provide free shuttle service to and from festival
• Handicapped parking also available
• Parking not available in church lots

Entertainment schedule

Live bands will perform free concerts all day at five stages on the Square.

Main Stage

• Three Way Street, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• The Goodbye Machine, 1:30-3 p.m.
• Special announcements and presentations, 4 p.m.
• Awards ceremony, 4:45 p.m.
• Banks & Shane, 5-7 p.m.

South Park Stage

• Iron Reign, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Hoosier Daddy, 2-5 p.m.

MBA West Park Stage

• Kickin’ Edgar, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Men in Blues, 1:30-5 p.m.

East Park Stage

• Aunt Betty, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Church Street Stage

• Hurricane Wilson, 3-5 p.m.

Evening concert tables

• Can be reserved in advanced
• Call Marietta Visitors Bureau at 770-429-1115
• Concertgoers can also bring their blankets for picnic in park

Sponsors

• City of Marietta
• Marietta Power and Water
• Marietta Visitors Bureau
• Shock Top Belgian White
• LGE Community Credit Union
• 524 Creative
• Southern Polytechnic State University
• Milo’s Famous Tea
• Harry’s Farmers Market
• Nationwide Insurance
• Marietta Business Association
• The CW 69
• Kicks 101.5 FM
• B 98.5 FM
• WSB AM 750
• 790 The Zone
• 97.1 FM The River
• Cobb Life
• Little Black Dress, Little Red Wagon Publishing
• Clear Channel Outdoor
• Marietta.com
• East Cobber
• Kiss 104.1 FM Atlanta’s R&B
• 104.7 The Fish
• Signs & More
• Macrobatix Tech Zone
• Jim Ellis Automotive Group
• Atlanta Eats
• Fontis Mountain Spring Water
• Lennar Atlanta
• Community & Southern Bank
• Advanced Foot and Ankle Institute of Georgia LLC
• Atlanta Social Season
• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Vinings Bank
• Georgia Power
• Hawkins, Moore & Cubbedge
• Marietta Daily Journal

The Marietta Square Farmers Market will be closed Sunday, April 28 to make room for the festival. The market return to North Park Square Saturday, May 4.

http://eastcobb.patch.com/articles/chow-down-at-the-20th-annual-taste-of-marietta-4497f2c5

Credit Atlanta Street Food Coalition

The Marietta Food Truck Rally has a new location – Harry’s Farmers Market in Marietta.

Every Monday night starting April 29, the Marietta Food Truck Rally will offer Cobb foodies a taste of the thriving urban street food scene and bring casual, affordable, delicious food options to Marietta’s community.

The move to Harry’s Farmers Market offers food truck enthusiasts a more central location with expanded parking and seating options.

To celebrate the Rally’s return, Harry’s Farmers Market will host a Marietta Food Truck Rally Preview Party on Saturday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Smyrna-based food truck Freckled & Blue.

For information on participating Marietta Food Truck Rally vendors, visit atlantastreetfood.com.

Weekly Food Truck Rally

• Every Monday night from 5 to 9 p.m., starting Monday, April 29
• Harry’s Farmers Market – Marietta: 70 Powers Ferry Road Marietta, GA 30067

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Credit Wendy Parker

East Cobb’s Paper Mill Village is hosting a Food Truck on Monday, March 25, from 5-8 p.m.

Happy Belly, WOW, Snap Franks, Yumbii, Fry Guy, Mighty Meatballs, Honeysuckle, King of Pops and Paper Mill Village’s Sugar Benders will have tasty food and treats available for purchase. Please see the attached flyer.

The Neighbors will perform live entertainment and Johnson Ferry Baptist Church will be accepting donations for its summer lunch program that benefits youth in need.

Paper Mill Village is located at the intersection of Johnson Ferry Road and Paper Mill Road.

http://eastcobb.patch.com/articles/paper-mill-village-food-truck-returns

Greg Smith, president of the Atlanta Street Food Coalition; Cassandra Buckalew, owner of the Marietta Trolley Company; and Matt Teague, development director at Walton Communities in Marietta; stand outside the Tex’s Taco food truck at Street Food Thursdays at The Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta. Staff/Jon-Michael Sullivan Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal - Truckin’ along Food trucks could come to downtown Marietta

MARIETTA — One of the nation’s trendiest foodie events could soon be coming to downtown Marietta.

Cassandra Buckalew, who owns the Marietta Trolley Company with her husband, Brian, has made it her mission to bring the popular food trucks that have swept Atlanta in the past year to the vacant parking lot of the underdeveloped Meeting Place complex on Roswell Street, just off the Marietta Square.

“I’ve been to a few of the food truck events in Atlanta, and to me, they’re this unique, mini-traveling culinary experience that begs to be explored,” Buckalew said. “Every truck is unique in its personality and food, and it’s all really gourmet, incredible food. A weekly event like this would bring an intown vibe to Marietta, and would bring together that kind of foodie-friendly group. I just think it would be a really great event.”

Buckalew said she is not being paid, nor will she be seeking any money for her efforts.

The food truck craze first came to the Atlanta area in March 2010, Atlanta Street Food Coalition President Greg Smith said, and has grown from meeting once a week at the Sweet Auburn Market in downtown Atlanta to making stops in over six areas of the city as well as other festivals and foodie events. Smith said there are nearly 30 trucks in the coalition now, though he said there are usually no more than 12 at an event.

Foods offered from the different vendors range from authentic Mexican tacos to organic hot dogs to Cajun po’boys. The concept lends itself to a very open-air, sociable environment, as people try foods from various trucks set up in the same location. Smith himself is co-owner of the Westside Creamery food truck, which sells quirky flavors of tasty and unique ice cream.

Smith said the coalition requires anyone operating a food truck at one of its events to have a commercial kitchen and each truck is inspected by members of the coalition for safety and quality. He said he and other members eventually want every truck to be fully permitted and given the opportunity to pass a health inspection with a written score.

Buckalew reached out to Walton Communities Development Director Matt Teague in June to talk to him about having the event on the Meeting Place lot, which his company owns, every Monday during lunchtime. Teague said he and the company thought it was a great idea, and with no immediate plans for further development of the complex, jumped at the chance to host a weekly food trucks gathering on the property.

“We really just think food trucks are one small way we can engage the community and bring more people together,” Teague said. “It’s a different and unique way for people to dine, and it’s very walkable no matter where they go. It’s almost like a food festival held every day in a different spot.”

But the food trucks business is a tough one to operate and get started from a permitting and licensing standpoint.

“In Atlanta, you have to get a permit from the Fulton Health Department, a vending license from Atlanta police and a business license from the folks at City Hall,” Smith said. “Then there are further restrictions on where you can operate. And there’s a whole new and different set of requirements if you want to take your truck to Marietta. You have to get a permit from the Cobb County Health Department, a business license from the city, and just different offices you have to stop in and maintain permits with. It can be difficult to understand, so the job of the coalition is to figure out what these processes are and help to streamline them.”

Additionally, Marietta Zoning Manager Rusty Roth said the event would have to be approved by the Marietta City Council to operate, as the current zoning for the meeting place property does not have stipulations that would allow for the event to take place on the property.

Roth said Buckalew would simply have to write a letter to his office with a Walton Communities representative’s signature, requesting the City Council amend the property’s zoning so that the event can take place. At that point, it would take about a month to get before the City Council, Roth said.

Buckalew said she has been urged by the city’s economic development department to wait until all of the department’s permitting and licensing questions have been answered before writing the letter. As soon as they have their questions answered, however, Buckalew said the letter would be written and sent.

Councilman Johnny Sinclair said he had not yet viewed all of the details of Buckalew’s proposal, but that he is definitely on board with bringing food trucks to the downtown area.

“I absolutely love the idea,” Sinclair said. “It sounds like a really novel and unique idea. We want to continue to make the Marietta Square a destination for innovative dining and entertaining, so this would fit perfectly and it would be good for the whole Square. There are people who follow those things so it would bring a lot of new people to the area, but would also be great for the people of Marietta to enjoy.”