New York Street Food

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Looks like Jersey City is poised to make it nearly impossible for food truck owners to make a living there.

In the proposed ordinance, which is being voted on tonight, vendors would have to stay at least 300 feet away from any brick-and-mortar eatery.

The law would also prohibit mobile vendors from staying in one spot for more than two hours, which is the real killer in our opinion. It can take close to an hour just to set up to serve, and up to another hour to break down. That leaves maybe 10-15 minutes for serving customers. Who can survive on that?

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We had a chance to spend a few minutes yesterday with Tony from the Famous Dal Wagon. If you enjoy Indian food, but are not familiar with the Famous Dal Wagon, definitely stop by their cart on 39th St just east of 6th Ave. Just make sure you do it by the end of the month, or you’ll have to wait until next spring.

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When we went to the All About Downtown Festival in Jersey City, there were more than a dozen of NYC’s best food trucks, and there were also a few local Jersey City vendors.

We go to the NYC food trucks all the time, and wanted to try a local vendor that we had never tried before. A good candidate looked to be El Chilango Taqueria, Autenticos Tacos Mexicanos. Considering “El Chilango” is slang for someone from Mexico City, we expected authentic Mexican tacos.

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Food trucks arriving for the 2011 Festival

There are still plenty of great street food festivals in the area, and one of our favorites is this weekend.

The 2nd All About Downtown Festival takes place this Saturday, Sept 29th in Jersey City. For the New Yorkers out there (like us), it’s only 2 stops from Manhattan on the PATH train.  Last year, we were surprised at just how easy it was to get there from NYC.

Click through to see exactly which food trucks will be there, and what other activities will be available.

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Earlier this year, we told you about a new truck that was coming to Hoboken called Molly’s Milk Truck.  They opened a few weeks ago, but it’s tough for us to get out to Hoboken for lunch.  A few days ago, we finally made it.

The concept behind Molly’s is a food truck that serves healthy food.  Much of what they serve is of the low-fat and low-sodium variety, and they don’t use mayo in any of the food, not even tuna salad.  The question is whether the quality would suffer from these limitations.

We got there about 10 minutes before they closed at 3pm, and several choices were sold out.  One of the partners in the venture, Hoda, suggested a turkey burger for $5 (plus $1 for cheese) and an iced coffee for $3.  That sounded perfect for the 2nd day of Burger Week, and our First Look at Molly’s Milk Truck.

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