4 Comments

1. #1 Redroom Studios
   on Sep 6th, 2008 at 8:19 am

   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. #2 CS
   on Sep 6th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

   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. #3 ann
   on Sep 6th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

   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. #4 shapeshift
   on Sep 7th, 2008 at 7:59 am

   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.

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