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Are you a concessionaire interested in working at a City of Grand Junction facility or park, at the Mesa County Fairgrounds, at the Palisade Sunday Market, the Fruita Fall Festival or at Mike the Headless Chicken?  If so, then you have come to the right spot!  The following information will help you get started:

Event Organizer Information

If you are interested in hosting an event at any City of Grand Junction, Mesa County, City of Fruita, Fruita Chamber of Commerce, Town of Palisade facility and would like food/beverage services please follow these simple steps:

1.  Contact the appropriate agency to reserve a facility, park shelter, and park open space.  

City of Grand Junction ~ (970)254-3866 or stop by the administrative office at 1340 Gunnison Avenue

Mesa County ~ (970)255-7107

Town of Palisade ~ (970)464-5602

City of Fruita ~ (970)858-3663

Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce ~ (970)858-3894 

2.  Along with your contract you will be given a list of all approved 2013 food and beverage concessionaires. You may contact any concessionaire from the approved list and make arrangements for your event.

3.  All concessionaires must be on the 2013 approved list to vend at a City of Grand Junction facility.  If you would like to use a concessionaire not on the list, you may ask them to apply by filling out the easy Statement of Qualifications today!

Approved to work for:  City of Grand Junction      Mesa County      Town of Palisade    
City of Fruita        Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce  

2013 Approved Catering List

An event serviced by a retail food establishment that provides a contracted, prearranged number of meals and/or food products that are prepared at a licensed retail food establishment for service and are consumed at the same or another prearranged offsite location and not available for individual purchase. Catered events can also include delivered or drop and go food from a licensed retail food establishment.
7th Street Deli	Berna B's	Nick-N-Willy's Pizza
Texas Food Company	Two Rivers Convention Center	Einstien Bros Bagels
Qdoba	The Cowboy & The Rose Catering	McAlisters Deli
Have Cooker Will Travel	Famous Dave's BBQ	Guera's Chili

A single community event or celebration that operates for a period of time of not more than 14 consecutive days and may include town celebrations, fairs, and festivals. Example are Fruita Fall Fest, Pork and Hops, JUCO, etc.
The Cowboy and The Rose Catering	Hawg Food Fire Grill	Kettle Korn
Sugar Shack	Einstien Bros Bagels	Texas Food Company
Premier Concessions	Marge's Mobile	Debonair Fun Food
The Greek Geek	Poor Jack's Sausage Shak	Cowabunga Creamery
Dippin Dots	The Mobile Chef	Rocky Mtn Shaved Ice
Rimrock Concessions	The Hillbilly Grill	A Purrfect Treat
Southern Style Snack Shack	Duncan's Gourmet Street Food	Sweet Drinks
Enstrom Candies	Shaken Shaved Ice	Texas Twister Drink
Have Cooker Will Travel	Guera's Chili	Altrusa

2013 Approved On-Going Program or Sporting Event List  

Regularly scheduled series of events held at such places as public parks, sporting arenas, concert halls, flea markets, or farmer's markets, and sporadic promotional events such as grand openings.
The Cowboy&The Rose Catering	Dippin Dots	Kettle Korn
Marge's Mobile	Sugar Shack	Premier Concessions
Rocky Mtn Shaved Ice	Debonaire Fun Food	Hawg Food Fire Grill
Southern Style Snack Shack	The Mobile Chef	Rimrock Concessions
Duncan's Gourmet Street Food	Sweet Drinks	Enstrom Candies
Shaken Shaved Ice	Have Cooker Will Travel	Guera's Chili

Food/Beverage Concessionaire Information

All concessionaires must be on the 2013 approved list to vend at any of the participating public organization's facilities. Getting on the approved concessionaire list is easy!  Just follow these few basic steps and enjoy year long access to events and programs held at these facilities and parks.

1. Review the Statement of Qualifications form and decide which of the five organizations (City of Grand Junction, Mesa County, City of Fruita, Town of Palisade or Fruita Chamber of Commerce) you would like to work with and what special events you are interested in working. 

2. Fill out the simple Statement of Qualifications form and submit it to the City Clerks office located in City Hall.  If you have questions about the Statement of Qualifications process, contact Judith Rice with the City of Grand Junction at (970)244-1583 or judithr@gjcity.org.

3. If all qualifications are satisfied, you will be added to the 2013 concessionaire list. 

4. Event organizers will contact you directly to arrange for concessions services.

5. Follow a few simple guidelines and enjoy offering concessions all year long!

6. If you work a public event at a City of Grand Junction facility, use the Concessionaire Payment Form to calculate and submit your percent to the City of Grand Junction.

 For information or questions about the concessionaire process,

please contact Emily Wright at (970)254-3875 or emilyw@gjcity.org.