As we reported in the Nov 1 story, "What the Truck?," local food-truck operators are grooming a downtown lot to set up operations. The Asheville Citizen-Times has an update. (You can see the original Xpress report here.)
One of the city’s newest culinary trends could be rolling into downtown by the end of the month.Read the full article
Food trucks that were banned from downtown for more than two decades until a September City Council vote are working to ready a parking lot south of Patton Avenue, said Marni Graves, owner of the Pink Taco Truck.
'We’re hoping to be there before Christmas and New Year’s Eve," said Graves, who specializes in southwestern and Mexican food.
The 51 Coxe Ave. lot is south of the Asheville Transit Center and is big enough to hold up to four trucks, according to the city ordinance passed this fall.
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I understand that the "ordinance" required the planting of trees by the food truck folks ... how inane is that?
Requiring a business that by very definition is a "mobile business' to plant trees in a vacant lot ...
Council of clowns at it again!
By LOKEL
12/10/2011
I will not eat a pink taco in public.
By uh-oh
12/10/2011