Food Truck Friday Gets Permit for Friday's Event

The final decision took until three days before the scheduled event, but as of noon on Tuesday, the county has announced it will allow Altadena's monthly Fancy Food Truck Friday to be held this week, according to the event's organizers.

The organizers, Meredith Miller of and Lori Webster, of , have been hosting a group of food trucks behind the store on the second Friday of each month since last February.

The event has twice run into trouble with permit, first last April, when county planners were informed about the event, which was unpermitted at the time.  Miller and Webster then applies for a permit, which expired in September.

Last month, , and jump through new hoops, including surveying local neighbors about the event.  It took until this week to get final approval for the event, which will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday behind the Webster's complex.

Miller and Webster also announced on Tuesday that will have a presence at the food truck events going forward, starting this week.

Altadena Patch will have its regular preview of the event up later in the week when truck details are released.