Participants Info & Application:

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2 Choose Category

3 Info & Fees

Application

Step 3: Food Vendor Categories (2)

Registration deadline is July 15th (annually)

About this Category

There are two food vendor categories:

A) Food Pre-packaged

B) Food Prepared on-site

Pre-Packaged Food or Sampling: Items must be commercially pre-packaged, and not for immediate consumption, except sampling.

Food preparation is sales or give-a-way of food prepared on-site for immediate consumption.

• No sales of alcohol. No Styrofoam allowed in Albany and Berkeley. No sales of any goods other than food or drink. No plastic utensils - compostables only.
• THIS IS THE CONFUSING PART so please read: One half of the Solano Avenue Stroll is in Berkeley, The other half is in Albany - two different cities, both with individual guidelines and applications. So there are four food vendor license possibilities:
  1. Berkeley food vendor - prepackaged food
  2. Berkeley food vendor - food preparation
  3. Albany food vendor - prepackaged food
  4. Albany food vendor - food preparation
• The Solano Avenue Association will pay for your food permit fees.
  • In Albany you will be under the jurisdiction of the Alameda County Health Department
  • In Berkeley you will be under the jurisdiction of the City of Berkeley Health and Human Services
  • United States Veterans who are exempt from government fees, please contact the SAA for a participation fee adjustment
  • What city will you be in? Do you have preference? If so, please indicate your preferred location on your Stroll application. Both cities / both the Albany and Berkeley ends of the Avenue are great for the food vendors, so we leave the decision up to you!
  • Return Health Department forms to the SAA with this application. The Health Department(s) have strict standards for temporary food service. Detailed information is available with these links:
    • Alameda County Health Department (Albany Participants)
    • City of Berkeley Health and Human Services (Berkeley Participants)

• ATTENTION:
  • Food vendors will be limited to four primary food items - please list them on your application (pre-packaged sales excluded)
  • Food vendors are required to provide a five hundred dollar deposit for participation
    (payable upon successful registration and prior to event deadlines; pre-packaged sales excluded)
  • Food booth locations for repeat vendors may need re-assigning we will randomly choose locations if necessary by lottery (using random.org)

How to Apply

• Please include with your application:
  • Sellers Permit number on the registration form (we do not require a copy)
  • Insurance Policy (see Basic Info)
  • Health Department forms
  • A self-addressed stamped envelope
  • Incomplete applications will be returned to sender without additional contact. Re-submissions must be accepted by application deadlines. There will be absolutely no exceptions. All applications must include a self-addressed stamped envelope.
  • Organizations asking for the 20 percent non-profit discount must provide documentation of their eligibility.

Day of Event Info

• Alcohol, and Styrofoam are not allowed.
• Please keep lines up/down Solano Avenue, NOT ACROSS the street.
• The Solano Stroll is a near zero waste event where all food service supplies must be 100% compostable. To help you through this, Green Mary, a Bay Area Green event specialist will be calling to share information on various products and to get your biodegradable supplies ordered. Mary's cell phone is 707-548-7582. Call for anything before or during the Stroll. The website for much more green information is: www.green-mary.com.
• Once the permits are filed, you can not be moved.
• Electricity is available to a very limited number of vendors.
• Please do not contact Solano Avenue business owners directly for issues of any kind.
• We do not provide any rentals, only space, "real estate" on Solano Avenue, so please plan ahead.
• Set-up:
  • There is no specific check in site.
  • 7-9:30 am - You may drive your vehicle in/out.
  • 9:30 am - All vehicles must be off Solano.
  • Please DRIVE CAREFULLY and replace barricades if you move them.
  • DO NOT BLOCK DRIVEWAYS, wheelchair ramps or fire hydrants.
  • Please respect the residents and business owners on the street.
  • Set booth in the parking strip on Solano Avenue, back to the curb according to the map.
  • 10 am - Booths open.
  • There are no parking passes or special parking areas for vendors or festival attendees. Use legal parking spots only.
• Event duration: Booths open at 10, close at 6. You may do business during the parade. We request that you to stay open the entire length of the event (10am-6PM).
• Shut down:
  • 6 pm - All sales must stop.
  • 6-6:30 pm- Pack up
  • 6:30 pm - You may bring your vehicle onto Solano to load up.
  • We realize some of you may take longer. Please do not block the traffic lanes.
• Event Staff: Each 3-block area has a "Block Captain" to help with any problems. They will be wearing fluorescent "safety" vests that read "SOLANO STROLL" on the breast and back. They and the police are in communication with the event headquarters.
• Keep literature distribution and clipboard activity behind your table.
• You may not give away food or drink unless you register as a food booth.
• No music or amplification in booths. All entertainers must apply using the Entertainers Application.
• Firecrackers, "snap- pop" type products, silly string, alcohol, and Styrofoam are not allowed.
• Strict cigarette smoking laws are in place in both the City of Albany and Berkeley.
• Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
• Never Call 911 from a cell phone at the Solano Stroll: Albany Police/Fire/Medical: 510.525.7300 / Berkeley Police/Fire/Medical 510.981.5911
• Download this Guide or you may use your print button to print this page
  

• Fees

  (Fees in this category are adjusted frequently to align with permit costs.)

  Food Vendors**	Fees	Deadline	Late:
  Food - Prepackaged (Includes Health Department permit fee)	$390	July 15	not an option after July 15
  Food - Prepared on-site (Includes Health Department permit fee)	$805
  **Non Profit organizations are eligible for a 20 percent discount!	-20%
  (**Must meet eligibility requirements and other limitations may apply. Organizations asking for the discount must provide documentation of their eligibility.) ** Minimal electricity is available in Albany for $25 .

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  Please be sure you have reviewed the above information before proceeding:

  We are no longer accepting registration for the 2013 Event

  Food Service DEADLINE is July 15th (annually)

  Registration begins on April 16th (annually)

  
  

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