Lakeland foodies, rejoice. After more than a year of waiting, the Lakeland Food Truck Rally is finally driving back to town next Thursday, May 13.
The popular monthly rally gathered last in February of 2020 before the March rally was canceled altogether because of COVID-19. And in the early months of the pandemic hopes of the rally continuing were dashed as local governments cracked down on any events that drew large crowds in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus.
Last November, the rally was set for its grand return. But the fun was rained out by Tropical Storm Eta, which didn t hit Polk County particularly hard but still brought out the kind of wet weather even Florida natives would rather avoid.