March 07, 2006
Pushcart NYC launches street-vendor food blog
One of New York's best food blogs, Eater, points to the launch of a new web site chronicling the city's streetcart vendors.
PushCart NYC is operated by Sam Talbot, who sells Kimchi dogs from a pushcart at the corner of Stanton and Ludlow Streets, and Matt Gross, a food and travel writer.
The site describes the mission: The pushcart is one of the symbols of the City, and yet information about them is maddeningly partial, scarcely rising above the level of rumor. Many people are not even aware that there is an entire world of cuisine available from pushcarts that goes far beyond the ubiquitous hot-dogs-and-pretzels, knowledge of this cuisine is so scarce.
And yet, among the true fans, pushcarts are considered the height of urban cuisine, prefered even to fine restaurants, and the vendors who have committed their lives to them attain the status of legend. "The Arepa Lady," "the Jackson Heights Halal vendors," "Tony the Dragon" -- these names are spoken with respect bordering on awe. So far Pushcart only covers street vendors around Washington Square, Chinatown and the Lower East Side, but it's definitely a site to watch.
Earlier: Bratwurst cart at 54th and 5th wins Vendy Award
The Vendys to choose city's best food-cart vendor
March 7, 2006 12:21 PM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Foodology
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