MLK Food Park

An experiential block transformation – the pop-up MLK Food Park – will launch in southern Dallas’ historic Forest District. It will feature a weekly rotation of food trucks and trailers, vendors, musicians and entertainers, all providing a fun and engaging experience for neighborhood residents and the Dallas community.

Visitors can experience the community space, enjoy a bite from one of our many local eateries, walk through the community garden, play in the kid's play area, and give input on the future of mobile food vending options for Dallas.

Open weekends April 9–May 2:
Fridays: 6–8pm
Saturdays & Sundays: 11am–2pm

The MLK Food Park will be a colorful and vibrant space in the Forest District of South Dallas. Designed by the Better Block as part of The Real Estate Council's Dallas Catalyst Project, the temporary space is intended to address multiple concerns: provide much needed community space for the Forest District neighborhood, create a pop-up "incubator" for South and Southern Dallas culinary entrepreneurs, and serve as a testing ground for Dallas policy change addressing low barrier, mobile food vending options.
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The park, which will be open and tested for one month, will feature a variety of shipping container storefronts, building facades, food trailers, food trucks, and carts to further the conversation around permitting more affordable, rapidly deployable food vending options in the City of Dallas. For the neighbors, the space will have features as determined by the community via this survey, and a means to safely gather outside during a time of social distancing.
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This park needs your support. Please visit, sample the food, listen to some local music, and provide your feedback through the onsite surveys to help move this project forward to potential permanency and change Dallas food policy.