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Permit Checklist for Restaurants and Food Trucks, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties

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Every permit step with the office, phone, published fee and the rule behind it: sales tax, food manager, food handlers, the DSHS mobile vendor license, TABC and seven local health offices. Checked October 26, 2026; confirm each step with the office that issues it.

Word file and printable PDF, English and Spanish

Fare

$15

founding price until January 31, 2027 · then $24

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Food-Permit-Checklist-RGV.zipSCREENSHOTS · full version
Permit Checklist for Restaurants and Food Trucks, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties: Page 1, with EXAMPLE data
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Permit Checklist for Restaurants and Food Trucks, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties: Page 2, with EXAMPLE data
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Permit Checklist for Restaurants and Food Trucks, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties: Page 3, with EXAMPLE data
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What the full version has

  • State steps: sales tax permit, certified food manager, food handler cards, DSHS mobile food vendor license
  • TABC licenses and permits BG, BE, MB, FB, LH and BQ with state fees
  • McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Brownsville and Harlingen health offices
  • Hidalgo County and Cameron County for areas outside city limits
  • Food truck location rules where the city publishes them
  • Who to call list with every phone and website

Who it is for

Anyone opening a restaurant, bar, food truck or catering kitchen in McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Brownsville, Harlingen or the county areas around them.

Every dish, price, name and number already in the files says EXAMPLE. They are fictional and only show how each file works.

Made by BuiltByEstrada in McAllen, Texas. In English and Spanish.