Details on the Food Truck Festival kicking off next week

Above: Rotary is bringing food trucks back to Southborough soon. (images bottom row L-R edited from Rotary Facebook post and photo by Beth Melo, scroll down for credits on food vendor offerings in top row*)

The Rotary Club of Southborough is excited to bring back its popular Food Trucks series. The “Festival” will open next week for four Wednesdays.

On the afternoons – evenings, May 21 – June 11, attendees can head downtown to purchase dinner, dessert, ice cream and more from visiting food trucks. The trucks are scheduled for 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

The vendors will be parked on the downtown Southborough field. That’s St. Mark’s School’s field at the corner of Routes 85 & 30. (For more details on the vendors, scroll down.)

Rotary’s main purpose for organizing the annual festival is as a feel good, community event — with no admission fee. But, as usual, they will also use it as a platform for a charitable initiative.

The Fundraiser

They are partnering again with Main Street Bank to incentivize donations to a good cause.

This year’s fundraising/collection has been selected in honor of a hometown initiative that they recently honored two residents for founding. They will be collecting funds for a Pine Hill Meadow Farm Benefit. (To read more about how volunteers use the Pine Hill Meadow Garden to grow and harvest food to be donated to food programs helping people in need, click here..

Main Street Bank will generously provide a $10 voucher for each $20 donation made to the fundraiser. Vouchers can be used to make a purchase at any of the food trucks. Visit Rotary’s table at the festival for more information and to purchase a voucher (or just make a donation).

Enjoying the Festival

There will be a few tables put out for the public to use. But most families take advantage of the grassy field, using picnic blankets and/or chairs.

Below are a few photos I took in 2023 & 2024:

There are no rain dates posted for the event. I’ve been told in the past years that events are rain or shine, but I’m guessing that’s within reason. (If weather for one of these events is forecast for torrential rain/thunder for the entire three hours, I’d look for news on cancellation/postponement.)

The Food Vendor Lineup

As promised, here is the planned food vendor lineup. (Note: Sometimes there are last minute cancellations or adjustments):

*(Food images cropped from Facebook posts by food truck vendors:: L-R Off the Hook, Teddy’s Lunch Box, Easy Street Tacos, Travelin’ Bones, and Trombetta’s Ice Cream)