Save Our Taco Trucks!

[rndmprsn]

if you've never had one...you are missing out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/03/us/03taco.html?ref=us



A new county ordinance restricting taco trucks has outraged food bloggers, construction workers, residents of East Los Angeles accustomed to plopping down in a folding chair, taco in one hand, nonalcoholic sangria in the other, as well as members of the taco-loving public willing to drive 15 miles for the best carnitas.

Nearly 5,000 people have signed an online petition opposing the new law at saveourtacotrucks.org, where “carne asada is not a crime.” Enraged taco cart proprietors are defiant; some have hired lawyers. On Thursday, people flocked to taco trucks in support.

This a where you can pave over a freeway’s carpool lanes with toll roads, and few will complain. You can propose a 40-story skyrise in the center of Hollywood, and hardly anyone two miles to the west will take notice. You can squander public money, close down the ports and flatten landmarks, and many residents of this sprawling metropolis will simply yawn and move on.

But this is also a food-obsessed city with rich Hispanic cultural traditions, and tacos have crossed the miles of road and class divides.

“Taco trucks are iconic here,” said Aaron Sonderleiter, a teacher from the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles and one of the petition founders. “You go to one and you see black, people, white people, old people, young people. They really capture a microcosm of L.A.” ...

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Uh, oh. Wait until matcom gets here.

:popcorn:

Oh, and IBTL.

[Drum]

2. OMG, love the taco trucks in NYC...

W 14th St near 8th Ave....yummmmm :9

[rndmprsn]

3. here in Baltimore MD, they are mostly downtown near the inner harbor and in work areas...

for $4 you can eat pretty good and get filled.

[JBoy]

4. The street food scene in Vancouver is virtually non-existent.

Over-zealous and over-protective bylaws. In the whole downtown core there are a couple of hot dog stands, and that's about it. Plenty of good restaurants, but dammit sometimes I just want to eat standing up.