UPDATE (April 20) — The City granted seven more permits in addition to the first round of 26 announced back in February — that means 33 trucks in all will be allowed at the city’s official parking locations this season (find the map of locations over here). The additions are as follows (see the first 26 permit holders further down the page):

Café Mobile Dispatch — Dispatch Coffee’s truck

Le Cheese — grilled cheeses and such

Chez Tomio — details are scarce, but it appears to be from Centre-Sud sushi restaurant Tomio

L’Assommoir Mobile — from the Notre-Dame tapas spot of the same name

La Cage Sur La Route — the truck version of sports bar La Cage

Le Quai Roulant — seafood with a Quebec bent

Mignon — kind of a mystery

February may not feel like the ideal time to be talking street food, but food truck season isn’t far off at all this year, with the city allowing (most) trucks to hit the streets on April 1. City officials are now done selecting who’s allowed to peddle food from the window of a large van on the streets of Montreal.

This being Quebec, where few public activities happen without first getting tangled in the tentacles of bureaucracy, it bears mention that one can’t simply apply for a food truck permit. This year, those wanting to operate food trucks had to convince three people — a nutritionist, and two culinary experts (one with a focus on food, the other with a focus on management) — that they are worthy of a permit.

Those permits allow trucks to sell at the city’s official locations — which are also the only public spaces where food trucks may park (as with past years, trucks aren’t allowed to simply roam the streets).

That committee took six factors into account: the creativity and originality of a food truck’s concept (including their dishes), whether a truck prioritizes local produce, the professional experience of the people running a truck, a truck’s ability to use eco-friendly packaging, the visual appearance of a truck (or at least the plans for this), and the overall quality of the application.

A small handful of trucks received two-year permits in 2016 and didn’t have to re-apply, but others — even the trucks that had previously operated — had to jump through that hoop.

In any case, here’s a list of everyone approved, split into the newcomers and the returners. A lot of big names are absent from the returners list — including Pizzeria No 900, Lucille’s, Green Panther, and St-Viateur Bagel. They will not be able to sell at the city’s designated food truck locations, but could show up at private events, festivals, and First Friday food truck rallies at the Olympic Stadium.

The city could issue more permits once food truck season begins, but there’s no indication that this will happen at this stage.

The city is still working on approving food truck locations for this year — there will be 25 locations the trucks can sell at (down from 27 last year), across six boroughs: Outremont, Sud Ouest, Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve, Rosemont–La Petite Patrie, Verdun, and Ville Marie.

UPDATE — A previous version of this story included a list of trucks that do not have city permits for this year, suggesting that those trucks were out of operation. Many of those trucks are still operating at festivals and events that do not require city permits, while some are only operating at private events, and a smaller number have permanently shut down. The lists below have been updated to make this clear — the list of new and returning trucks entitled to permits has not changed.

New Trucks

Cholo 58 — Peruvian street food (Cholo operated last year but only at private events that didn’t require city approval)

Mandy's Gourmet Salads — fancy salads from Westmount salad magnates Mandy’s

Ô Sœurs du Lac — a mystery truck, although the name suggests it might be connected to existing meatball-and-salad truck Ô Sœurs Volantes

Returning Trucks

Boîte à Fromages — raclette and grilled cheese

Burger Truck — burgers, mostly, from Villeray restaurant Le Gras Dur

Cuisine Authentique Polonaise — perogies and other Polish eats from a truck that operated under the name Pyza and Europolonia in past years

Damon — Indian food from the truck formerly called Atma

Dim Sum Montreal — dumplings, steamed buns, and other Chinese snacks

Duck Truck MTL — various plates from burgers to empanadas, all with duck meat

Europea Mobile — Quebec chef Jérôme Ferrer’s upscale restaurant, in pared-down truck format

Gaspésie Je T'aime — dishes from the Gaspésie region of Quebec, including plenty of lobster and other seafood

Gaufrabec — waffles, mostly

Grumman ‘78 — the city’s original taco truck, who fought to get

King Bao — Asian-style sandwiches in steamy bao format

Landry & Filles — upscale, American-leaning fare from fried chicken to smoked mussels

L'Express Mobile — Chinese food and sushi, no connection to the Plateau French restaurant

Mi Corazon — tacos, and some other Mexico-meets-Quebec specialties

Ô Sœurs Volantes — a partly meatball, and partly salad-oriented truck

Phoenix 1 — naan sandwiches, originally put on the road by now defunct bar Royal Phoenix

Pinokio — Italian food

Point Sans G — an all-gluten-free truck focused on comfort food

Queen B Bol Burrito — Tex-mex burrito bowls with hints of the Meditteranean

Schnitzel Truck — breaded, fried meat, and other German fare

Traiteur Guru — Indian dishes

Tuk Tuk — Thai food from Rosemont’s Une Nuit à Bangkok

Winneburger — burgers from Nouveau Palais in the Mile End

Trucks You Won’t See Much Of

Air de Bœuf — operating outside Montreal

Alexis Le Gourmand — only doing private catering

Bleu Homard — operating outside Montreal

Le Boite à Grillades — operating outside Montreal

Camion Au Pied de Cochon — closed down

La Cabane à Crêpes — operating outside Montreal

Le Coureur des Bois — operating outside Montreal

Lola’s Petits Gâteaux — closed down

Le Nice Truck — closed down

Mr. Puffs — operating outside Montreal

La Queue du Diable — operating outside Montreal

Zoe’s — only doing private catering

Returning Trucks Without City Permits (May Sell At Festivals, Etc.)