FALL RIVER, MA- May 4, 2022)- The Office of Mayor Paul Coogan is pleased to announce
that the City of Fall River will be partnering with local event organizer PVD Food Truck Events
to bring free food truck nights to the Gates of the City at Fall River’s waterfront.
The event series, called Fall River Food Trucks at the Gates, will consist of three
Thursday night events starting at 5pm on June 2nd, July 7th and September 1st
. Plans include a
rotating group of over a dozen food trucks, live music, and beer and wine supplied by Troy City
Brewery, Primo Catering and Gooseneck Vineyards. The City will be closing a portion of Ponta
Delgada Boulevard and Water Street to provide more space for the event.
Guests are encouraged
to bring lawn chairs or blankets to enjoy the food and music on the grassy area around the Gates.
“We are thrilled that PVD Food Truck Events has chosen Fall River as their newest
location,” said Mayor Paul E. Coogan. “Not only will these events provide some family fun for
our residents, they will also introduce visitors from across Southern New England to Fall River’s
waterfront. Our hope is that residents and visitors alike will come down to the Gates, enjoy local
food and beer, and explore Fall River’s growing waterfront.”
Fall River Food Trucks at the Gates will be PVD Food Truck Events first event series in
Massachusetts. Since 2015, the group, led by organizer Eric Weiner, has planned food truck
events in communities across Rhode Island, often drawing crowds of over a thousand guests.
"It is always refreshing when we have an opportunity to work with a city that is excited
and engaged in bringing in our community events,” remarked Eric Weiner, owner of PVD Food
Truck Events. “We cannot wait to spend some summer evenings hanging out and introducing the
residents of Fall River to our food truck events, while introducing others from local communities
to the Fall River waterfront.”
A Facebook event series has been created for Fall River Food Trucks at the Gates.
Residents can follow the event page for information and updates on each night’s food truck lineup, musical performances and more: https://fb.me/e/3gJmqqc2l. You can learn more about PVD
Food Truck Events by visiting the website www.FoodTrucksIn.com/food-truck-events.
Food trucks already licensed in the City of Fall River have been contacted by PVD Food
Trucks to participate. Any licensed trucks looking to participate in this summer’s events should
contact Eric Weiner at eric@weinerworks.com.
ABOUT THE GATES OF THE CITY:
The Gates of the City, located on Ponta Delgada Boulevard in Fall River, are a full-scale
replica of the Portas da Cidade in Ponta Delgada, the largest city in the Azores and a sister city of
Fall River. The Gates, consisting of three 30-foot by 60-foot arches, were a gift from the city of
Ponta Delgada and were completed in 2006. Since then, the Gates and its surrounding green
space have become a popular venue for local events, including the annual Day of Portugal
festival and outdoor performances from the nearby Narrows Center for the Arts. Before the
COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Fall River hosted an annual food truck festival at the Gates of
the City on Memorial Day Weekend
