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	<title>Midtown Lunch &#187; Vendy Awards</title>
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		<title>The Monday Vendy Effect: Excitement or Fatigue?</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/28/the-monday-vendy-effect-excitement-or-fatigue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
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Photo courtesy of Lunch&#8217;er Scott
What kind of effect does winning a Vendy Award have on Monday business? Not sure&#8230; although today&#8217;s line at the Schnitzel &#38; Things Truck (who won the Rookie Vendy) was pretty damn long on 52nd btw. 6+7th.  Was it the Vendy win, or the fact that today was the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary of a 2009 Vendy Awards Judge</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/28/diary-of-a-2009-vendy-awards-judge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday almost 1000 people converged on the Queens Museum of Art for one of my favorite food events of the year&#8230; the Vendy Awards.  Put on by the Street Vendor Project, a non profit dedicated to advocating for street vendors, this year&#8217;s &#8220;Oscars of Street Food&#8221; featured a whopping 11 vendors, in three different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Vendy Awards Updates</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/26/live-vendy-awards-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to follow along at home, or from the event, use the #vendys hashtag on Twitter, or follow the live updates @midtownlunch. And don&#8217;t forget about the live auctions as well&#8230; there are some great prizes to benefit the Street Vendor Project, including a Midtown Lunch Eating Tour!
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		<title>Vendy Awards Are Sold Out; Dutchy, Biriyani &amp; Wafels on CBS Early Show</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/25/9722/</link>
		<comments>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/25/9722/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
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Yes that&#8217;s a giant plate of Jerk Chicken from the Jamaican Dutchy
This morning the CBS Early Show aired the piece on the Vendy Awards that Bobby Flay was shooting last week, and as an added bonus the chef was live on 59th and 5th this morning at 8am with the Wafels &#38; Dinges Truck, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win a Midtown Lunch Walking Tour to Benefit the Street Vendor Project</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/23/win-a-midtown-lunch-walking-tour-to-benefit-the-street-vendor-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vendy Awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every year the Vendy Awards (which are this Saturday!) auction off all sorts of goodies to benefit the Street Vendor Project.  This year they&#8217;ve put a few up early on Ebay so you don&#8217;t actually have to attend the event to bid (although I still can&#8217;t understand why anybody wouldn&#8217;t want to attend the biggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Forget About the Street Vendor Panel on Sunday</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/18/sunday-sunday-sunday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vendy Awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of vendor issues, if you are a street food lover (or vendor) you should show your support by coming to the Astor Center this Sunday night at 6pm. Sean Basinski (from the Street Vendor Project) will be hosting a street vending panel featuring me, Ed Levine (from Serious Eats), and Kim Ima (from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bobby Flay Goes on Vendy Crawl for CBS</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/18/bobby-flay-goes-on-vendy-crawl-for-cbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biriyani Cart]]></category>
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Got a number of tips this morning from lunchers who spotted Bobby Flay visiting Vendy Award nominated carts today.  He started at the Jamaican Dutchy cart this morning around 10am, then moved on to the Biryani Cart, before finishing up at the Wafels and Dinges Cart around Noon.  He was filming a segment about the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vendy Awards Announce Rookie Nominees</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/17/vendy-awards-announce-rookie-nominees/</link>
		<comments>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/17/vendy-awards-announce-rookie-nominees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
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The Vendy Awards have announced their third and final category, the brand spanking new &#8220;Rookie&#8221; Award given to vendors who have been open for less than a year.  And the nominees are&#8230;

The NYC Cravings Truck
The Schnitzel &#38; Things Truck
The Picnick Smoked Truck
The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck (which was also nominated in the Best Dessert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astor Center to Host Vendy Panel This Sunday</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/15/astor-center-to-host-vendy-panel-this-sunday/</link>
		<comments>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/15/astor-center-to-host-vendy-panel-this-sunday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the Hot Doug&#8217;s event at Astor Center is already sold out- but there&#8217;s another event that was just announced you might be interested in. There are no foie gras dogs, or duck fat fries- just discussion about an issue that should be near and dear to every Midtown Luncher&#8217;s heart.  This Sunday night the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Bloomberg Loves Calexico, He Should Judge the Vendy Awards!</title>
		<link>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/10/if-bloomberg-loves-calexico-he-should-judge-the-vendy-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://midtownlunch.com/2009/09/10/if-bloomberg-loves-calexico-he-should-judge-the-vendy-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Street Vendor Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vendy Awards]]></category>

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The Mayor &#38; Contessa Brewer Eating Street Meat. Photo Courtesy of Eater.
Who would have guessed it but the mayor likes spicy street food!  Eater reported on Friday that Mayor Bloomberg visited the Calexico Cart down in SoHo and enjoyed a steak burrito extra spicy while being interviewed by NBC.  According to this article in [...]]]></description>
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