Papa Perrone Forces Wafels to 52nd
Got a number of reports about the little “clash” this morning on 55th btw. Park+Mad that was briefly mentioned in the ML twitter tracker post this morning. From Lunch’er “K”:
“FYI, went to get a waffles at the wafels and dinges truck on 55th street (madison and park) and they look like they are closed down. Papa Perrones is on the phone yelling at someone and the wafels guy is with him. Papa Perrones seems to be really upset that they are on his turf. Hopefully they can work it out and the wafels and dinges truck won’t have to move.”
Thomas from Wafels and Dinges jumped in to explain what happened in the comments…
“Alright, I wouldn’t call it a “clash”, but you could summarize that we didn’t really do our homework on 55th Street, and as a consequence Papa P’s routine got disrupted – so he was right not to be happy. Good news is that we found a nice spot on 52nd betw 3rd and Lex, nice little park area too. We’re ready for Oxford Cafe to start handing out free waffles ;-) – or for the DoH inspectors to show up in the next hour…such is the rumor.”
Clearly this all came about because yesterday was the planned launch date for the Papa Perrone/Treats Truck mash up on 55th. So why is it good for the Treats Truck but not for Wafels? Well, as much as it sucks for the waffle loving workers of 55th street, Papa Perrone believes that if there are multiple trucks on 55th Street every day of the week the tenants on that block, who have tolerated one truck, will have a problem if there are suddenly two or three trucks parking there every day. And, since he’s been cultivating that for almost three years now the rest of the vendors should respect his And nobody knows this better than Thomas… (which is why he so graciously moved.)
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Posted by Zach Brooks at 1:30 pm, April 13th, 2010 under Street Vendor Issues.
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At least the Wafels truck is close to the same area. Woo hoo!