Treats Truck Decides to Leave Midtown Under Pressure From the Police
It seems as if the ramp up in police pressure on the food trucks of Midtown has claimed its first permanent victim. The Treats Truck sent out this unbelievably sad email to their followers this morning:
To my dear customers,
We will not be midtown for the time being. The police have let us know that they no longer want food trucks in the midtown area. Two of our spots dear to our hearts (and our first two regular spots since the early days) have been 45th & 6th Ave and 38th & 5th Ave. We have so many wonderful regulars, and you all have made serving you such a pleasure. We are so sad to have to take our truck elsewhere. We hope to be able to return someday. For now, we cannot. We wish we could. You have all made the past four years very special. You can always order for delivery for your offices or come by our new spots. You can call to find out where we are each day.
Thank you for all our years midtown. We hope to be back when it is allowed. We’ll miss you very much. I’ll miss you very much, and thank you for making my Treats Truck dream come true.
all my best and thanks,
Kim Ima (the Treats Truck lady)
This is especially sad because the Treats Truck was the very first “gourmet” food truck that I remember writing about on Midtown Lunch. And Kim did it the right way, making friends with the surrounding food carts, local businesses and beat cops, and building up her two Midtown spots over the course of months and years. And as much as we love the new trucks that have hit the scene over the past year, it’s not right that Kim should have to lose what she has spent years building up because of others. We’ve been predicting this for years but it looks like it is finally coming to a head. The current way of doing things is unsustainable.
In the meantime, while we hope for a solution that will allow the Treats Truck to come back to Midtown, they will still be doing deliveries in the area. So if you can manage to get a bunch of friends or co-workers to come together on a big order, you can get your Treats Truck on in Midtown.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 12:00 pm, June 23rd, 2011 under Street Vendor Issues, Treats Truck.
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19 Comments
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This sucks.
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She should open a b&m spot right on 38th and 5th where the quiznos closed down.
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AGREED!
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We should organize a boycott of all generic delis until the pols rescind the order forcing the police to eliminate food trucks from midtown
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Food Fascists.
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They are all being condensed into one area around my office. Within two blocks are Comme Ci Comme Ca, the new Jamaican Dutchy truck and Sunrise. I don’t see the police taking this too well but I guess we’ll see.
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WINNING
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Wah!
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Nom Waaaaaah!
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Nooooooo! I am extremely upset over this news.
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im sure im in the minority but i never saw the big deal about their stuff… and ive tried a few things and just wasnt impressed.
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Wether or not you like the food on any of the trucks, is not the point. Something must be done to make this work for everybody concerned. The trucks are part of what make NYC the special place that it is. I don’t think the police are out to ruin things. I really think that generally they are trying enforce the laws as they see them. They may be confusing to all of us, and that’s where things need to be clarified and amended so that we all can have fun again in the city. What would the city be, if all of the trucks just gave up and quit? Not nearly as much fun as it is today…. minus the rain of course.
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NYC Food trucks only started really taking off in the last 5 years… I love them, no doubt about it… but I’m not going to go so far and say its what makes NYC special… they serve great food, and it can be fun to try out the latest trucks… lol but im not going so far as to say they are this invaluable special commodity in nyc that makes the city so great…
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Legalize Street Meat!
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NORSML?
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Food trucks are definitely one of my fave places to hit on food crawls, and the last time I was in NYC the treats truck lady gave me a free peanut-butter sandwich cookie!
What’s next, banning ice cream trucks?
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Has this affected the Softie ice cream trucks?
I would hate to think that they or any trucks get a pass in this mess.
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oh, don’t worry, ender, the issues seem to be handed out evenly. every food truck i know of in midtown is currently having the same problems.
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devastated. without double peanut butter sandwich cookies? I can’t go on….