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Manassa, CO Mobile Commercial Kitchen Trailer Rentals
Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service rents mobile commercial kitchen trailers to facilities in Manassa, Colorado, with commercial dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigerated trailers as supporting services. The same team handles emergency feeding after an equipment failure and planned rentals for renovation or construction work. Terms run from a week to a season: short-term for outages, long-term leases for renovations. Our rentals go to commercial and public customers, from construction crews, school districts and disaster-response teams. Placement and setup are arranged with your team, and delivery is scheduled around the site. Request availability and a quote for your project in Manassa, CO, or in Alamosa.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

- Population (2024 est.)
- 965
- County
- Conejos County
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 5
Kitchen trailers for rent in Manassa, CO
Emergency food service in Manassa often starts with one question: where will the next meal be cooked? A commercial kitchen trailer on a level pad gives the answer while the permanent kitchen is out of action. If the work spills into Alamosa, 21 miles from here, or into Monte Vista, a kitchen rented here can be planned around both sites.
Match the trailer to the menu: the 24ft Mobile Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 38ft Mobile Kitchen for more production room, and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen where bulk cooking or a walk-in cooler matters. Power requirements are shown on every page.
Industries we serve around Manassa
Rental customers in Manassa are commercial, institutional and public: construction crews, school districts, disaster-response teams and municipal agencies. Each has its own pressure points, from a temporary kitchen for construction during a remodel to keeping staff fed through a long project. Care homes in Walsenburg and school kitchens in Trinidad, places of about 3,035 residents and about 8,183 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.
CMS lists one hospital in Conejos County: San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital, a critical access hospital. The county also has 1 nursing home certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 60 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 10 public schools with about 1,536 students, in districts such as North Conejos School District No. Re1J, Sanford School District No. 6 In The County Of Conejos And and South Conejos School District No. Re10.
- Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: a need for dishwashing, cold storage and a kitchen together
- School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: central kitchens that need a temporary production line during modernization
- Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: cold storage for donated or purchased food when power is out
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: emergency operations centers that need to feed responders
Manassa by the numbers
Manassa is the 151st most populous of the 194 Colorado places this site covers, with an estimated 965 residents in 2024. It covers about 0.9 square miles of Conejos County. Conejos County covers 1,287 square miles and has 4 places on this site, about 3,192 residents between them; the largest is Manassa. Population density is roughly 1,037 people per square mile. Denver, the Colorado capital, is about 188 miles away in a straight line, which matters for state-level emergency coordination. The nearest larger place covered here is Alamosa, about 21 miles away in a straight line.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.
Local conditions and rental planning in Manassa
Past emergencies and recovery needs in Manassa
OpenFEMA lists 5 disaster declarations that include Conejos County, going back to 1970. The most frequent incident types were flooding (2 declarations) and coastal storm (1 declaration). If you plan across towns, check the page for Alamosa as well; Alamosa County has 5 federal declarations on record.
The most recent is Hurricane Katrina Evacuation (emergency declaration, EM-3224), declared September 5, 2005, with the incident beginning August 29, 2005. Coastal storms combine flooding, wind damage and outages, any of which can take a commercial kitchen out of service. The latest major disaster declaration is Wildfires (DR-1421), declared June 19, 2002. By incident type, the count is flooding 2, coastal storm 1, wildfire 1 and drought 1. The records also list Drought (EM-3025, January 29, 1977), Flooding & Landslides (DR-396, July 6, 1973) and Heavy Rains & Flooding (DR-293, September 22, 1970).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 2 county-based event records for Conejos County; high-wind and thunderstorm events account for 1 of them, flood events for 1. Storm winds mean outages measured in days in some places, so the generator question belongs in the plan from the start.
NIFC lists no wildfire of 1,000 acres or more starting in Conejos County since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in Archuleta County, about 48 miles away, where the Quartz Ridge fire burned 2,850 acres in 2023.
Declarations are federal designations for an area, not a record of damage at a particular site.
Infrastructure work around Manassa
No federal construction contract of $500,000 or more lists Conejos County as its place of work in USASpending.gov since October 2021. The nearest is in Rio Grande County, about 24 miles away. In September 2020, the Department of Agriculture awarded a $6.3 million contract for “Rio Grande Supervisors Office Construction Project” in Rio Grande County, with work running to May 2023 (award record). Work like this puts crews on a site for months, often far from a restaurant, and the meals become a logistics question before the first shift starts. A project in Monte Vista, about 4,030 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.
Renovation projects that close kitchens in Manassa
Renovating school kitchens, community halls and care facilities often means closing a kitchen for months. A facility in Manassa facing that kind of work could rent a mobile kitchen for the duration, keeping meal service open while the permanent kitchen is rebuilt. A remodel in Center, in Saguache County, would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.
Treat this as a planning example, not a record of past work.
Getting emergency equipment into Manassa
The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) and local emergency managers decide where public disaster staging happens in Colorado. Those details are theirs to publish and update, so this page points to them instead of guessing at a route. Staging and access details differ again in Del Norte, in Rio Grande County, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.
By CMS's hospital list, the closest to Manassa is San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital, a critical access hospital, in La Jara, about 7 miles from Manassa in a straight line.
What a kitchen rental costs in Manassa
There is no single price for every job in Manassa. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995, the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995 and the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995, and they may vary. Pagosa Springs is quoted on the same factors, but at 59 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.
Supporting rentals: warewashing and refrigeration in Manassa
Pair the kitchen with dishwashing. The 22 to 26ft Low-Temp Dishwashing Trailer lists push-through low-temperature dishwasher, a three-compartment sink and a handwashing sink, on 220V, single phase, 150A. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Del Norte, 42 miles from here, as it does here.
When a compressor quits, product loss follows within hours. Emergency refrigerated trailers, such as the 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer, are rented to restaurants, hotels, hospitals and institutions around Manassa. Pagosa Springs sits in Archuleta County, which has 6 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.
A typical January night in Conejos County drops to 8°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 75°F, and the county gets about 17 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). January lows run about 5 degrees colder than the average Colorado county. With nights that cold, a kitchen trailer needs heated or insulated water lines, and a refrigerated trailer should not be asked to hold product warm against freezing air.
Prepare your Manassa site before delivery
Sites in Bayfield, 91 miles away, and Poncha Springs use the same checklist; only the pad and the paperwork change.
- Wastewater: plan sewer access, a holding tank or pump-out service, depending on the site in Manassa.
- Potable water: kitchens and dishwashing trailers need a clean supply close to where they sit.
- Supplies: mark a drop point for food and paper goods that keeps carts away from utility lines.
Read the site planning section before you fix a delivery date.
Nearby cities and communities
Crews and facilities working around Manassa also look at the nearby places below. Distances are straight-line estimates between the places, not driving routes.
- Alamosa, CO: about 21 miles from Manassa, about 9,906 residents
- Monte Vista, CO: about 30 miles from Manassa, about 4,030 residents
- Center, CO: about 41 miles from Manassa, about 1,889 residents
- Del Norte, CO: about 42 miles from Manassa, about 1,410 residents
- Pagosa Springs, CO: about 59 miles from Manassa, about 1,793 residents
- Walsenburg, CO: about 71 miles from Manassa, about 3,035 residents
Counties around Manassa
The nearest Colorado counties to Manassa are Alamosa County (28 miles), Costilla County (29 miles) and Rio Grande County (36 miles).
- Alamosa County: about 28 miles from Manassa, 5 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Costilla County: about 29 miles from Manassa, 8 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
- Rio Grande County: about 36 miles from Manassa, 7 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
Add only the facilities the site needs
Plan the kitchen first; everything else is sized around mobile kitchens in Manassa. Crews on a long or remote job can add bunk bed sleeper trailer rentals, such as the 20ft Contractor Accommodation Unit, or restroom trailer rentals, such as the Standalone Restroom Trailer. Each model page lists its equipment and power, and we quote them on request.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a temporary kitchen in Manassa need a health permit?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and requirements differ by jurisdiction. Conejos County environmental health or the Colorado health department can tell you what applies. We can supply equipment lists to support the review.
Who rents mobile kitchens near Manassa?
Commercial, institutional and public customers: construction crews, school districts, disaster-response teams and municipal agencies. We do not rent to households.
Can you rent dishwashing as well as a kitchen in Manassa?
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.
How do I get emergency refrigeration in Manassa?
Call the 24-hour line and describe the failure, your address and the product you need to protect. Emergency refrigerated trailers are 20ft units listed at 32°F, 15°F and -5°F and need a 220V single-phase supply rated 40 to 60A. Availability depends on the unit and your location.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Kitchen outages in Manassa do not wait for a convenient schedule. Mobile commercial kitchen rentals work best when the equipment, the site plan and the people who set it up are lined up before the first meal is due.
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Accelerated Deployment
Early conversations about electrical service and placement keep the delivery day short.
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24/7 Emergency Service
A broken walk-in cooler or a kitchen shutdown can happen at any hour, and so can your call.
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End-to-End Project Support
Questions about permits, water, power and wastewater are part of the conversation, not an afterthought.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Choose a short rental for an outage or a long lease for a renovation that runs for months.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Commercial-grade cooking, warewashing and cold storage equipment stands up to long service days.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Delivery routing, placement and pickup are coordinated with your facility contacts.
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.
Open 24/7 for emergencies
Start Your Rental Inquiry
Tell us the project location, the equipment you need, how long you need it and what is on site, and we will help match a trailer to the job. Emergencies and planned rentals both start here, or call the line any hour.
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A request is not a reservation; availability depends on the unit and your location.