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Food Truck Marathon Catering in Kalamazoo

The success and staying power of a well-organized Marathon is predicated on an enjoyable, festive atmosphere at the finish line and there's no better option for gourmet food than mobile food vendors that can easily move to where you need them. So partner with Best Food Trucks, the industry leader in food trucks for marathons. We’ll make it easy to ditch the old style of catering for your next Marathon and show your runners, supporters, and event staff that you mean business and are offering them the best food around with the easiest way possible to order it!
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Best Catering Expertise

By managing food truck daily life from event booking, to online ordering and catering we have cultivated an intimate relationship with great vendors throughout the country and know exactly which truck(s) will suit your needs, from a small neighborhood party to massive corporate events.

Cities
1900+
Caterings
2,000+
Attendees
300,000+
Cuisines
80+

Food Truck Catering for Large Scale Events in Kalamazoo:

Planning a festival at Arcadia Creek Festival Place, a Saturday night concert at Bell’s Eccentric Café, or a packed Western Michigan University tailgate? Whatever brings the crowd, incredible food keeps them talking. Modern food truck catering lets your Kalamazoo event skip the bulky tents, extra permits, and long setup times. Instead, fully self-contained kitchens roll right up, fire up, and feed thousands with ease.

Best Food Trucks curates the top local vendors so you can offer everything from wood-fired pizza to global street eats. Picture Camzies Pizza tossing herb-flecked dough into a 900-degree oven while the Growlers’ game is still in the eighth inning. Or invite Fire and Rice Paella to Homer Stryker Field and watch saffron-scented paella pans draw a crowd as big as the outfield line.

Craving smoky barbecue for Kalamazoo Ribfest? The Rolling Soul delivers slow-smoked brisket, wings, and tacos that rival any pit on Burdick Street. Need bold international flavor for the Do-Dah Parade after-party? Curry In A Hurry Foods serves Chef Reid’s legendary South-African-Indian curry that locals rave about. And for classic Midwest comfort at your corporate outing in Bronson Park, Blue Plate plates up homestyle favorites from the Dacoba family.

From 500-person fundraisers to 20,000-strong summer festivals, our team coordinates menus, permits, scheduling, and on-site service so you can focus on entertainment and ticket sales. When you need food truck catering for large scale events in Kalamazoo, Best Food Trucks brings the city’s favorite kitchens to you—hot, fresh, and right on time.

Marathon catering

Skip the Line and Soak Up the Kalamazoo Vibe

Whether you’re cheering on the K-Wings at Wings Event Center or dancing beneath the lights of the Kalamazoo State Theatre, nobody comes downtown to stand in a food line. Best Food Trucks’ online ordering platform lets your guests tap, pay, and play—no bottlenecks, no guessing, no missing the encore.

Here’s how it works for large-scale events in Kalamazoo: guests scan a custom QR code posted around Arcadia Creek Festival Place, Bronson Park, or Waldo Stadium. They browse every truck’s live menu, place an order from their phone, and get a text when it’s ready. While their smoked brisket or Parmesan truffle fries are being fired up, they’re free to explore vendor booths, visit Bell’s Beer Garden, or snap selfies under the iconic Kalamazoo Mall marquee.

Planning ahead? Send a pre-order link with your Gilmore Keyboard Festival or Kalamazoo Marathon ticket confirmation. Attendees schedule a pickup window before the gates even open, so your crowd flows smoothly and your vendors hit the ground running.

Best Food Trucks pairs its high-frequency ordering system with the city’s best mobile kitchens, making food truck catering for large scale events in Kalamazoo faster, fresher, and far more fun. Let the tech handle the lines—so your guests can keep their eyes on the stage, the ice, or the scoreboard, and their taste buds on Kalamazoo’s exceptional eats.

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Our features

Streamlined Requests

With our quick and simple online catering form, you can request food trucks for your next event in a matter of minutes, specifying your guest count, budget and dates.

Choose Your Favorites

After you submit a catering request to us, our team will check availability for you and send over a list of amazing food truck menus to browse through (try not to drool).

Simplified Payments

Once you've decided on which truck you'd like to book, confirming them is as easy as clicking a button. All payments are handled securely on our website for ease of booking.

Pre-Ordering

If your meal time is limited, our staff will work with you to coordinate an online pre-order system where meals are predetermined and handed out hot during service.

Support Team

Our dedicated support team will be with you every step of the way from planning to organizing to grubbing your little heart out. With every event you'll have a dedicated member of our team available in case anything should arise.

Corporate Portal

With customizable features, executives can set up their own account, add a credit card and let their employees order as they want from the food truck or set spending limits.

They talk about us

4.64 (159,917 reviews)

Morgan K.

21 March 2023

Staff is very friendly and made us feel very important. They brought us our food and it was delicious! Would definitely hire again!

Marci P.

31 July 2025

Well, my husband and I ordered the Italian beef sandwich and it was phenomenal. The crunch on that bread was amazing. Probably the best sandwich I've ever had on Italian beef as a matter of fact, it was the best sandwich ever.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Danica J.

31 July 2025

Sandwiches were great- sauces were really good!- coleslaw perfect for sandwich topping. Mac and cheese was terrible.

Eliana D.

31 July 2025

/5! Glad I picked them again, hopefully next time I remember to do earlier. Still amazing customer service, the lady in charge is always so nice and friendly. She even called me to let me know my order would be ready and that I. An start heading down.

Sharon G.

31 July 2025

Truck arrived well before the event to prepare. The owners/workers were very friendly as I met them upon arrival. They provided a varied selection of entrees to satisfy everyone's tastes and provided options for those with dietary restrictions. Food was also delicious per the team; I can say the burgers and burritos were a hit.

Leon O.

31 July 2025

Despite the fact that the food was fabulous, I will share with everyone I know to never patronize the Smokin' Dough food truck. The person who handed me my order was rude and yelled at me when I asked about the diet cola that I ordered that they were unable to fulfill. They do not understand customer service, and when I shared that I wouldn't be coming back, she seemed gleeful at that prospect. Smokin' Dough is not an inexpensive food truck and I had even left a 10% tip when I placed the order online. That was a huge mistake.

Kristopher L.

31 July 2025

The last sure times I've placed a order the burrito has been busted open on one or both sides. Other than that, it's been delicious.

Gyzelle G.

31 July 2025

hard working, fast and delicious!

Maureen A.

31 July 2025

All of it! The egg rolls are delicious, the vegetables and rice are so good. The sauces and adding the fork were the perfect additional touch.

Kenneth S.

31 July 2025

Food is great. Really appreciate the effort put in to how we as customers are treated as well. Great service!!!

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