Restaurant / food-facility permit
Retail Food Establishment License (issued by the municipality, not the county)
null - set by each municipality's ordinance, not the county. NJ retail-food licensing is municipal; typical NJ town license fees run roughly $150-$600/yr but vary by town (UNVERIFIED / not a county fee). Contact the specific municipal clerk/health office for the exact amount.
Per Monmouth County Health Dept guidance, retail food establishment licensing is always a municipal function. The county's role is plan review; the license is obtained from the municipality where the establishment operates. County main line 732-431-7456.
Plan review — required
null - 'In most cases plans will be submitted to the individual municipality and a plan review fee will be collected in accordance with existing municipal ordinance,' then forwarded to the county for review/approval. Occasionally plans and the fee are submitted directly to the county. County plan-review fee amount not published as a flat figure.
Turnaround: null - not published
Plan-review details & forms →
Food truck / mobile permit
Mobile Retail Food Establishment (county application; municipal approval also required)
null - fee not published on the county mobile application; operators must also obtain approval/vending permits from the clerk's office of EACH municipality where they operate.
County provides a Mobile Retail Food Establishment application; applicant must contact the Municipal Clerk's Office in every town they plan to operate for local rules and whether mobile units are permitted. Separate temporary-event and farmers'-market vendor applications also exist.