Comments on: Vendy Award Dessert Nominees Are Announced

By: GASTRONORMOUS Â» Friday Feeder

GASTRONORMOUS Â» Friday Feeder — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:16:14 +0000

[...] year’s Vendy Award finalists have been announced. Two in the dessert entries I have never heard of: the Cupcake Stop and the Big, Gay, Ice Cream Truck, which is obviously worth [...]

By: stevenp

stevenp — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:51:37 +0000

flatrock: Interesting comment in your link from the person who liked their chocolate dessert dumpling:

“I’ve tried Rickshaw a number of times and I think their regular dumplings fall in the bad to mediocre category…”

Sounds like a real legitimate contender for best street food in NYC, eh? A good friend actually e-mailed me about going to the Vendys, and I responded that I am boycotting because of the bogus Rickshaw fiasco. So right there are 3 fewer attendees this year.

Zach, maybe you (as a judge) can advise the sponsors that they need to have some improvement of their nomination process to avoid PO’ing a large contingent of street food aficionados (and maybe StreetMeasOnsumers too, whatever they are! ;) who actually have a clue about what constitutes a superior NYC street food vendor.

By: Bossman

Bossman — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:49:30 +0000

So which previous judge has an interest in which truck?

I call sell out, the more you promote this thing the deeper you sink.

By: flatrock

flatrock — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:46:19 +0000

@MikeNYC
not on the truck, but in the restaurant

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/223845

By: MikeNYC

MikeNYC — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:42:29 +0000

stevenp:
It’s a good thing Rickshaw doesn’t make a desert dumpling, or we’d probably see their unqualified asses in this category, too.

By: RockCenter

RockCenter — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:31:31 +0000

LET’S GO BGICT!!

By: stevenp

stevenp — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:08:31 +0000

“If you haven’t bought your tickets yet, what are you waiting for?!?”

I’m waiting for the organizers to axe the Rickshaw Dumpling truck and put in a deserving 5th candidate. Seriously.

By: vdubjb

vdubjb — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:33:16 +0000

We can get our revenge by telling the cops the show is parked illegally!