Street Food Fight

Illustration by Elwood Smith

Today I read an article in the NYT about food trucks and street vendors fighting it out for the right to sell their food in certain areas. I find this ridiculous. If your food is crap people won't buy it. If your food is good, people will flock to you- period. Of course there are going to be people who have been on certain corners for many years, but if people don't want your wears, you can't force them. The article focuses on Street Sweets food truck, a mobile trove of croissants, cupcakes and cookies. (http://www.streetsweetsny.com)

People want good or even better food. Competition is always healthy. We don't have many food trucks in San Francisco, and I am pretty sure we would love the Street Sweets mobile bakery if there was a possibility of one here. Recently for lunch, Kyle and I went to our local El Tonayense Taco Truck and we were very satisfied. They had a 100 health rating and were cheap! You can't beat that! I am not saying we don't have decent restaurant style taquerias, I'm just saying that people will flock to the food if it is good. So fighting over space is just plain silly.

You can see here what Street Sweets have to deal with sometimes. It is just childish.
(Via Midtown Lunch)