Bayonne will be hosting its sixth food truck festival this Saturday, May 3, from 12:00 noon until 7:00 p.m. at Avenue E between 22nd and 24th Streets, which will be closed to traffic. Mayor Jimmy Davis issued a statement saying, “We are happy to welcome the food truck festival back to Avenue E in 2025. This great event will offer people a day to try cuisine from the best food trucks in the region. We look forward to seeing both Bayonne residents and visitors from other communities as we bring the food trucks back to our city. The food truck festival will welcome people to Bayonne to celebrate the spring and to see how great our community is. The City of Bayonne encourages people to arrive by Light Rail at the 22nd Street Station. It will be an easy way to come to the festival and see what Bayonne has to offer.”
The event is sponsored by the Bayonne Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ). Bayonne UEZ Coordinator Jackie Farber said, “I would like to encourage our metropolitan area neighbors to come to town, support our local businesses, and enjoy the food truck festival. We hope you will come back to Bayonne again to shop, dine, and enjoy our growing community.”
There will be a large number of food vendors participating on Saturday, including: Tipsy Scoop, Coney Island Saucery, Savage Burger, Sweet Crunch Tanghulu, Taste of Poland, The Little Sicilian, Twisted Steaks llc, Wafels and Dinges, MozzArepas, Pizza Vita, Mao’s Bao, Angry Archies, Cubano X-Press, Athens Delite inc, Big Mozz, Inc, Btch’n Bacon USA, Carnival Concessions, Chava’s Empanadas, Cold Stone Creamery, Crepe Suzette de France Inc, .El Gallo de Oro, Ma & Pa’s Tex Mex BBQ, Grilling me Softly, House of Cupcakes, Jersey Johnnys, Jersey Pickles, Just Delicious KettleCorn, La Coqueta Mexican Cocina, and Latin Bites.
Other participating businesses will include: Verizon, Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, NRG Home, Golden Light Designs, Kinda Jerky Really Nutty, LuvLee Creations and More, The Beard Dad, Trashion, and Drunken Bee & Company.
In addition to the food trucks and tents which will be set up, the event will include children’s rides, sand art, live music, and a beer and wine garden for the adults. The children’s rides will be in Sister Miriam Teresa Park, which is located on Gregg Lane between 23rd and 24th Streets. The beer and wine garden will be located on 23rd Street towards Gregg Lane.
Musical entertainment will feature concerts by Ballistic Berry from 12:30-3:30 p.m. and by Who Brought the Dog? from 4:00-7:00 p.m. A stage for performances will be set up at 23rd Street and Avenue E.
Admission to the festival is free. The public can purchase their own choices of food, beverages, and children’s rides.
Parking lots will be available in several locations: Lots 6 and 7 – 23rd Street and Church Lane; Lots 8 and 9 – East 26th Street between Broadway and Avenue E; and the Barnabas Medical Center parking deck at 24th Street and DelMonte Drive. Public metered parking will also be available along the Broadway corridor. Pay station and parking meter enforcement will be in effect.
Sunday, May 4th, is the rain date for the food truck festival.