tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post7090708332339292353..comments2023-12-20T12:58:40.509+00:00Comments on The Manchizzle: Eat on the street: Guerrilla EatsKate Feldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215172535468962913noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-51805243493137777922012-12-11T09:58:10.634+00:002012-12-11T09:58:10.634+00:00Ooh, off to Brooklyn... jealous. Make sure you loo...Ooh, off to Brooklyn... jealous. Make sure you look on the NYC boards at Chowhound to find the latest street food hotspots, it's been a huge help to me in the past.Kate Feldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215172535468962913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-26135662445207654612012-12-08T20:25:03.660+00:002012-12-08T20:25:03.660+00:00Hi Kate, this is Helen Power - for some unknown re...Hi Kate, this is Helen Power - for some unknown reason blog comments of mine always get posted as Voices From the Below - even on Love Levenshulme!<br /><br />I'm not sure there is all that much that can be done to encourage the council to do anything which isn't either an easy win for them or on the agenda they've been set but policy but this is coming of a week of frustrating interactions with them on several projects to it might be my cynicism getting the better of me! It might be worth chatting to the Food and Drink Festival people to see who provides their funding from the council because you would hope whoever sees the value of that for the city would also see the value in encouraging decent street food...I'm off to Brooklyn in a few months and I will make sure I do PLENTY of research into their best street food :)Voices From The Belowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17449727321440775835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-25635718855729209532012-12-08T14:57:45.469+00:002012-12-08T14:57:45.469+00:00Great tips, guys.Great tips, guys.Kate Feldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215172535468962913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-54590348099893778332012-12-07T20:47:10.257+00:002012-12-07T20:47:10.257+00:00The various Caribbean vans are good in Manchester ...The various Caribbean vans are good in Manchester but none in the city centre. Kool Running which parks near the Sharon church in Hulme is particularly good. I quite like the tiny one near the Apollo too.<br /><br />But yes, we deserve better both in choice & quality.nerissacthttp://www.ncargillthompson.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-21702557730168055212012-12-07T18:44:35.148+00:002012-12-07T18:44:35.148+00:00In M13, 2 miles south of the centre, there's a...In M13, 2 miles south of the centre, there's a fantastic street food cart on the corner of Stockport Road and Slade Lane. It's called Grillaz, it popped up about 5 months ago and it doers the most amazing steak and chips for £6. It's halal and they'll spice the meat for you if like. It's all cooked to order and they even deliver although it's more fun having it cooked in front of you! They do burgers and grilled chicken too and it's nothing like you'll find in the myriad of Pakistani grill houses or fried chicken shops that dominate the area. It makes me wonder what else is popping up out in the burbs that relies purely on word of mouth among the locals...The Lone Gourmethttp://thelonegourmet.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-66038358754154838542012-12-07T17:04:30.343+00:002012-12-07T17:04:30.343+00:00You make some excellent points, VFTB, and. Regulat...You make some excellent points, VFTB, and. Regulating food vendors is something that mainly falls to local councils, right? I just don't know enough about the specifics here; Is there one or two things we could try to get MCC to do or not do to encourage more of a street food scene? I suspect this is something the folks at CityCo have thought about a bit, maybe they could help? Or is it beyond hope?<br /><br />Tacos for breakfast. Mmmmmmmmm (drifts off into a reverie)... What?Kate Feldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215172535468962913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-23605804145331352812012-12-07T12:57:10.727+00:002012-12-07T12:57:10.727+00:00Manalive I could talk about this for ages.
The is...Manalive I could talk about this for ages. <br />The issue is as much economic/policy-based as it is meteorological - national and then local government is encouraging retail in every way but this - have you noticed there are a lot of markets, a lot of festivals and more and more pop-up events? That's because this government, for all their faults (and despite the dubious reasoning and dumbing-down headline grabbing nature of the way in which they've presented it) do actually seem to be putting their money where their mouth is (to an extent) in encouraging those things and we are noticing the change - but there is no provision made in their grand plan to save the high street to encourage street vendors. <br />Why? Because despite the fact that they make all of the events above better attended (and just *better*) the government don't want them to be able to operate regularly enough to make a living out of it because then they'd be taking money away from the food/drink traders who don't have a perfectly self contained kitchen set up (aka a truck or cart) and are WAY more likely to move into bricks and mortar retail and, in doing so, contribute far more tax mon-ay to our beleaguered retail economy.<br />Standalone food carts etc are highly regulated and licensed and it’s a difficult, bureaucratic path to become a street trader not affiliated to a market, especially if you’re just starting out – I’m sure government could make it way easier if they wanted to and we could all have tacos for breakfast but the fact is that they just don’t. <br />Voices From The Belowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17449727321440775835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-13229635647478349242012-12-07T12:02:52.356+00:002012-12-07T12:02:52.356+00:00Yep, that's exactly what I'm talking about...Yep, that's exactly what I'm talking about. A lot of American cities have that going down, with the vendors using twitter to tell folks where they're going to set up shop that day. <br /><br />I don't think we can totally blame the weather. (The weather in Boston isn't that great, by the way. Trust me: I'm from New England.) And lots of Euopean cities to the north of us have thriving street food scenes year round. One day maybe us too...Kate Feldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215172535468962913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15707736.post-70109736091647280272012-12-07T11:54:16.060+00:002012-12-07T11:54:16.060+00:00I've just been to Boston recently and was abso...I've just been to Boston recently and was absolutely blown away by the amazingness that is food trucks. The trucks just set up at dedicated stops (e.g. outside the public library) and happily sell tasty food to the crowds of people gathering around them. There's tacos, grilled cheese sandwiches, Chinese vendors, vegetarian trucks... and they're all just really. really. good. Not like "ugh I suppose I'll have to get a jacket potato from that truck then" but "YAY Roxy's super awesome deluxe grilled cheese truck is here again OMG LUNCH IS SORTED". <br /><br />It may be the weather in Manchester that just won't allow any outdoor business to thrive, but it would definitely be a fantastic addition to areas where the only stationary options are unappealing.Samhttp://www.mightaswell.co.uknoreply@blogger.com