Gourmet street food is apparently a growing trend in other cities. Some are truly mobile and are at different locations, announcing their movements via networking sites, and some are permanently parked vehicles like those I photographed in Portland.
Here is an optimistic quote: "Yelp plus smart phones, and other similar applications, will tip the competitive balance away from chain restaurants and toward exceptional independent eateries, bars and coffee shops." -Conor Friedersdorf
I go to a festival each year in Weiser, Idaho. It's a small farm town. There's Benny's Tacos, in an old bus with low prices and lines out the door all night. Then there's McDonalds, with low prices and a page-long condiment policy on the window. (You can only have one dipping sauce unless you order the large order...then you can have two.And only two.)
ReplyDeleteI hope the quote is correct.
I would so love it if Cincinnati got on the food truck wagon, so to speak. I wonder what the city's rules are in regards to that? I know Portland's current food truck boom was aided by a recent relaxing of the inspection rules.
ReplyDeleteAre the majority of food trucks in Portland taco trucks?
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