Food trucks will return to LoDo this weekend...with limitations.
In late July, after officers injured six bystanders in a shooting on the 2000 block of Larimer Street as bars were letting out, the DPD announced that food trucks would no longer be allowed to operate on sections of Larimer, Blake and Market street on Fridays and Saturdays. At the time, the city said the ban could be temporary, and now updated rules have been issued.
In the restricted area, permitted food trucks will be allowed to operate from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and certain holidays listed in the emergency rules. There will be seven spots open for food trucks that want to stay open until midnight. Four of those spots will be on the 1900 block of Blake, and three will be on the 2000 block of Market.
"These actions will help to facilitate individuals leaving the [lower downtown] and [Denver Union Station] areas after bars and nightclubs close and curb large gatherings of individuals, and reduce the opportunity for conflicts and violence that arise," the rules state. Food-truck owners have protested the new rules, arguing that they do not contribute to the problems downtown and saying that the restrictions harm small businesses. According to Leilani Johnson, who operates
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