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Temporary Restaurant

Temporary food service operations include any food service establishment which operates at the same location in conjunction with a fair, carnival, circus, sidewalk cart, or similar public event.

License
Individuals or groups planning to provide food at an event must first obtain a temporary restaurant license. The Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 624.086) require each food booth in operation during an event to have its own separate license. A license is only valid for the specific event, and must be clearly posted. Oregon law has now created 3 types of temporary restaurant licences. Two new types of licenses are for longer periods of time, and also require an operation plan review. Read the following to determine which license type will fit the event(s) for your intended food service:

1. Single Event License
    License time period: Usually less than a week, but as brief as one meal.
    Location: May vary with each application.
    Menu: May vary with each application.
    Operation plan review: Not required.
    Examples: The fair, a carnival, or a weekend street festival.

2. Seasonal Temporary License - 90 days
    License time period: Up to 90 days.
    Location: The same specific place.
    Community Event is ongoing (sponsored by one over-sight festival.
    Menu: Must remain the same.
    Operation plan review: Required.
    Examples: School sport concession, weekly farmer's market.

3. Intermittent Temporary License - 30 days
    License time period: up to 30 days.
    Location: The same specific place.
    There may be multiple public events (with one or more oversight organizations).
    Menu: Must remain the same.
    Operation plan review: Required.
    Example: Within 30 days (1) The Lapidary Society hosts a rock show at the city park and contracts
    with a food vendor to use the pavilion for concessions and (2) The Kennel Club hosts a dog show
    using the same park facilities and the same food vendor for concessions.

A for-profit Temporary Restaurant will receive a $31 License fee reduction when the application is postmarked as least 10 days in advance of intended operation.

All tax-exempt, nonprofit benevolent organizations are also required to have a separate license for each food booth in operation during an event. A benevolent temporary restaurant license is valid for the length of the event or up to three days, whichever comes first. The same benevolent organization can obtain a temporary benevolent license up to 13 times within a calendar year

The following documents and links are available:

Download:
Single Event License
Intermittent and Seasonal License
Temporary Restaurant Operations Guide
Handwashing Station Brochure
Focus on Food Safety
Food Sanitation Rules

Link:
Food Handler Card / Testing
Fees

Temporary Restaurant

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