Food truck permit day is scheduled

The North Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau will host its first North Little Rock Food Truck Permitting Day on March 15.

Permit day would be a chance for food trucks to get licensed and permitted to operate in North Little Rock by completing all regulatory steps — such as health and fire inspections, a business license application and a North Little Rock Advertising and Promotion Commission permit application — in one appointment, according to the Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The event is scheduled to take place at 200 Poplar St., North Little Rock (the empty lot west of Simmons Bank Arena) and is by appointment only. It is not open to the general public.

North Little Rock had 89 food trucks permitted to operate in 2022.

“Unlike brick-and-mortar restaurants with an established location, some food truck operators move frequently and can be difficult for the City and the [Convention and Visitors Bureau] to track and enforce health, safety, and legal requirements,” the agency said. “Food trucks that are licensed and permitted are also added to an approved list used by the City, [Convention and Visitors Bureau] and event planners for special events in North Little Rock as well as listed on the North Little Rock [Convention and Visitors Bureau] website, northlittlerock.org.”

As an incentive for completing the applications, food truck operators will be entered for the chance to win a buzzer pager system. Any food truck operator permitted between Jan. 1 and March 15 will be entered.