Could A Food Truck Court Work In Missoula?

Missoula's food truck scene continues to grow and evolve. Every year we discover another food truck that we look for when we are out and about. There has been some news lately on the Missoula food truck scene with one truck making a comeback and another making the jump to a brick-and-mortar location.

As food truck season picks up, there will be more opportunities for everyone to experience some of the great food being served by Missoula's chefs, cooks and bakers.

Not everyone gets a chance to experience some of the great food trucks Missoula has to offer. Some people would rather have a brick-and-mortar location where they can count on the restaurant being there consistently. We were curious which food trucks people thought deserved to have their own brick-and-mortar location, so we asked.

We asked the wrong question. While there were a few answers giving shout outs to some of their favorites, overall a majority of people don't want to see their favorite food trucks get their own brick-and-mortar location.

They cited a lot of reasons like higher overhead and taxes, but the main reason is that they are aware of how difficult it is for a restaurant to stay in business and they don't want that to happen to their favorite food trucks.

Missoula Needs A Food Truck Court

There was one suggestion that has been brought up before, and that is Missoula should get a food truck court. A place where multiple food trucks can park on a regular basis. There are events throughout the summer in Caras Park, like Out to Lunch and Downtown Tonight that provide access to multiple food trucks, but those events only run June through August.

If you want to track your favorite food trucks, their individual social media accounts do a good job of keeping people informed. There is also another way: the Missoula Food Truck Locator.

Normally I wouldn't be the type of person who says "well Bozeman has one, why can't we?" But in this situation, Bozeman has one, why can't we?