Philadelphia residents and visitors will have fewer food truck options during this year's busy summer season since dozens of food trucks are still unable to work a week after a fire that broke out at a local commissary.
Philadelphia requires food trucks to report daily to a commissary for service, food preparation and cleaning, but at least 30 food trucks have been impacted after a fire on June 6 broke out at the USA Mobile Commissary at 31st and Jefferson streets.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, although a report from the fire department is expected within eight weeks, according to Rob Mitchell, president of the Philly Mobile Food Association and owner of The Cow and the Curd food truck.
Since food trucks require a commissary, this has left them in purgatory.
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