Riverside Park in Grand Rapids will come alive this Friday with live music, merchant vendors, and dozens of food trucks for Food Truck Friday. The summer-long event was founded Alan Tomlinson, owner of the Underground Cookie Club, nine years ago. He said there are a couple of new additions to the festival this year.
“Food Truck Fridays kicks off on May 16, coming up quick. It’s five to nine at Riverside Park. We’re on the north end of the park. We go for 12 weeks,” said Tomlinson at the Underground Cookie Club in Kentwood Monday. “We have a lot of new things that we’ve added to just make the experience of Food Truck Fridays that much better.”
One of those changes is the inception of Tomlinson’s new nonprofit, Heart of Food…