Street Food: New York

In New York, street food vendors are the stories of the immigrants and their struggle for the American dream. Segment 1: (12:32 min)

4 thoughts on “Street Food: New York

  1. certainly one of the pluses of living in such a multi-cultural city is that you have this wide range of street foods available.
    I was aware that the city was making it quite hard for many of these vendors to do business, but did not understand why until it was explained in this video. A very politically charged issue. But as they pointed out, the city would be very sterile and lose a great deal of character without these carts on the streets…

  2. You haven’t been to NYC until you have tried a hot dog on the street, or burrito or falafel for that matter! Indeed, street vendors are part of NY and I think the tourism board needs to be on this side and fight it out against the real estate developers or those who are against the street culture.

  3. I can’t imagine NYC without the street food vendors….I like the middle eastern stalls the best, but those hot dogs are pretty tasty as well… :-)

  4. There’s always some transparent war going between David and Goliath I suppose. I think all cities should have more street food vendors which injects so much community life. Of course, it is a lot easier in Asia where it is warm.