Salt Lake City is getting its first food truck park, and it won’t be an attraction that requires sunny weather. Block Party 300 will be open year-round, with indoor seating available for almost 300 people when the weather turns cold.
owner Frank Granato, Block Party 300 is a combination food truck park, commissary kitchen and event space. It’s also where Granato’s makes and distributes all its sandwiches and other grab-and-go food items, which it sells at multiple locations around the valley.
Granato wanted to create an “old school” block party vibe with the food hall, Cheng said, and Block Party 300 is an extension of that. Both are family-friendly hangouts with an emphasis on food, like “the neighborhoods where everybody would come to their front porches and everybody’s just lounging,” he said.
Sauce Lake City, a festival dedicated to spicy food, will be the food truck park’s soft opening on Saturday, Oct. 7, from noon to 8 p.m. Entry is free, and there will be free samples, food trucks and a “spicy challenge.” According to state-level standards, most food trucks must have an agreement with a commissary kitchen and have to return the food truck to the commissary regularly. Then they have to drive to wherever they want to set up.
Cheng also doesn’t charge a fee or expect a percentage of sales for food trucks to be able to park and do business at Block Party 300. Business owners have to rent space in the shared kitchen to access those amenities, but just setting up shop outside for the day is free.
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