ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A tasty new event, featuring several popular mobile food vendors, is coming soon to Lehigh County.
Food Trucks at the Fairgrounds, a weekly gathering of 10-15 Lehigh Valley area food trucks, will take place 4-8 p.m. Wednesdays beginning April 30 and continuing through Oct. 8 (except for Aug. 20, Aug. 27 and Sept. 3) at the Allentown Fairgrounds.
The inaugural event will be held in the MainGate Nightclub parking lot, at North 17th and Liberty streets, according to Melissa DeFrain, administrative coordinator at the Lehigh County Agricultural Society, which is organizing the event.
Leaders of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society, the nonprofit owner and operator of the Allentown Fairgrounds and the Great Allentown Fair, took inspiration from the former Fairgrounds Food Truck Festival, which the Greater Lehigh Valley Mobile Food Alliance held annually each summer at the fairgrounds prior to 2020, DeFrain said.
“Before COVID, the local food truck alliance used to have a food truck festival here once a year,” DeFrain said…