Who knew the unregulated streets of New York City is a rough and tumble business for food cart vendors, particularly for the recent surge of upscale vendors rolling around the city hawking their food wares. As long as the hot dog punks and Mr Smoothie leaves along my Waffles and Dinges truck we're good. New York Times writes:
“You can set your watch by it: park in a new spot, and within 15 minutes someone will come and check you out,” said Kim Ima, a former actress who owns the Treats Truck. Ms. Ima, one of the first upscale mobile vendors, had the tires of her truck slashed near her bakery soon after opening in 2007. “The street is like the playground when you’re a kid, and you have to learn your way around,” she said. “You have to learn where the sixth graders sit and where the dodgeball game is before you can safely sit and eat your lunch.”