Printed takeout bags for Pomona, where 642,081 people showed up hungry for the fair.

Small shops that win on the food

Some of the best food in Pomona comes out of rooms you would drive right past. PBS SoCal sends people to Tony's Restaurant on East 2nd Street for a French dip loaded with shaved pastrami and slaw on thick Italian bread. It also sends them to Pho Ha, tucked in a plain plaza on Indian Hill Boulevard, for pho, a pork sandwich and fried rice.

None of that needs a fancy sign. But think about what happens after the sale. The sandwich gets eaten at a desk across town, and the coworker asks where it came from. If the bag is blank, the answer is a shrug. If the bag says your name in big letters, that coworker is your next order.

Seventeen days of fair food

The LA County Fair at Fairplex ran 17 days in 2026 and closed its 104th year on May 31. Fairplex counted 642,081 guests. One stand, Chicken Charlie's, went through more than 10,000 pounds of chicken and sold 5,000 ears of corn. That is a lot of hungry people in one town.

Those people also eat outside the gates. They grab dinner on the way home and lunch before they park. Every bag they carry past the ticket line is a free sign for whoever filled it. Want tips for selling from a truck or a booth? Read our page on food truck bags with your logo.

Where Pomona carts can sell

Pomona tightened its sidewalk vending rules in October 2024. A cart needs a city business license, a vending permit, liability insurance, a county food handler card and a separate food permit. Stationary carts can run from 7 a.m. to midnight, but not on sidewalks under 9 feet wide, not in parks, and not on the eight downtown blocks between West First and West Fourth Streets. Spots near the farmers market and Fairplex have limits too. Break the rules three or more times in a year and fines can go past $1,000.

So the good corners are few, and you paid to stand on them. Get the most from each customer. A bag with your cart name printed big tells them who to look for the next time they walk by.

What a Pomona bag should look like

You get the full 12 × 14 in front to work with, and the print is free. Go big and simple. One logo, one or two strong colors, and your street or handle under it. Brown kraft makes black, red and orange pop. White makes almost any color look sharp.

The bag stands on a 12″ by 7″ base, is made from 110 GSM paper and holds up to 22 lb. That fits two French dips, a side of potato salad and drinks with room to spare. See every city we ship to on our page for printed takeout bags for LA restaurants.