Restaurant / food-facility permit
Permit to Operate a Food Service Establishment (annual)
null - the standard food-service-establishment permit fee is not published in machine-readable form on the county site (Environmental Health forms/fee page returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch). NY county permits commonly run ~$150-$400/yr (UNVERIFIED for Albany). Confirm with Environmental Health at (518) 447-4580.
Regulated under NY State Sanitary Code. Establishments covered include restaurants, school/business cafeterias, caterers, senior-meal programs, bakeries, children's institutions, soup kitchens, park concessions, and street-fair booths. Uses NYSDOH permit application DOH-3915.
Plan review — required
null - plan-review fee not published on accessible county pages; plan/menu review required before construction/opening under NY Sanitary Code.
Turnaround: null - not published
Plan-review details & forms →
Food truck / mobile permit
Permit to Operate a Mobile Food Service Establishment (NY Subpart 14-4)
$290 mobile-vendor fee due at inspection, plus $25 additional if a frozen-dessert permit is required (per Albany County mobile-vendor instructions; UNVERIFIED against a formal published fee schedule)
Regulated under NY Environmental Health Regs Subpart 14-4 (Mobile Food Service Establishments and Pushcarts). County handles mobile applications, vendor inspections, commissary documentation, and menu review. Commissary/base of operation required.