TXFVA Texas Food Vendors Assoc.
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DIRECTORIES / VENUES

Answer the six questions once, instead of on the phone every week.

Power, water, grease, insurance limits, load-in, who signs. Every food vendor asks a venue the same six things, and the answers decide whether they can work your ground at all. The venue directory opens with those answers on the page. Draft yours below — it becomes your listing.

DRAFT IT
What power can a vendor actually pull?
The single most common load-in failure. A 50A truck on a 20A house circuit trips the breaker for the whole row.
Is there potable water on site, and where?
A unit with a 40-gallon tank plans its whole day around this answer.
Who handles grey water and used oil?
The thing that ruins a venue's pavement and a vendor's welcome. Say it out loud and it stops happening.
What do you require on the certificate?
Vendors can produce this in a minute if they know the limit and the exact name to list. They can't guess it.
When can a rig get in, and how long is it stuck?
Vendors book two shows a weekend. The window decides whether yours is possible at all.
Who signs for the space?
Half the paperwork confusion at the gate is a vendor holding an agreement with the promoter when the venue needed its own.
YOUR LISTING, AS A VENDOR READS IT
Your venue NOTHING ANSWERED
POWER Not answered
WATER Not answered
GREASE & WASTE Not answered
INSURANCE Not answered
LOAD-IN Not answered
WHO SIGNS Not answered
ORANGE LINES ARE THE ONES A VENDOR WILL PHONE YOU ABOUT.
HOLD YOUR SPOT
NOTHING PUBLISHES UNTIL THE DIRECTORY OPENS AND YOU APPROVE IT.
WHY THE SHEET, NOT A PROFILE

The damage happens when nobody asked.

A venue rarely gets burned by a bad vendor. It gets burned by a vendor who assumed — assumed there was a drain, assumed the breaker held, assumed somebody else was hauling the oil out.

THE BREAKER
Three trucks on one 20A run, and the row goes dark halfway through service. Everyone remembers the venue, not the extension cord.
THE OIL
Used fryer oil goes somewhere. If the sheet doesn't say where, it goes in the storm drain or the dumpster, and the bill lands on you.
THE CERTIFICATE
Naming the exact entity to list as additional insured turns a three-day email chain into one upload from the vendor's phone.
THE OTHER HALF

You can already check a vendor before they park on your ground.

TXFVA members keep permits, insurance, and inspection reports on file, and their standing is public. Search by region, then confirm the four checks in about ten seconds — before you hand over a gate code.