Comments on: Bryant Park Corp Calls Food Carts “Terrible Citizens”

By: Goats

Goats — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:02:43 +0000

There’s nothing I hate more than politicians and “partnership representatives.” I still get emails from that b*tch council woman uptown….who I spammed for weeks when she came out against trucks/carts. I say we gather them all, tie bricks to their feet, and throw them into an empty swimming pool and drown them in white sauce. Death by mayo product. F’ing politicians. Only thing worse are cops….

By: gargupie

gargupie — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:08:06 +0000

If the carts looked all glammed-up, but the food is overhyped and not edible, what’s the point?

By: Ender

Ender — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:00:44 +0000

I can’t stand Bryant Park now, it used to be the best place to go for lunch, now it’s filled with annoying accordion players in the summer, and annoying ice skaters in the winter, and something else annoying in between, bring back the quiet, open space all year round.

As for the carts, I say get rid of the pretty waffles trucks (waffles for lunch?) and add more real lunch carts like the Paki crew, they feed the work force and look just fine.

By: exposure

exposure — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:53:55 +0000

Bryant Park operators are terrible citizens for filling their park with a skating rink, carousel, restaurants, lounges, bars, etc. all for profit, instead of allowing people to enjoy a quiet refuge.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:01:32 +0000

I think the carts look fine. If anything, the W&D cart with the garish yellow Steelers look is the one that’s out of place. NYC is a worse place as long as “The 34th Street Partnership” is in existence.

By: MJP

MJP — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:46:46 +0000

Yeah, but I’d love to see a list of the Bryant Park corporation members – probably representatives of all the chainy-ass stores that are popping up that expect everyone to fall into their corporate branded lockstep.

I anticipate an inevitable William Gibson-style vision of the future, with rogue yakitori and jerk chicken grills over old oil drums under a dead sky, tuned to a gray channel. But I’d damn well look forward to the yakitori!

By: Spydr331

Spydr331 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:39:14 +0000

i like the way the wafle and dinges cart looks too. most carts that i see look fine, if not a bit generic with their all metalic outsides while the wafle cart has a nice paint job and even a few flags. everything about the appearance makes it stand out instead of looking like it wants to hide away but that is also part of expanding a brand. most of the carts aren’t a brand, they are just carts, unlike rafiqi carts that have that red coloring all around because they are branded

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:31:58 +0000

Zach – totally agree. They came off as very xenophobic / “dey took are jarbs!”

By: Zach Brooks

Zach Brooks — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:23:22 +0000

Is it just me or does this all sound mildly racist? Why is the Wafels & Dinges carts beautiful but *all* other carts are ugly. I find carts decked out with photos of street meat to be perfectly beautiful!

And lumping all carts into one big category and saying they’re all terrible citizens isn’t right either.

By: MJP

MJP — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:42:44 +0000

Let ‘em try, but there’s no way we’ll let them beat our meat!