Brooklyn's Country Boys named best street food vendor
The Country Boys of the Red Hook Ball Fields on Saturday won the 2009 Vendy Award, earning bragging rights as the best food cart vendor in the New York City.
In the dessert category, Wafels & Dinges (operated by Thomas DeGeest,) was named the winner. The Grey Poupon People’s Taste Award went to Meru Sidker’s Biryani Cart. Winners were chosen Saturday at a cook-off at the Queens Museum of Art.
Country Boys/Martinez Taco Truck, operated by Fernando and Jolanda Martinez, are known for their Mexican food, especially the huaraches. During weekends of warm months, they can be found at the Red Hook Ball Fields (at Clinton and Bay streets) as well as at the Brooklyn Flea (at Lafayette and Vanderbilt) on Saturdays.
