Red Hook Vendors Back (And in Debt) This Weekend

The Red Hook Latin street food vendors will finally be returning to the ball fields this weekend after a three month delay that has left some of the 13 merchants drowning in debt. The Brooklyn Paper has it that some have spent over $35,000 to purchase new stands and satisfy Health Department inspectors, who threatened to shut the vendors down last year until a huge public outcry forced the city to reconsider. But was it a Pyrrhic victory? “The losses are major,” said Marcos Lainez, who runs a Salvadoran papusa cart. “It’s going to take at least two and a half years to recover all the money we have lost.”

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By John Del Signore in Food on July 15, 2008 1:53 PM

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JacqueMehoff

are they open on weekdays. I have a feeling the Ikea is packed on the weekends just like the other two Ikeas.

WorksInDUMBO

and on your way home you can drop by the methadone clinic!

Shinobi Shaw

Sheesh, is there anybody out there that is *not* in debt?!

mocanlagunas

I forgot... thanks IKEA!

mocanlagunas

and of course, it's now free to get there... not to mention much, much easier! See you all there!

janelle

can't wait! i plan to tip heavily (every little bit helps).

Offbalance

Way to pick on the little guy, DOH. I've never gotten sick from a street vendor, but I always get sick from those chain crap places you seem to love giving glowing inspections to.