tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post5183823184385538953..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: The Island of Sausage HerosCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-17744996665272689492013-05-22T20:06:37.312-04:002013-05-22T20:06:37.312-04:00Life was different in 1970. Food trucks weren'...Life was different in 1970. Food trucks weren't viewed as a good thing. He picked a place where no one would complain. Since it had a lot of parking, the people in cars went there.Adirondacker12800https://www.blogger.com/profile/17108712932656586797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-59500969111716624492013-05-22T18:00:12.637-04:002013-05-22T18:00:12.637-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.capt subwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238954255206457928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-1015339611581587092013-05-22T18:00:03.594-04:002013-05-22T18:00:03.594-04:00I live in Forest Hills, around the 75 Ave station,...I live in Forest Hills, around the 75 Ave station, but out tax accountant is just the other side of Woodhaven near the cemetery. So a couple a times a year, during tax season, I get to walk over there. Agreed, that stretch of Woodhaven Blvd is truly, relentlessly dull & uninviting to a stroller. But now I'm going to have to hike over there and check out this sausage guy. I'll take one home and warm it up and eat it in the comfort of my own kitchen.capt subwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238954255206457928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-27996929574860337702013-05-22T09:10:04.200-04:002013-05-22T09:10:04.200-04:00I was wondering about this truck awhile ago (I liv...I was wondering about this truck awhile ago (I live by LeFrak City but take the Q53 to Trader Joes at Metropolitan Ave).<br /><br />You know the old adage (or is it?) that you can tell a neighborhoods composition by looking at the money-wiring/calling card stores and the funeral parlors. The calling card stores show you who is moving in, and the funeral homes show you who is moving (or dying) out.<br /><br />My idea here was originally that this served people visiting the cemetery, many of whom are likely Italian knowing the changing demographics of the city. Though, if its actually serving people driving by that may be way off.<br /><br />Actually, in reply to Pat, im not sure that food trucks purpose really is to move (though some do, or may serve more than one fixed location). For the most part, trucks and carts serve places where there isnt food for various reasons><br /><br />1) An institutional building with no storefronts, such as W 4th St in front of the NYU's Tisch Hall. Theres no businesses in any of the NYU buildings on the block.<br /><br />2) Modernist buildings with no storefront, as in some of Midtown (or where office buildings have such a density that the storefronts in them are not enough)<br /><br />3) Areas where food establishments have been out-bid by other types, such as Broadway in SoHo. Every building has a storefront, but theyre all clothing stores, so food carts pick up the slack.<br /><br />This does fit the bill, despite the kind of low density and obvious heavy car use of this area, there is such a lack of food for so many blocks that this can thrive.BBnet3000https://www.blogger.com/profile/06025782630936914958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-50454812684653701202013-05-22T02:07:17.481-04:002013-05-22T02:07:17.481-04:00Strange. There must have been something there at s...Strange. There must have been something there at some point. The whole purpose of a food truck is to go where your customers are. And then, I would guess, once the truck got famous enough people started coming from further away and they no longer needed to move.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456796465979923295noreply@blogger.com