say it aint so

i love a good (ahem disgusting) food cart every now and then not to mention that they are a staple and a part of new york living. who'd think that this "recession" would cause the one affordable food(s) in ny to drop in their sales!? an article from grub street via ny mag: http://nymag.com/daily/food/2009/04/recession_upsets_cartography.html?mid=grub-street--20090421  reports cart owners feeling losses and "closing" all over new york (as much as 50% loss in the past year!) AND i learned reading this article that a permit (just the permit to have a cart) is around $50,000.00. HOLY guacamole! (which is served on one of my favorite carts *endless summer on bedford ave in brooklyn -at n6th st.) people must be slangin' plenty of dogs and soft pretzels and making good $$ at that, if the permit alone is 50k a year! i may think about setting up my own cart! hmmmm. the ideas are already flowing.