BREAKING LOCAL NEWS: Street Carts Are Dirty!
*Sigh* You’ve got to love the local news… Last night CBS2 filed this overdramatized report about the perils of eating street food. Apparently two guys in New Jersey were found guilty of running an illegal (and gross) commercial kitchen out of their house in New Jersey, so it clearly calls into question the cleanliness of all street vendors (it must be dirty… look at those black and white shots of the griddles!) We’re not claiming all street vendors are clean, but it is a fact that the DOH gets far more complaints about people getting sick from restaurants than street vendors (a point glossed over in the piece.) The report ends on a lighter note, pointing to “clean” vendors like the Dosa Man, Wafels & Dinges Truck and Street Sweets as the “good guys”, and also mentions that “with more licenses expected soon” (doubtful) and “more TV chef superstars expected to get into the business” there is no end in site. Really? Maybe those people should read this.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:00 am, March 11th, 2010 under Street Vendor Issues, Videos.
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Next on CBS2: People are being served raw fish in restaurants! CBS2 has this daring expose!
This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen, except for the proposed total salt ban in restaurants.
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i saw it last night
they really had the reporter sensationalize the IS IT SAFE TO EAT FROM A FOOD CART? and they had someone say yes… and they also talked about a lot of the vendors that have sprung up in a nice way like the waffles and dinges as well as street sweets trucks… but they also had a mysterious man in silhouette saying that vendors are cutting corners to save money and it puts you at risk…
i didnt know where the story was going to be honest… it seems to hate all vendors at times while also showing that not all vendors are deserving of the hate
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Why were they covering this and not the insurance protest in Washington that 10000 people showed up to? Christ I hate the media.
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HAHA. Crazy. Of course street carts can be dirty. DUH.
Damn NJ though for starting this nonsense. -
I think posted the NJ one in the forums couple weeks back.
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Must have been a slow news day!
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Wait…is that NJ health inspector really named HAPPY BOOR?
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Best line in the print story:
“….I like to just come very quickly. It takes 90 seconds and you are in and out,”
Print story here:
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Mr. Joe Carney:
“It’s tasty…it’s quick…I like to just come very quickly…it takes 90 seconds…you’re in & out..”
Later on he talked about the food
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I’m on my way to Biryani Cart to celebrate.
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Why do I love this website so much?
Because the ‘commenters’ are funnier than any comedian could ever be — and the ‘commenters’ don’t even REALIZE that they are funny.
And THAT makes it even funnier.
Dirty Jerz…