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Coffee on the go, ice cream vans for parties, vegan burgers and spit braais: find the food trucks and caterers working in Roodepoort and the West Rand.
Based elsewhere, but they come to Roodepoort for weddings, parties and work functions.
Roodepoort's mobile food businesses mostly work the West Rand's private functions: kids' parties, matric farewells, weddings and year-end braais. Some are easier to catch without booking. Beleef Café's coffee trailer has a regular spot on Wilde Amandel Avenue near Laerskool Roodekrans, and The Flipside Cafe's red trailer has run Saturday afternoon and evening trading from Florida.
The mix is unusual for a short list: barista coffee with rusks and muffins, a fully plant-based burger and hot dog kitchen, ice cream vans for hire and a spit braai caterer that roasts deboned lamb and pork belly at your venue. The businesses travel across the West Rand and into Johannesburg, so Florida, Roodekrans and Honeydew are all in range.
Beleef Café is a coffee trailer with a qualified barista. Its Facebook page puts it on Wilde Amandel Avenue near Laerskool Roodekrans. The menu covers cortados, flat whites, red cappuccinos, chai lattes, caramel macchiatos, hazelnut and honey lattes and iced freezos, with muffins, cookies and rusks, and the trailer books for schools, events and functions within about 50 km.

The Flipside Cafe is a travelling plant-based kitchen run from a red trailer in Florida, and its Instagram describes it as allergy-friendly. The menu has burgers with sweet potato chips, loaded bowls, a vegan hot dog, mixed plates and brownies, and its Facebook has advertised loaded pancakes on Saturdays. It has traded on Saturdays from 2pm to 10pm with Uber Eats delivery and WhatsApp orders for collection, and it caters festivals and private and corporate functions.

Zoe's Ice Cream Vans runs two vans for hire on the West Rand, for birthday parties, weddings, school functions, corporate events and matric farewells. The vans also turn up at local markets such as the Tin Road Market in Bromhof, whose posts list an ice cream truck among the stalls.

Ultimit Spit Catering cooks on site for weddings, birthdays, year-end functions, bachelor parties and corporate events. The base menu centres on deboned leg of lamb, slow-roasted pork belly and beef roast on the spit with baby potatoes, salads and garlic loaves, the feast menus step up to a whole lamb, and there is a separate wedding feast menu. Serving stations, chafing dishes, cutlery and crockery are included, travel is charged by distance, and there are breakfast, braai and potjie menus and a coffee station too.

The West Rand's Saturday markets are where you'll catch food trucks without booking one. Both of these sit on the Randburg and Honeydew side of Roodepoort.
At 46 Tin Road on the first Saturday of the month from 9am to 3pm, with food stalls, an ice cream truck, organic produce and a kids' play area. Zoe's Ice Cream Vans lists it among its markets.
A dog-friendly garden market at Garden on Zeiss, 1 Zeiss Road, on Saturdays from 9am to 4pm, with food and drink stalls among the craft traders.
For kids' parties, school functions and matric farewells, the ice cream vans and the coffee trailer need little space. For a sit-down meal, Ultimit Spit Catering brings its own stations and crockery, and The Flipside Cafe covers vegan and allergy-conscious guests.
Ask about distance early. Beleef Café books within about 50 km and Ultimit charges travel by distance, so a venue in Muldersdrift or Krugersdorp may cost more than one in Florida.
Request Booking on each truck's page sends your date, venue and guest numbers straight to the business.
Yes. Zoe's Ice Cream Vans has two vans for hire on the West Rand for birthday parties, weddings, school functions, corporate events and matric farewells.
The Flipside Cafe is a plant-based kitchen in a red trailer, based in Florida. It serves burgers with sweet potato chips, loaded bowls and a vegan hot dog, and caters festivals and functions.
The Tin Road Craft & Farmer's Market in Bromhof runs on the first Saturday of the month, and Craft Market on Zeiss in Honeydew runs on Saturdays.
Beleef Café's Facebook page puts its coffee trailer on Wilde Amandel Avenue near Laerskool Roodekrans, with a qualified barista serving coffee, muffins, cookies and rusks.
Ultimit Spit Catering includes serving stations, chafing dishes, cutlery and crockery, and charges travel by distance.