Your ultimate summer guide to food truck rallies in Fort Collins, Loveland

Summertime in Larimer County is nearly synonymous with food truck season.

With more than 70 food trucks operating throughout Fort Collins and beyond, you’ll often find them sprinkled throughout town, either parked at your favorite breweries or at weekly food truck festivals and other events throughout the summer.

Here's where you can find your favorite food trucks throughout Fort Collins this summer:

Fort Collins Food Truck Rally

Every Tuesday from 5 p.m. until dusk, 20-plus food trucks will be at City Park, near Mulberry Street and Sheldon Drive. The Fort Collins Food Truck Rally will run every Tuesday through Sept. 17 and feature a rotation of 45 food trucks throughout the summer.

Bring your own seating — and your well-behaved leashed dog if you’d like — and enjoy live music from local musicians every week.

A special event will be held on Thursday, July 4.

Here's a list of the rotating food trucks that will appear at City Park throughout the summer:

  • A-Maize'n Kettle Corn

  • Angry Hippie Tacos

  • Ba-Nom-a-Nom

  • Backyard Bird

  • Bigs Meat Wagon

  • Brazi Eats

  • Bright Side Coffee Co

  • Charlotte's Lil Kitchen

  • Corndoggies

  • Downtown Fingers

  • El Sabor Rico

  • Fat Tomato Inc.

  • Fork Yeah

  • Golden Goodness Eats

  • Hunje (by j street food truck)

  • Jersey Cowboy

  • Joe Zeppys Mobile Italian Kitchen

  • Kona Ice

  • La Piadina

  • Las Catrinas

  • Los Antojitos del Sureste

  • Marchio's Grill

  • Mary's Mountain Cookies

  • Momma Perez Burritos

  • Momos

  • Mystic Moon Bakery

  • Ollie's Malasadas

  • Original By Greeks

  • Pierogies Factory

  • Polar Bros Nitro ice cream

  • Roll It Up Sushi Truck

  • Shell on Wheels

  • Smokin' Bros Barbecue

  • Southern Twist Foods

  • Sunny Sky Pies

  • Tacos el Diablo

  • Tap Truck Fort Collins

  • The Goodness Truck

  • The Waffle Lab

  • Twist & Churn

  • Umami Mobile Eatery

  • Walrus Ice Cream

  • Wheels on Fire

  • Wild Brats

  • Yes Chef! Trailer

Mehaffey Park food truck rally

Every Thursday from May 30 through Sept. 5 — except for July 4 — from 5 p.m. until dusk, a rotating selection of more than two dozen food trucks will be set up in Mehaffey Park, 3285 W. 22nd St. in Loveland.

Local food trucks will be accompanied by live music and arts and crafts vendors.

Here's the list of food vendors:

  • Angry Hippie Tacos

  • B. Sweet Cupcake

  • Buzz Hut Smoothie Cart

  • Ciao! Mobile Pizzeria

  • Corndoggies

  • El Sabor Rico

  • Georgia Boys BBQ

  • Golden Goodness

  • Jersey Cowboy

  • Joe Zeppys Mobile Italian Kitchen

  • Mystic Moon Bakery

  • Momos

  • Ollie's Malasadas

  • ParadICE Cream

  • Scrooge Maki

  • Shell on Wheels

  • Short D's Coffee

  • Smokin Wheels BBQ

  • Southern Soul

  • Southern Twist

  • Steamy Weiners

  • Sweaty Moose

  • The Waffle Lab

  • TJs Tamales

  • Wild Brats

  • Yes! Chef Trailer

Loveland Luvs Food Trucks food truck rally

On select Tuesdays this summer, a few food trucks will be joined by local musicians and other business vendors in North Lake Park.

Four or five trucks will be at the north Loveland park from 5-8 p.m. on June 4 and 18, July 9 and 23, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10.

Breweries

Food trucks and beer? Name a better duo.

While some breweries including New Belgium and Odell Brewing have regularly scheduled food trucks on site daily, many smaller breweries typically have food trucks starting mid-week or only on the weekends.

Check out a brewery’s website or social media to see what food trucks they have scheduled, or find your favorite food truck’s website or social media to figure out where they’re headed next.

Taste of Fort Collins

Two dozen food trucks and food vendors are set to be at this year’s Taste of Fort Collins on June 8 and 9.

The festival will be held in Washington Park near Old Town Fort Collins. Enjoy live music all day, with Andy Grammer headlining Saturday and Rick Ross closing out the weekend Sunday.

Single-day and weekend passes are still available for $24 and $31, respectively. VIP passes are also available for $57. A limited number of day-of passes may be available, as long as the venue hasn’t sold out.

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Summer 2024 guide to Fort Collins, Loveland food truck rallies