San Antonio · Bexar County
Custom food trailers for San Antonio, Texas.
We build them from scratch in our own Texas shop, finance them ourselves with weekly payments, and deliver to San Antonio. This is our home market. Come and see the shop before you buy anything from anyone.
- Actually built in Texas — not shipped in from Missouri or California with a local phone number on the website
- In-house weekly payments, no bank, no credit check, no lender ceiling
- Built to the Texas rules in force now, with a written pass-inspection guarantee
- 8 weeks build time and milestone payments with photo proof
No obligation. No credit pull to get a quote. We answer in one business day or we call you.
The San Antonio market, honestly
San Antonio is a puro food trailer town — the trade is genuinely woven into how the city eats, from raspa stands outside schools to full taquería trailers on the South Side. It's also where the industry's worst scandal happened, which is why San Antonio buyers ask harder questions than buyers anywhere else. Good. They should.
Where San Antonio operators actually park
- The South Side and West Side, where trailer culture is strongest and most established
- Brewery lots and food truck parks around the Pearl, Southtown and St. Mary's Strip
- Commercial lots along the major corridors — with notarised written owner permission, which the city has historically required
- Event work: Fiesta, the Stock Show and Rodeo, Spurs games, and the constant festival calendar
- Military-adjacent trade around Joint Base San Antonio locations
Permits and inspections in San Antonio — what changed in 2026
This is the city where Tu Trailita happened. A San Antonio operation took deposits for custom builds — most of the buyers immigrants — and then demanded more money to 'finish'. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office opened the case in December 2023 with around 28 victims and about $186,000; local reporting later put the total at roughly $1 million across about 100 buyers, and a federal guilty plea was reported in March 2026. The sheriff's assessment at the time: "I don't know if these people ever actually built a single trailer."
If you are buying a trailer in San Antonio, walk into the shop before you pay anyone anything. Ask to see a build in progress with a customer's name on it. Ask for a phone number for a customer in your part of town and call them without the builder listening. We will give you all three.
Health permitting moved to DSHS statewide on July 1, 2026 — San Antonio Metro Health no longer issues the mobile food permit. Metro Health's published mobile vending guidance still predates the change, so read it for build specs, not for permitting.
The San Antonio Fire Department still inspects if you use propane, a generator, or a gas, charcoal or wood grill. Local location rules also survive: 50 feet from intersections when vending from a public street, notarised written owner permission plus accessible flush toilets on commercial property, and restrictions near schools around the school day. Downtown and Parks locations need their own permits.
| What you need | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Health licence | Texas DSHS Mobile Food Vendor licence — statewide since July 1, 2026. Type III for most cooking trailers ($876 application + $500 pre-licensing inspection, approximately). |
| Who inspects | DSHS, or a local health department acting as a contracted performing agency under agreement with DSHS. Participation is optional, so it varies. |
| Fire inspection | San Antonio Fire Department — still local, still required, typically annual. Texas has no mandatory statewide fire code, so the edition adopted and the local amendments vary. Keep your certificate in the trailer. |
| Zoning, parking, right-of-way | Still local to San Antonio. Confirm the specific spot before you commit to a length. |
| Sales tax permit | Texas Comptroller. Allow 2–3 weeks. |
| Food manager & handler cards | Certified Food Manager where you handle TCS foods, plus food handler cards for staff. |
| Trailer title & registration | TxDMV. Assembled trailers over 4,000 lb require a title; we supply the assembled-trailer paperwork. |
What we build for San Antonio
Whatever the concept, the build is spec'd to the Texas requirements and the local fire code you'll actually be inspected against — not to a generic template. See exactly what we build to →
Getting it to San Antonio
This is our home market. Come and see the shop before you buy anything from anyone. We don't just drop it and leave: we walk you through the propane system, the water system, the suppression, the shore-power hookup and the servicing routine on site, and we stay reachable through your licence application and your first inspection.
Delivery is quoted with the build so it's a known number, not a surprise at the end.
San Antonio — questions
Do you actually deliver to San Antonio?
Yes, regularly. This is our home market. Come and see the shop before you buy anything from anyone. Delivery is quoted with the build.
Do I need a San Antonio permit for a food trailer?
Not a city health permit — not since July 1, 2026. You need the statewide Texas DSHS Mobile Food Vendor licence. You still need local fire inspection through the San Antonio Fire Department, and you still have to comply with San Antonio's zoning, parking and right-of-way rules.
Can I get financing in San Antonio with bad credit?
We don't check credit at all. We carry the financing ourselves with weekly payments, so there's no bank and no credit-score cutoff. How it works →
How long from order to operating in San Antonio?
8 weeks to build, then your DSHS application and pre-licensing inspection — state law requires DSHS to conduct the health inspection no later than the 14th day after a complete application — plus your local fire inspection. Most people are operating within a few weeks of delivery if they start the paperwork while we're building. We'll tell you when to start it.
¿Atienden en español?
Sí, todo — cotización, contrato, entrega y garantía. Ver el sitio en español →
Start selling before you finish paying.
Tell us what you're going to sell and we'll send back a floor plan and a weekly payment — no obligation, no credit pull.