Vendor Gallery: Steven Carse
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | April 7th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
Meet Atlanta native Steven Carse, a.k.a. the King of Pops, who manufactures handcrafted popsicles in a range of intriguing gourmet flavors. Part of the business is wheeling his cute pushcart (definitely a Mexican one, but with a current Atlanta permit) back and forth between the Irwin Street Market in the Old Fourth Ward where he makes them and his street corner across from Manuel’s Tavern and Videodrome where he sells them.
We shot the breeze with the King, ate one of his pops (yummy strawberry rhubarb), saw him make a couple of sales, and drove by him a couple of hours later returning to his home base, pushing the cart uphill and looking way hot.
Carse, who may be the only blue-eyed blond paletas vendor/manufacturor in Atlanta, has the blessing of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, and the City of Atlanta Permitting Department sold him a permit for vending on private property. There is a limit to what he can do, but one of his plans for growing his business is to join forces with other food carts and trucks rolling out in force.
Tags: atlanta, Carts, paletas, popsicles, vendor gallery
