Food truck history two

Great Depression

In the fall of 1930, Washington and Oregon had a bumper harvest of apples, but because of the Great Depression, New York had a lot of unemployed people, these apples were ignored, and the food truck was no longer needed.

Joseph Sicker, president of the International Apple Shippers Association, suggested that it would be better to sell the apples to the unemployed for as low as $2 a case, and then let them sell them for 5 cents each, so that they would still make money. , also solved the problem of unsalable apples, so 4,000 to 6,000 unemployed people in New York came out to buy and sell apples. Later, the government intervened to mediate, and many places were banned from buying apples.

into the market

Time goes by in the 1930s, because too many people complained about the hygiene and safety of these small food trucks, the New York City government decided to rectify these "stains on New York's face", so it issued a legal order to prohibit small food trucks and stalls from selling food on the street. , unified to move to LaGuardia, forming an underground market.

In 1940, using federal funds, the government opened the Essex Street Market, a large-scale above-ground market in the Lower East Side of New York. In the 1980s, due to changes in population structure and the development of the times, those who could open a store went to open a store. Many stall owners and food truck owners in the market left Essex Street Market one after another.

In 1995, the New York City Economic Development Corporation invested 15 million US dollars to rectify and expand the Essex Street Market, creating a comprehensive market that combines a food court and a food market, striving to retain the mark of history.

Blowout development of dining car

While the food truck culture in New York is developing, the West Coast of the United States has not been idle, constantly rectifying and diversifying the system and institutions. Many people who originally wanted to open a restaurant even gave up their original plans and carefully built their own unique food truck. This food truck The blowout wind has reached New York, bringing good news to countless hungry passers-by and office workers who are busy with work, forming a dining car atmosphere that everyone deeply understands now.Hot dogs, pretzels, and roasted nuts are no longer enough to satisfy New Yorkers' food cravings. There are a variety of food trucks with different flavors from all over the world, but they still sell food at cheap prices, fast and convenient.

  It is worth mentioning here that the ice cream trucks Big Gay Ice Cream and The Halal Guys, these two can be said to have made their fortunes from food trucks and now have a number of their own stores. Later, we will talk about the story of The Halal Guys, the leader of Muslim food trucks that are popping up everywhere in New York.

How to drive a food truck in New York?

  If you want to run a dining car business, you must first apply for a business license yourself. After applying for three months, it will be renewed every two years, and the car of the dining car must also apply for a business license, which is a bit confusing, because There are not many food truck licenses issued by New York City every year, but so many people want to drive a food truck, so the waiting list is very long. According to the normal application for a license, the waiting time is very long, even several years (you may get hungry before you get the license). Die...), so some people take advantage of the law to resell or lease their licenses, and of course the black market price may be...high.

  Okay, get the license and start making money, right? Wait, where is the car parked? In a place as big as New York, it is difficult to park normally, let alone a big dining car, and New York City law stipulates that some places such as schools and government departments cannot operate a dining car within a certain distance, otherwise the police will issue a ticket. But the school is such a big money bank, how can I let it go! Therefore, many food truck operators still park their food trucks nearby and just treat the fine as paying rent and rent. Even so, it is still cheaper than renting a storefront.