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Daly City, CA Temporary Commercial Kitchen Rental and Lease Options

Need a temporary commercial kitchen in Daly City? Our trailers cover cooking, dishwashing and emergency refrigeration, for kitchens that cannot wait for a repair. The same team handles temporary food service after an equipment failure and planned rentals for renovation or construction work. Rent for a week, lease by the month, or plan a long-term rental that matches a renovation schedule. Customers include manufacturers, hotels and school districts. We plan delivery and setup with your facility team, including power, water and access. Request availability and a quote for your project in Daly City, CA, or in Colma.

24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

Stainless steel interior of a 20ft refrigerated trailer
Population (2024 est.)
101,418
County
San Mateo County
Land area
7.7 sq mi
FEMA declarations (county)
22

Temporary kitchen rental for Daly City facilities

A short-term kitchen rental after a failure and a long-term kitchen lease during a rebuild start the same way: a mobile kitchen for Daly City is matched to the menu, the crew and the power available. Colma is only 2 miles away, with about 1,428 residents, and Brisbane about 5 miles, so a project that spans them can share one kitchen plan.

Sizing starts with how many meals you serve. The 40ft Mobile Kitchen and 38ft Mobile Kitchen suit different kitchen volumes, and the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen adds capacity for larger operations; compare their equipment lists and power needs before you choose.

Dishwashing trailers and cold storage for Daly City

If the dish room is closed too, add a warewashing trailer. The 30ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer needs 220V, 3 phase, 200A; plan a drain route sized for continuous washing. South San Francisco, 6 miles away, has the same problem when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.

Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in Daly City, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft LT Refrigerated Trailer gives product somewhere cold to go. A call about emergency refrigeration from Pacifica starts with the same three questions: what failed, what is inside and where the trailer can sit.

NOAA's 1991 to 2020 county normals put the average January low in San Mateo County at 42°F and the average July high at 74°F, with about 29 inches of precipitation a year. January lows run about 6 degrees warmer than the average California county. Four distinct seasons mean the plan covers both ends: cold-weather water lines in winter and condenser airflow in summer.

What shapes kitchen rentals in Daly City, CA

Emergencies that shaped recovery needs near Daly City

Since 1977, San Mateo County has been named in 22 FEMA declarations; severe storms (7 declarations) and flooding (7 declarations) lead the list. Colma has its own page with its county's federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.

The most recent is Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (major disaster declaration, DR-4699), declared April 3, 2023, with the incident beginning February 21, 2023. Storm damage and long power outages can shut kitchens and warm the contents of walk-in coolers within hours. By incident type, the count is severe storms 7, flooding 7, wildfire 3, hurricane 1 and freezing conditions 1. By decade: 1970s 1, 1980s 4, 1990s 5, 2000s 3, 2010s 3 and 2020s 6. Before that came Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (EM-3592, March 10, 2023), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4683, January 14, 2023), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (EM-3591, January 9, 2023), Wildfires (DR-4558, August 22, 2020) and Czu Lightning Fire Complex (FM-5336, August 20, 2020).

Between 2016 and 2025 the Storm Events Database recorded 86 county-based event records in San Mateo County, with flood events the most common at 71. Flooding fouls kitchen equipment and drainage first, and a kitchen cannot reopen until it has been cleaned and inspected.

NIFC lists no wildfire of 1,000 acres or more starting in San Mateo County since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in Alameda County, about 30 miles away, where the Little fire burned 1,078 acres in 2026.

A declaration designates an area for federal assistance; it does not describe damage at any one address.

Infrastructure work around Daly City

Since October 2021, 23 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more have named San Mateo County as the place of work. The Department of Defense committed $11 million to “Golden Gate National Cemetery Irrigation and Wells Construction” in San Mateo County, awarded October 2023 (award record). Another public record is “Dredging Redwood City Harbor Channel Maintenance,” a $9.5 million Department of Defense contract from May 2021 in San Mateo County (award record). In July 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $4.2 million contract for “Golden Gate Shrine” in San Mateo County, with work running to July 2027 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $3.8 million Department of Defense contract, “Redwood City Dredging,” starting September 2024 in San Mateo County (award record). Crews on projects like this rarely have a restaurant nearby, which is the case for cooking on site with a rented kitchen and a dishwashing trailer. A project in Brisbane, about 4,667 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.

Rebuilds and remodels around Daly City

The Department of Veterans Affairs committed $6.3 million to “Provide for Renovation of Building 348 at VA Menlo Park to a Homeless Resource Center” in San Mateo County, awarded June 2018 (award record). Another public record is “Menlop Park Fire Alarm System Upgrade,” a $6.1 million Department of Veterans Affairs contract from November 2023 in San Mateo County (award record). In May 2024, the Department of Homeland Security awarded a $5 million contract for “Repair Roof, HVAC, & Reconfigure Medical Clinic Bldg B at Airsta Sfo, San Francisco, CA PSN-21499776” in San Mateo County, with work running to August 2025 (award record). USASpending.gov shows a $4.7 million Department of Defense contract, “Mcrc San Bruno Renovate/Modernize HVAC System,” starting September 2022 in San Mateo County (award record). The closure date drives the plan in San Bruno too.

Getting emergency equipment into Daly City

The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and local emergency managers decide where public disaster staging happens in California. Those details are theirs to publish and update, so this page points to them instead of guessing at a route. For work in South San Francisco, look to the agencies covering that area rather than assuming the same routes.

The nearest hospital in CMS's list is Ahmc Seton Medical Center, in Daly City itself.

What a kitchen rental costs in Daly City

There is no single price for every job in Daly City. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 40ft Bulk Kitchen from $10,995, the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995 and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995, and they may vary. Pacifica is quoted on the same factors, but at 7 miles away a different address can change delivery and setup terms.

Starting prices are guides, and prices may vary with location, rental length, delivery, setup and utilities. A written quote states the equipment, the rental period and what is included.

Sources: OpenFEMA (retrieved October 30, 2026); NOAA Storm Events, NIFC fire perimeters, NOAA nClimDiv normals, CMS provider data, NCES school data and USASpending.gov (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.

Industries we serve around Daly City

Who rents a mobile kitchen near Daly City? Mostly manufacturers, hotels, school districts and universities, along with contractors and public agencies. The need is usually the same: a working kitchen while the permanent one is unavailable. Care homes in Millbrae and school kitchens in Burlingame, places of about 23,321 residents and about 30,885 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.

CMS lists 6 hospitals in San Mateo County, including Ahmc Seton Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco and Peninsula Medical Center. Certified nursing care adds 14 homes and roughly 1,657 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 174 public schools with about 82,777 students, in districts such as San Mateo-Foster City, San Mateo Union High and Sequoia Union High.

Daly City at a glance

With about 101,418 residents (2024 estimate), Daly City ranks 75th among 475 covered places in California. It covers about 7.7 square miles of San Mateo County. San Mateo County covers 449 square miles and has 20 places on this site, about 681,908 residents between them; the largest is San Mateo. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 13,257 residents per square mile. Sacramento, the California capital, is about 81 miles away in a straight line, which matters for state-level emergency coordination.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.

Before the trailer arrives in Daly City

Sites near Sausalito and Alameda start from this same list, then adjust for their own pad, power and permits.

  • Placement: pick a level spot with turning room, and keep fire lanes and entrances clear.
  • Power: check the panel and service against the trailer's listed requirement before anything is scheduled.
  • Supplies: mark a drop point for food and paper goods that keeps carts away from utility lines.

See the site planning guides for power, water, wastewater and placement detail.

Other places near Daly City we rent to

Facilities near Daly City often compare notes with neighbors. These places are close enough to plan together, measured in straight-line miles from Daly City, not driving distance.

Neighboring counties near Daly City

The nearest California counties to Daly City are Marin County (29 miles), Alameda County (30 miles) and San Francisco County (31 miles).

  • Marin County: about 29 miles from Daly City, 24 FEMA declarations since records began, 3 hospitals listed by CMS
  • Alameda County: about 30 miles from Daly City, 22 FEMA declarations since records began, 15 hospitals listed by CMS
  • San Francisco County: about 31 miles from Daly City, 9 FEMA declarations since records began, 13 hospitals listed by CMS

Add only the facilities the site needs

Mobile kitchens in Daly City come first, and the rest follows from the site. Where crews live and work on site, bunk bed sleeper trailer rentals (for example the 20ft Contractor Accommodation Unit) and shower and restroom combination trailer rentals (the 22ft Six-Stall Shower and Restroom Trailer) can sit beside the kitchen. We confirm the exact unit and price in a written quote.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you rent dishwashing as well as a kitchen in Daly City?

Yes. Dishwashing trailers range from a compact push-through low-temperature unit to 38ft conveyor trailers in low-temperature and high-temperature versions. They can be rented with a kitchen or on their own.

Does a temporary kitchen in Daly City need a health permit?

The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and requirements differ by jurisdiction. San Mateo County environmental health or the California health department can tell you what applies. We can supply equipment lists to support the review.

What power does a kitchen trailer need in Daly City?

Kitchen trailers on our list run on 220V single phase, from 200A on the 24ft and 28ft models to 200 to 220A on the larger ones. Dishwashing trailers range from 150A to 300A depending on the model, and the 30ft conveyor unit is listed on three-phase power. Check the model page before you confirm the site.

Who rents mobile kitchens near Daly City?

Commercial, institutional and public customers: manufacturers, hotels, school districts and universities. We do not rent to households.

Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service

Remote sites, renovations and emergencies all put pressure on food service in Daly City. The right mobile commercial kitchen rentals arrive with support behind them, so your team can focus on serving people.

  • 01

    Accelerated Deployment

    Gathering utility and access details up front removes the common causes of setup delays.

  • 02

    24/7 Emergency Service

    Emergency and planned requests can both be started at any time of day or night.

  • 03

    End-to-End Project Support

    Questions about permits, water, power and wastewater are part of the conversation, not an afterthought.

  • 04

    Flexible Rental Solutions

    Rentals run from one week to monthly terms, with short-term and long-term options for planned and emergency needs.

  • 05

    Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment

    Commercial-grade cooking, warewashing and cold storage equipment stands up to long service days.

  • 06

    Experienced Logistics Coordination

    Trailer length, turning room and access are checked against your site before anything is scheduled.

Why clients trust usWhat we can confirm

  • Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency and planned rental requests.
  • Rentals are for commercial and industrial customers: hospitals, schools, institutions, hotels, contractors and public agencies.
  • Equipment and electrical requirements are listed on each model page, so you can check them against your site.
  • Delivery, setup and pickup are coordinated with your facility team, with guidance on power, water and wastewater.

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