Florida is one the most regulated states I have lived in. I have know many people who tried to set up road side food stand and have not seen much success , not to say there are not any. First you have to get a food service license. Next you will need a permit for you cart. Some counties have have laws where the cart must meet a certain criteria which means big bucks and other counties forbid road siding. then you must have a permit for your location. Forget about most of the good locations which means you will be set up on some secondary road someway.Next you will need a place to clean your pans etc that is approved for cleaning, double sinks, hot water above a certain temperture. For the life of me I can't remember. Next the will not let you sell products that are made at you home. The food must be wrapped and purchased from a vendor. If you serve hotdogs or other meat products you can't serve a meat based sauced such as chilli. ON and ON and ON . You best bet is to screw the regulations and open on saturday and sunday when the inspectors are off and play dumb if they caught you. And hire a hot looking babe in a bikini.  |