Mobile Bakery Has A Sticky Time Finding A Sweet Spot To Park In Midtown...
There’s a new kid on the block — and the old folks are mad as hell. Street Sweets is a mobile bakery that runs on bio-diesel fuel and offers free-trade coffee along with a menu of cupcakes, muffins,...
View ArticleCan't Find Work In Your Field? Move To NYC And Open A Food Cart
If you were laid off from your job, or can’t find one in the industry you trained for, you can always sell food to people on sidewalks. That’s what at least two people are doing in New York, while a...
View ArticleStreet Vendor Loses Permit For NOT Urinating In Bottle
It’s a problem that’s common to men and women who drive trucks, make deliveries or work outdoors — When do you go to the bathroom? Well, a law recently passed in New York City gives street vendors an...
View ArticleStreet Vendors Protest Because They Would Rather Not Wet Themselves
Following the news earlier this week that a street food vendor in New York City had lost his permit because he left his hot nut cart unattended while he used a nearby restroom, several vendors gathered...
View ArticleNYC Finds Artistic Street Vendors Shockingly Uncooperative
Who would have thought that people who gather at NYC’s public parks to sell their paintings and photography would mind being forced into a designated area? The new rules, approved some months ago, are...
View ArticleUPDATE: Officials Say Little Kids Don't Need Health Dept. License To Run...
Earlier today, we brought you the tale of a girl in Oregon whose lemonade stand was shut down by health inspectors for lack of proper permits. Realizing the error of their ways, county officials have...
View ArticleDirty Hot Dog Vendors Avoid Cleaning Up By Changing Their Names
If you are served a 7-foot-tall anthropomorphic hot dog with a permagrin, then the odds are you purchased a mascot and not a quick lunch. (Matthew Hunt)Look, we all know that there is a certain level...
View ArticleShave Ice Purveyor Facing Jail After Beach Town’s Ban On Street Vendors
(Morton Fox)There’s perhaps nothing so nice as a cool treat on a hot day at the beach, but in one Rhode Island seaside town, opponents of street vendors say the mobile businesses cause too much traffic...
View ArticleStudy: Most NYC Street Vendors Not Changing Gloves When They Should
(Hesweptlime)The first time I ate a hot dog from a New York City street cart I felt like I’d taken part in some mysterious initiation rite — would I get sick from eating “street meat” and either way,...
View ArticleConsumerist Friday Flickr Finds
Here are twelve of the best photos that readers added to the Consumerist Flickr Pool in the last week, picked for usability in a Consumerist post or for just plain neatness. Want to see your pictures...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....