Concessions / Food Service Worker (horse racing track)
Date Abolished: 01/08/2026
Food Service Licenses
Licensure and inspection of food service facilties serving the public. This license covers restaurants, temporary restaurants, bed & breakfasts, limited service restaurants, mobile units, commissaries, warehouses, and vending machines. Contact your local County Environmental Health Office to obtain your food service license.
Mobile Food Units
Food service license to operate a mobile food unit (food cart/truck). Licenses are available for different class types based on food prepared on unit. Requirements for water and wastewater capacity are based on the class of mobile unit. A commissary or warehouse license may be required for mobile units with complex food preparation.
Food Processing Plant
Processing vegetables,fruit and frozen foods
Mobile Food Unit License
A mobile food unit may only operate in an approved parking lot, or other hard surface area, where the off-street parking requirements for all uses or activities served by the off-street parking area are met.
Mobile Food Units
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Transient Merchant Food Cart
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Mobile Food Vendor's License
All persons operating a mobile food unit in the city limits must first procure a license to do so. Only one natural person may hold a license and a license holder may hold only one license at a time. No partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, other entities, or multiple person are eligible. The license holder must also be the sole holder of a Class II, III, or IV mobile food unit license.
Food Processor, Domestic Kitchen
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Mobile Food Vendor and Transient Merchant License Application
This application is required for all Mobile Food Vendors (vendors of food or drink) and Transient Merchants (vendors of goods) operating within the City of The Dalles. Who must apply: Vendors and merchants engaging in temporary or transient sales open to the public. Exceptions include: Approved food cart pods, youth under the age of 16 operating bake or lemonade stands, distribution of free informational items, and limited special events.