Food Truck Issues Migrate South to the 30s
In the last few weeks, our beloved food trucks have suffered through lots of ticketing and harassment in Midtown. We previously reported that many of the streets in the 50’s on the west side of Midtown are potentially off limits and Downtown trucks have had their problems too. It seems that this week the trouble has begun to move further down Midtown. The ML favorite Comme Ci, Comme Ca tweeted that they had been forced to move from their usual spot on 38th Street and Broadway on Friday. When I went by yesterday around 1:00, they had not been bothered yet, but the guys were anticipating more drama. And if problems arose, they have another nearby spot in mind as back-up that should be more legit since the street is not metered parking.
But wait, there’s more…
Luke’s Lobster was also asked to move yesterday, and they were told by a police officer that the city no longer wants food trucks in Midtown (tell us something we don’t know!) However, Crisp on Wheels and Sweetery both seemed to make it through the lunch shift just off of Sixth Avenue yesterday.
We’ll see what happens today, but the tension across Midtown seems to be mounting. Although the vendors I’ve spoken to have said the police doing the ticketing have been perfectly nice and that the crackdown is coming from further up. Perhaps they too will miss all the delicious street food in Midtown if it disappears.
Posted by brianhoffman at 9:45 am, June 22nd, 2011 under Street Vendor Issues.
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Could be the Midtown North precinct at W 54th street. 212-767-8400
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Or fix the damn laws instead of asking for them not to be enforced.
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Yeah. It sounds like an edict has come down from the on high. Maybe a big muckity muck from one of these midtown buildings got annoyed at the trucks and said something to his friend Mayor Bloomberg at a dinner party.
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Just called the DOT. The person I spoke with said that they get tons of complaints about food trucks and I was one of the first that’s ever called in favor of them. She also said there’s really no provision for the food trucks operating like they do. So, yes, mastro, you’re right. we need to fix the laws and we need to be very vocal with the powers that be in support of the trucks.
Let’s have an Eat-In somewhere to garner support!-
Please post the phone number so we can all call.
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lol @ calling the precinct. This is political. Unless you are being shot at whilst waiting for a falafel, calling the precinct is an utter waste of time.
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wasn’t there a story of someone calling 911 because they ran out of beer?
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rather than enumerating: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=911+call+mcdonalds
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@ steve, there are a million of those stories, I prefer the Whopper one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ12Ry-hD6I
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every truck should add donuts to the menu
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People never call or do things because they’re happy. They usually get involved when they’re not. That’s why the DOT never hears compliments on things.
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i actually like potholes
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Stores stop complaining, trucks get more room, and you hipster fatties get to walk a few miles to get your eat on
win-win-win
We need to find out which precinct is issuing these orders and start bombing them—with correspondence. This is some major bs!