Rain clouds roll over the Goldfish booth, one of the carny games running on a dark, cold evening at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet on Saturday night. Plans are being made to add a footprint for 40 food trucks to join the swap meet’s lineup.
A 40-pad food truck venture is planned for the 30-acre Tanque Verde Swap Meet creating a foodie oasis.
Tanque Verde Swap Meet is about to become food truck central.
If all goes according to plan, a 40-pad food truck venture will go up at the 30-acre, south-side swap meet, creating a foodie oasis.
The swap meet’s Denver, Colorado-based owner, United Flea Markets, is waiting on county and city permits to begin construction of Comida Park at Tanque Verde Swap Meet, says President/CEO Rob Sieban.
The venture, which will be located inside the swap meet grounds, is expected to be finished in late April or early May. Though the shopping side of the market will remain a weekend operation, Comida Park will be open seven days a week.
Admission to the swap meet, at 4100 S. Palo Verde Road, is free except on Friday and Saturday nights, when admission is $1 for adults, free for kids 11 and younger.
Sieban said they are accepting applications from food truck operators and will look for a variety of cuisines “that you can’t get in a single location” if you were just going to a restaurant.
“Everybody has their own tastes and wants something different,” said Sieban, who bought the swap meet from the original owners in 2018.
Comida Park at Tanque Verde Swap Meet will include covered picnic areas, a stage for live entertainment and a center court bar that the swap meet will own and operate.
Tucson will be the second of United Flea Market’s 15 properties nationwide to get a food truck park. The first, outside Houston, is expected to open in mid-February.
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