A Little Food Truck Drama, a Big City Survey: Help Rewrite Fort Bragg’s Dining Map. Where? What kind of food?
One of our most‑read stories lately was the drama surrounding Sergio and Bertha’s food truck. We caught up with Sergio in his new spot last week, and he was genuinely relieved — and happy — to be back to business.
Good News, Sergio and Bertha’s Fort Bragg food truck finds home! Thanks Purity!!
The couple was simply living their dream of running a small restaurant, and they’d built a loyal following of happy customers. But not everyone welcomed the food truck. A few nearby business owners objected to its presence and began blocking the parking space the truck had been using. Eventually, Purity Market stepped in and offered them a place to park — and in a twist of local‑economy karma, many of their customers have now become regular shoppers at Purity.
But now the city wants to take all that stirred‑up energy and put it to work by redoing its food‑truck ordinance. If you’ve got opinions — and let’s be honest, Fort Bragg always does — this is your moment. Give them your ideas by taking the survey.
The City of Fort Bragg is now asking for public input to help guide potential updates to its food‑truck rules.
So here’s where you come in, Fort Bragg. The city is asking all of us to speak up and help shape what food‑truck life should look like here. The survey is open now through March 31, and this is our chance to steer the conversation instead of just reacting to it. Fill it out, toss in your ideas, your frustrations, your hopes — all of it. These results will drive the recommendations headed to the Community Development Committee on April 15, and then on to the full City Council in May. If we want a food scene that reflects who we are, this is the moment to show up.
The survey itself is surprisingly fun to take. It asks people to rate each of the now‑legal food‑truck spots, shown from above in crisp aerial images. It’s fascinating to see who and what surrounds each location — the neighbors, the parking, the flow of foot traffic. The survey also invites people to suggest new amenities and new locations. Should food trucks be allowed at big community events like Paul Bunyan Days? Under the Noyo River Bridge? We say yes to both.
Where we’re less enthusiastic is the idea of more and more trucks clustering in town. In our view, they should be located away from existing restaurants — unless it’s a coordinated food‑truck meetup where everyone’s part of the same event. Or maybe one or two trucks could win a lottery spot to appear in the Paul Bunyan Days Parade or at First Friday. We’d especially love to see them at Glass Beach or Pudding Creek Beach, where they’d add to the experience rather than compete with anyone.
Please see the Press Release for further details: https://webgen1files1.revize.com/fortbraggtmpca/Documents/Departments/Public%20Works/03132026%20Food%20Truck%20Survey.pdf?t=202603131806510&t=202603131806510.
Residents can take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6DCGN9N
This whole food‑truck saga started with one couple trying to make a living and a community that showed up for them. Now the city is finally asking all of us to help shape what comes next. This is our chance to build something better — not by grumbling on Facebook, but by putting our voices where they count.
So take the survey. Tell the city what kind of food‑truck culture you want to see here — at our festivals, under our bridge, out at the beaches, and in the places that make sense for everyone. Fort Bragg is at its best when we show up, speak up, and shape our own story. Let’s do that now.
