Portable kitchen trailers for rent in St. James
Fully equipped commercial mobile kitchens that keep food service running while a permanent kitchen is renovated, repaired, or rebuilt.
Starting from $4,995
When a kitchen near St. James, Minnesota is torn out for renovation or goes down without warning, emergency mobile kitchens for lease keeps meals moving. Add emergency dishwashing trailers for rent and refrigerated trailers for rent when plates and cold storage are part of the problem, and portable laundry trailer rentals or modular shower and restroom combo trailer rentals when crews are staying on the job. These units serve hospitals, nursing homes, schools, hotels, correctional facilities and construction sites, for a week or for many months. Emergency Relief Services coordinates delivery and setup. Ask for availability and a quote.

Emergency Relief Services focuses on one job: keeping kitchens, dish rooms, cold storage and crews working while permanent facilities are repaired or built. For St. James, that starts with modular commercial kitchen leasing, the main service people ask us about. On a project near St. James, portable commercial dishwashing trailers for rent usually follows the kitchen because a cooking line without warewashing stops by lunchtime, and on-site commercial refrigeration trailer rental covers the cold storage a walk-in cooler normally provides.
Crews that stay on site get support from mobile shower and restroom combination trailer rentals, 24/7 emergency portable shower trailer rentals, portable laundry trailer rental in St. James and portable bunkbed trailers for rent in St. James, delivered and set up for the length of the project. Every rental is commercial or industrial, never residential, and every quote starts from your site, your schedule and your power and water hookups.
Our most requested rental for St. James, because every renovation or breakdown eventually comes down to getting hot meals out.
A temporary kitchen only works with warewashing, which is why many St. James projects add a dish trailer on day one.
Sleeper and bunk bed trailers for St. James projects that outrun the local lodging.
Fully equipped commercial mobile kitchens that keep food service running while a permanent kitchen is renovated, repaired, or rebuilt.
Starting from $4,995
Low-temperature and conveyor commercial dishwashing trailers with a soil tray, three-compartment sink, and handwashing sink.
Starting from $4,995
Refrigerated trailers and containers for emergency cold storage when a commercial walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down.
Starting from $1,895
Luxury shower and restroom combination trailers with individual stalls and hot and cold water, including ADA configurations.
Starting from $2,495
Standalone mobile shower trailers and shower containers with individual stalls for construction crews, renovation teams, and remote camps.
Starting from $2,995
Portable restroom trailers with sinks and toilets for job sites, renovations, camps, and emergency response.
Price by quote
Commercial laundry trailers and containers with washers and dryers for crews, camps, and facilities under construction.
Starting from $3,995
Sleeper and bunk bed accommodation units for crews that need to stay on site during construction and renovation.
Starting from $2,195
Remote basecamp life support: bunk bed sleeper trailers, shower, restroom, laundry, kitchen, dishwashing, and refrigeration for remote crews, emergency response, and data center construction.
Starting from $2,195
Use the estimator for a preliminary equipment rate for St. James. Choose a trailer and a rental period and it shows the printed price-list range for that unit. The range reflects customer tiers, and the exact rate is confirmed in the written quote.
$4,995 to $8,995 equipment rate, 15 Days-1 Month
Printed price-list rate for the selected unit and period. Delivery, setup and servicing are not included.
Disclaimer: Estimates are preliminary and for planning only. Rates are the printed price list ranges by rental period and vary by customer tier; they are not a quote, an offer, or a reservation of equipment. Delivery, setup, servicing, permits, utilities, taxes, and minimum terms are confirmed in the written quote, and availability is confirmed at the time of the quote. The location you enter does not change this estimate.
When the cafeteria, a care-home kitchen or a church hall in St. James loses its cooking line, there is rarely a second commercial kitchen in town to take over. A school kitchen renovation is the classic case: the work often runs through a summer or a semester, and a rented kitchen lets meal service continue while the permanent one is rebuilt. Churches, lodges and community centers in the city that host large meals can bring in commercial kitchen trailers for rent for the weeks a hall is closed for repairs. We do not name specific buildings on this page because every project is different. Tell us the site and we will confirm which trailers fit.
Delivery planning for St. James starts with the last mile: the street, the turning radius, overhead wires and a flat, firm spot near utilities. I-694 and I-90 carry most long-haul traffic across Minnesota. Nearby towns such as Morgan and Welcome often serve as meeting points for drivers, and we can coordinate arrival windows with the the city site contact. Overall setup runs about 5 hours for a kitchen or dishwashing trailer and about 1 hour for most other units once the trailer is in position. Send the street address and a note about gates, low wires or tight turns, and we will plan the route and placement with you.
Emergencies rarely announce themselves. In St. James, a single failed breaker or a flooded basement can close a kitchen, and a regional event such as blizzards can close many at once. After a loss, the first questions are always where to cook, where to keep food cold and where to wash dishes, and trailers answer all three without waiting for construction. After a disruption, portable commercial kitchen trailers for rent in St. James can restart meal service for staff, residents or responders in St. James even when the permanent kitchen will be down for weeks. Our line is open 24/7. Call (888) 385-5513, describe the failure, and we will talk through equipment, delivery and what we need from the site.
Communities such as the city are served by county and state emergency managers in Minnesota, and our role is narrower: supplying equipment once a site contact asks for it. Operators who write down their equipment needs before an event, such as kitchen size, cold storage volume and power, can request a quote in minutes instead of hours. Planning conversations cost nothing. Talk through scenarios for the city with our team and we will explain what equipment fits each.
Construction is the main reason we are called to places like St. James. Roads, schools, water systems, care facilities and commercial buildings all take years to plan and months to build. When a restaurant or cafeteria near the city is being renovated, a temporary kitchen lets staff keep serving, so the business does not lose its regulars. Tell us the project dates and the number of people to feed, and we will recommend a kitchen size and the supporting trailers to match.
Remote and industrial worksites around St. James often outgrow local lodging. That is where remote workforce housing trailers, a camp kitchen and showers come in. Crews on remote jobs tend to favor trailers they can move as the work advances, which is a good fit for the units we rent. Portable remote workforce sleeper trailers for lease can be planned with portable sleeper trailer rental, mobile shower trailer rental, mobile restroom trailer rental, mobile laundry trailer rental in St. James, modular commercial kitchen rental, portable commercial dishwashing machine trailers for rent and mobile commercial refrigeration trailer rental as one Life Support Service package for the crew. Describe the crew size, the length of the job and the site's utilities and we will outline what a camp could look like for St. James.
In St. James, tornado season changes what an operator needs: cold storage when it is hot, heated and insulated space when it is cold, and power plans for storms. Fall brings contractors racing to close buildings before winter, which tightens availability, so early requests for St. James work best. Seasonal needs are one more reason to talk early. We will help you plan for St. James, even if the rental is months away.
Matching equipment to a St. James site is a short conversation: the type of operation, meals or people per day, available power and water, and the date you need it. A 24 or 28 foot kitchen suits many care homes and school cafeterias, while 38 and 40 foot kitchens add a deep fryer, tilting skillet or a walk-in cooler for higher volume. If the the city site has limited space, we can look at shorter trailers or at splitting a package across two smaller units. Tell us the date you need the unit and we will confirm what can be arranged for St. James.
Public data tells part of the story for St. James: the U.S. Census Bureau estimates about 4,750 residents and roughly 2.4 square miles of land, which gives a sense of how many people a facility there serves. Here is a scenario, not a past job: a city school kitchen in St. James closes for a summer renovation, a 28 foot kitchen trailer and a dish trailer arrive, and meals continue. Scenario for St. James: a restaurant kitchen closes for a month of renovation, and a kitchen trailer, dish trailer and refrigeration unit keep the dining room open. Questions about specifications for St. James? Ask for the model sheet with your quote.
Sometimes the best spot for a trailer is not in St. James at all. Nearby Madelia (about 11 miles northeast), Truman (about 14 miles southeast) and Mountain Lake (about 15 miles west) are good candidates for a staging yard or for a satellite crew-support site.
If your project is not in St. James itself, we also help with sites in these communities. Madelia (11 miles northeast), Truman (14 miles southeast), Mountain Lake (15 miles west), Trimont (16 miles south), Lake Crystal (22 miles northeast) and Welcome (22 miles south) are the closest. Modular commercial kitchens for rent can be coordinated for these communities as well. Availability is confirmed at the time you request it for St. James or for any of these towns.
Near St. James, we plan deliveries to these towns as well. Sleepy Eye (22 miles north), Sherburn (23 miles south), Courtland (25 miles northeast), Springfield (25 miles northwest), Windom (26 miles west) and Winnebago (27 miles southeast) are the closest. On-site commercial dishwashing trailer rental and Walk-in cooler trailer leasing follow the same process for these nearby places. Each of them has its own page with local details and equipment options.
Emergency Relief Services also serves projects in towns around St. James. Nicollet (30 miles northeast), Jackson (31 miles southwest), Morgan (33 miles northwest), Mapleton (34 miles east), Lakefield (34 miles southwest) and Blue Earth (35 miles southeast) are the closest. On-site bunk bed sleeper trailers for rent, Portable laundry trailer rentals and Bathroom trailers for rent can also be planned for crews working in these places. Equipment options and rental terms are the same across them, and delivery is confirmed in the quote.
Emergency Relief Services also serves projects in towns around St. James. Lamberton (36 miles northwest), Fairfax (38 miles north), Gibbon (38 miles north), St. Clair (39 miles east), Eagle Lake (39 miles east) and Kasota (39 miles northeast) are the closest. Portable shower restroom combination trailer rental and Temporary shower trailers for rent are available to quote for projects across this part of Minnesota. Each of them has its own page with local details and equipment options.
The customers we serve around St. James are commercial and institutional: healthcare, schools, hotels, government and military sites, contractors, energy and industrial projects, and emergency response teams. For each, the starting point is on-site temporary commercial kitchen trailer leasing, supported by emergency dishwashing trailer leasing and temporary refrigerated containers for rent as the project requires.
Our main use is temporary facilities during renovation and construction. A construction site in St. James may need portable commercial kitchen trailer leasing in St. James for crew meals, mobile bathroom trailers for lease when permanent restrooms are not yet built, and portable shower trailer leasing for crews finishing a shift in the dust. During a renovation, the same trailers replace what the building has temporarily lost.
| Estimated population | 4,750 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024) |
|---|---|
| Land area | 2.4 sq mi |
| Nearest 100,000+ city | Minneapolis, MN, about 95 miles northeast (straight line) |
| Place type | city |
| Hours | 24/7 |
| Rental time available | 1 week, monthly |
| Setup time | About 5 hours for kitchens and dishwashing; about 1 hour for other units. Stairs 5–15 minutes; ramp 4–6 hours. |
| GPS tracking | Possible on request |
| Customers | Commercial, institutional and industrial |
Population: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimate. Distances are straight-line, not driving routes.
Reliable temporary infrastructure and responsive support matter most when a kitchen, a cold room or a crew's facilities are down. For St. James projects, that means equipment that arrives ready and people who answer the phone.