Stationary and mobile food vending in parks

Steps to applying with your proposal

Learn about the vending sites and apply with your proposal.

Note You need a vending permit to sell food at our parks and beaches.

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• Step 1: Determine your vending site

  Vending sites

  • Stanley Park Info Booth (complimentary food item truck, cart, or stand)
  • Queen Elizabeth Park adjacent to Bloedel Conservatory (truck or cart)
  • English Bay Beach Sites (cart)
  • Roaming Seawall/Stanley Park vending (mobile bike or push cart)
  • 2nd Beach concession (complimentary food item fruit stand)
  • 3rd Beach concession (complimentary food item fruit stand)
  • Sunset Beach (complimentary food item truck, cart, or stand)

  Note Generators aren't allowed at beach sites.

  View a map of the sites PDF file (1.5 MB)

  Other sites

  We will consider other sites like Victory Square, Creekside in Olympic Village, David Lam Park, Spanish Banks, Vanier Park, Yaletown Park, and more. Let us know in your proposal and we'll check if it's possible.

  If you are interested in a site that doesn't currently have a permitted vendor, email [email protected] with your proposal.

• Step 2: Review key evaluation criteria

  Because of the limited number of sites, we choose vendors based on this criteria:

  • Suitability of the vending unit to the site (size restrictions)
  • Health permitting and food safety requirements
  • Proposed flat fee structure
  • Readiness to be operational by May 12, 2025
  • Uniqueness of your menu items and how they complement the existing park food offerings
  • Sustainability in your operation
  • Overall appeal and quality of your menu items
  • Health and nutritional aspect of your meal

• Step 3: Prepare the required documents

  1. Include a 400-word explanation of how you'll bring unique and complementary food offerings to the site
     • We seek creative, quality, and culturally-diverse menu offerings.
  2. Provide your menu for customers, including the name, description, and selling price with taxes
     • Show which foods or products are:
       • Made from scratch
       • Local
       • Whole, unprocessed, or fresh
       • Organic
       • Fair trade or sustainably harvested
  3. Provide proposed operating days and hours
  4. Copy of your current health permit and any health inspection reports from the last year (if you already operate)
  5. Copy of your current Food Safe Certificate Level 1
     • We prefer applications with Food Safe Certificate Level 2.
  6. A hazard analysis critical control point plan (HACCP) for primary menu items
  7. Documentation with details of your commissary facility with a confirmed or tentative lease agreement. The location must be approved by Vancouver Coastal Health as a food preparation facility.
  8. Copy of your existing vending unit schematic, drawn to scale and showing equipment details.
     • Include interior drawings to scale, exterior dimensions of length and width, and a separate water system diagram.
     • Show how your unit is powered (there is no power available on-site).
  9. Current photo of your vending unit
  10. Waste management plan of how you'll collect, remove, and dispose of all garbage, recyclables, and compostable materials
      • Show how you'll use recyclable or compostable containers and utensils, and how you'll cut packaging.
  11. Other sustainability or waste-management initiatives
  12. Where possible indicate your primary local producers such as farms, manufacturers and bakeries
  13. Details on the ownership of the company and qualifications of individuals operating the site
  14. Other business details (where you currently operate, history, and relevant qualifications)
  15. Plan to start operations by May 12, 2025

• Step 4: Mail required documents

  Mail the required documents to:

  Sarah Melanson
  Food and Beverage Operations
  Vancouver Park Board Administration Office
  2099 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6G 1Z4

  Note  Provide 1 copy of all documents.

  Review application procedures PDF file (1 MB)