No more University of Maryland stops for food trucks?
It looks that way.
Chowhound Burger Wagon, Souper Freak, Iced Gems and the Gypsy Queen all made weekly stops near the corner of Baltimore and Greene streets to vend for to the university and hospital crowd.
But if food trucks are no longer allowed to operate Downtown (and it looks that way), the U of M stop will have to stop.
"Downtown Area" begins
the area beginning at a point of intersection at the northwest corner of W. Pratt Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard; binding on the west of said Martin Luther Kind, Jr. Boulevard and running in a northerly direction to a point of intersection with the north side of W. Franklin Street, thence running easterly along W. Franklin and N. Paca Streets; binding on the northern right-of-way line of Druid Hill Avenue running easterly crossing N. Eutaw Street in a straight line and continuing along the northern right-of-way line of Centre Street easterly to intersect the eastern right-of-way line of the Fallsway; thence binding on the eastern right-of-way line of the Fallsway running southerly to intersect the southern curbline of E. Fayette Street following the southern right-of-way of E. Fayette Street to the westerly right-of-way of the Jones Falls Boulevard to intersect the southern right-of-way of Pratt Street thence westerly to the point of beginning.
I got kind of lost at the southern curbline of E. Fayette Street but the way I read this, the popular food truck stop at Pratt and Commerce streets is now off limits, too.
Comments
Well, that sucks. *#(@*#&%ing politicians have to ruin everything.
Posted by: theminx | May 12, 2011 7:13 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i am so upset :( :(
THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!
Posted by: Nakiya | May 12, 2011 7:57 PM
So, it's better for a city trying to "fight the city's health problems" but making it hard for good food to vend and it easier to pop into one of the zillion fast food or convenience stores that seem to be on every corner downtown. How wise.
Posted by: Meekrat | May 12, 2011 7:58 PM
that's BS political gaming right there. Bring them all over to Hopkins Hospital we'll have te trucks!
Posted by: CB | May 12, 2011 9:33 PM
Crack? YES! Food? NO!
I have a new start-up business that will circumvent all these laws by avoiding the streets entirely.
SUSHI CANOE! Serving the waterfront 'hoods.
Got sashimi?
Posted by: Owl Meat Hamsterdam | May 12, 2011 10:06 PM
Owlie, I will be first in line to dine from your canoe! But instead of sushi, could you sell burgers and cupcakes?
With all of the issues Baltimore needs to clean up -- they're going after food trucks? I guess unless something directly benefits the dope dealers and slumlords, it has to go?
Posted by: Slummy | May 13, 2011 8:00 AM
Boooooooo. My office were regular customers of the Chowhound burger wagon on Commerce.
Posted by: Eric | May 13, 2011 10:05 AM
It's always sunny in Baltimore. I think a food truck that serves bbq crow should park in front of city hall.
Posted by: Curtis Bay | May 13, 2011 10:15 AM
seems like all these trucks said they're going to their usual friday spots....
i wonder what's going to happen...
Posted by: Matt K | May 13, 2011 10:53 AM
I don't understand why there is so much politics.
Posted by: Samsung Tablet PC | May 13, 2011 10:53 AM
Food truck flash mob.
Posted by: Laura Lee | May 13, 2011 11:15 AM
I don't understand why there are so many Samsung Tablet PCs.
Posted by: Political Gravy | May 13, 2011 12:01 PM
I work at UMB, and I can tell you, this is being pushed by the university and the hospital to protect their monopolies on crappy over-priced food and lousy service -- especially on the food court in the hospital, where the workers can be some really rude, ignorant individuals.
The hospital admins and the university have been screwing the hot dog cart vendors for almost three years now to preserve their own food service investment.
Of course, given how they treat regular staff there -- and especially contract workers -- this is not surprising. It's BOHICA at UMB.
But they have the money for new logos, so its all worth it I guess.
Posted by: Gunpowder Chronicle | May 14, 2011 3:45 PM
This is a travesty -- I blame the mayor. This should be a simple issue. Do you think New York City bans food trucks "downtown"??? City Hall is top to bottom full of IPAs -- idiots in positions of authority -- as someone else commented when some moron originally was threatening to shut down the trucks. Hey businesses, YOU'RE NOT WELCOME HERE!!
Posted by: Scott | May 17, 2011 11:30 AM