Actually, we can now scratch that one. Earlier this week, the Bothell City Council voted to allow food trucks in Bothell. And although food trucks have been on premises at UW Bothell, Cascadia Community College, and North Creek Business Park, now the city will formally license them. According to The Woodinville Weekly, this will offer locals more options, particularly for people with food allergies.
“I am allergic to gluten and dairy, so my food options were limited, before the food trucks, [to} trail mix, gluten-free brownies and bananas — sometimes. If I stayed at the school for a long time, I just wouldn’t have any food, and I’d go hungry,” he said. “...But when the food trucks arrived, they provided a lot more variety in our food, and this variety came up with options that were available for people with allergies. So it would be very nice if you could keep the food trucks on campus so we could keep on eating and not be hungry.”
The City Council was vocal in its support of food trucks, particularly the fact that they no longer have to be licensed under a primitive section of the code that regulates "peddlers." Now, they will develop specific regulations for food trucks.
“I think that food trucks are actually a great trend in cuisine. They’re something that’s moving across America,” Councilmember Mark Lamb said. “...They bring great options to our city that we wouldn’t otherwise have, and they provide a great variety of cuisine that enhances the quality of life in the city of Bothell. So I don’t think we should be afraid. I don’t think we should try to clamp down on these things; I think we ought to encourage them.”
Click here to read the full article in The Woodinville Weekly!
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