Not Cool!
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | August 23rd, 2010 | Filed under News
Last week in New York city, ice cream trucks got into a brawl over territorial rights to a few feet on the street.
A video of the clash between a Mister Softee truck and a competitor with a similar name was linked on the blog The Consumerist, proving that there is nothing soft about peddlers of icy treats!
Ugly words were exchanged, followed by punches and a call for the police. The incident took place at the corner of Broadway and W. 60th St., near Lincoln Center. Content may not be suitable for tender ears…
Trouble in Paradise
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | August 20th, 2010 | Filed under News
The City of Atlanta Police Department revokes the vending permit it just granted to the Yumbii truck to operate on the public right of way (typically at 5th and Spring in Tech Square), claiming that such permit was issued in error!
The owner and his supportive family are scrambling to find a comparable (highly visible) spot on private property and resume a business granted full approval by the Fulton County Health Department.
Unincorporated DeKalb County, meanwhile, prohibits vending entirely, and many locations (including the Emory campus and many large buildings) are tied to preexisting food service contracts and can’t align themselves with the demands of an enthusiastic public.
What is it going to take, Atlanta? Don’t you know that the street food movement is growing by leaps and bounds as seen on the Food Network’s new show the Great Food Truck Race.
Achtung!
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | August 18th, 2010 | Filed under Objects of Desire
Curry wurst by the royal residence for the Electors and Kings of Saxony in Dresden? Pretzels by the Reichstag in Berlin?
History and street food complement one another in Germany. Alas, we didn’t run into the guys who wear portable grills shaped like aprons and cook sausages while walking on the sidewalk (we looked) but we saw plenty that Atlanta should emulate during a ten-day blitz trip around Deutschland.
Whew
Posted by Hillary Brown | August 12th, 2010 | Filed under Carts, News
Reader Foodie Buddha provided an update on the Snowball truck:
It’s not closed. The health inspector showed up on Monday and shut them down for like 15 minutes (or something like that), it wasn’t long at all. They are open and operating without a problem!
Air Tran Loves Street Food
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | August 11th, 2010 | Filed under News
If you fly Air Tran in August, reach into the pocket in front of you and grab a print copy of this article on Atlanta’s street food written by Stephanie Davis Smith.
