Food Truck Lottery
Our annual live lottery is scheduled for April 7, 2026 at 1 p.m.
The deadline to register is April 6.
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Have questions? Contact:
OFFICE OF SMALL Business -
617-635-3534
Site lotteries
In order to secure a site location, be sure to have all of the required documents to vend in the City of Boston:
- Health Permit
- Fire Permit
- Hawker and Peddler
- Business Certificate
- Certificate of Liability Insurance
- Business Plan
- Commissary Letter
We award all public sites through a lottery system. There is an annual lottery before each vending season. The lottery will take place virtually on April 7 at 1 p.m. Registration is required.
Lottery sites are kept throughout the year, unless they are dropped.
New vendors can submit an application on a rolling basis to join our program. They'll be awarded sites based on availability.
Please Note: This Lottery includes both daytime and late night sites. The Food Truck season runs through October 31.
Available Sites
This year's site locations are as follows:
Site #1: Clarendon Street (Near 206 Clarendon Street)
Monday through Sunday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Dinner, 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.
- Late Night, 8 p.m. - 3 a.m.
Site #2: Boston Medical Center (775 Harrison Avenue)
Monday through Sunday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Dinner, 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #3: Mass. General Hospital (Blossom/Emerson)
Monday through Sunday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Dinner, 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #4: Pearl and Franklin (85 Pearl Street)
Monday through Friday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Site #5: Milk and Kilby (71 Kilby Street)
Monday through Friday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Site #6: District Hall (62 Northern Avenue)
Monday through Sunday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Dinner 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #7: Opera Place (Near Huntington Avenue)
Monday through Sunday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Late Night, 10 p.m. - 3 a.m.
Site #8: BU East Campus
Monday through Sunday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Dinner 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #9: MASCO Area (77 Avenue Louis Pasteur)
Monday through Friday through September 30
- Lunch, 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Site #10: Maverick Square (2 Sumner Street)
Monday through Sunday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Dinner, 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #11: Charlestown Navy Yard (3rd Avenue and 13th Street)
Monday through Friday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Site #12: Nubian Square (40 Warren Street)
Monday through Friday
- Lunch, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Site #13: 219 Western Avenue (Allston)
Monday through Saturday
- 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #14: 613 Dudley Street (Uphams Corner)
Monday through Saturday
- 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #15: 21 Forsyth Street (Fenway)
Monday through Saturday
- 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #16: 141 Green Street (Jamaica Plain)
Monday through Saturday
- 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #17: 76 W. First Street (South Boston)
Monday through Saturday
- 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Site #18: Campbell Resource Center (Dorchester)
Monday and Thursday
- 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Site #19: 310 MLK Jr. Boulevard (Roxbury)
Wednesday through Sunday
- 8 p.m. - 3 a.m.
Site #20: 115 Stuart Street (Theater District)
Thursday through Saturday
- 10 p.m. - 3 a.m.
Site #21: Boston Medical Center (85 East Newton Street)
Monday through Sunday
- 8 p.m. - 3 a.m.
Site #22: 163 Ipswich Street (Fenway)
Friday and Saturday
- 10 p.m. - 3 a.m.
Site #23: Summer Street (Across from Caffe Nero)
Monday through Saturday (June 1 to August 31, daily rate $100)
- 9 p.m. - 3 a.m.
Site Rules
Please adhere to all site rules and regulations set forth by the City of Boston. Not adhering to these rules may result in removal from the lottery program.
ABSENCESYou are expected to vend at your lottery site for every shift. If you have an emergency, you must notify:
- the Mobile Enterprises Manager that you will not be vending that day (weldon.bodrick@boston.gov or 617-635-3534), and
- your customers via social media. Posts on Instagram and Facebook must tag @bostonoeoi.
Businesses that miss more than three shifts in one year are subject to removal from the location. They may also be suspended from future public site lottery opportunities.
If you arrive at your lottery site and notice that a car is parked, please immediately call the Boston Police Department (617-343-4911). When you call:
- tell them them it’s not an emergency
- provide them the license plate number of the vehicle, and
- finally inform Mobile Enterprise Manager of this occurrence.
Vending without an Annual Food Truck Permit is prohibited by the City of Boston for all mobile businesses. If you are observed vending without proper documents:
- you will be immediately subject to removal
- you will be ineligible to participate in future City of Boston food truck programs, and
- you may be fined by the Boston Police Department or another City of Boston authority.
Please Note: All vending in the City of Boston ends on October 31 (unless you are on private property) due to weather restrictions. The City of Boston must maintain all areas for ADA Compliance. Vending can resume on April 1.
Adding and dropping shifts
Food trucks have an opportunity to drop sites without a penalty. This must happen within the deadlines set forth by the City of Boston. We make the dropped sites available for new participants to use throughout the year:
- You must submit the drop form by the drop deadline for each quarter. After you drop your site, we make the site available for other food trucks.
- You have two weeks from the permit issue date to pick up your site permit at Public Works. You can also coordinate a pickup with the Mobile Enterprise Manager.
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Have questions? Contact:
OFFICE OF SMALL Business -
617-635-3534
