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Cookie
Flyntonville
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howatzer said:
Ha Ha, oh people.

Large chains like family dollar have whole office suites of lawyers on retainer to prevent any possibility of being sued or otherwise avoid trouble. If a store manager (I don't even know if it's a franchise?) wanted to allow someone to sell food in their parking lot (which I would bet goes against store policies), the higher-ups back in Charlotte then decide how much revenue that would generate versus the amount it would cost for all those lawyers to draft up a policy, indemnity agreements, etc. - make sure there are no city/zoning health regulations, etc. Then there's the insurance (yes, it would have to go on whatever property insurance they have, possibly as a rider).... you get my drift.

Ah, if only life was a simple as the friendly neighborhood shopkeep letting yummy tacos be sold in his parking lot.

Are they still cool with the hookers in the parking lot?

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mrsgeedeck
Castle of Lions
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Cookie said:
Are they still cool with the hookers in the parking lot?

Last summer there was a school bus (literally, big yellow school bus) full of gutter punks that appeared to live in the parking lot for about a week. Obviously, the taco truck is way worse for business than some skeevie looking squatters.

Posted 4 months ago #
howatzer

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Cookie said:
Are they still cool with the hookers in the parking lot?

I'm pretty sure the hooker's don't ask for permission.

Posted 4 months ago #
myliftkk
Columbus, OH
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Twixlen said:
*HUGE SIGH* - These guys deserve a damn break, already. They've been in the business of truck-food longer than most, they have an excellent product, and they are *such* solid folks. That someone wouldn't want them at their business is purely ridiculous.

First, they shouldn't take the Family Dollar incident personally. That business is notorious for being a poor player in anything that smells of neighborhood improvement or events.

On the Drake Brothers snafu, that can probably be chalked up to poor communication and implementation. Drake Brothers was closed (as they are on vacation IIRC), and so there was no "mediator" to be had when the owner showed up obviously unaware of the situation.

Food trucks are pretty much nixed on High St. in the SN for one simple reason. All parking is now metered (and all side streets are metered up to 1 block away), and unless they are paying the city to bag the meters (which is quite expensive), they are out of luck on the main drag and feeder blocks. The permits pulled for the SN only pertain to the sidewalks, and don't affect food trucks in the least. There are still a number of open lots, but parking is already difficult enough during Gallery Hop that I understand why other lot owners don't give up already coveted spaces.

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cbus11 said:
I am disappointed that proper permission was not attained before Los Potosinos made the annoucement. I think I can understand a building owner being upset that unauthorized people are making decisions - you have to show some respect and include stakeholders in decisions like these. I think it might have gone better if it had been more organized and done through the proper channels.

True enough. We were just flailing to find them any spot that evening, and rung up the Brother's Drake people (who were on vacation). We figured their OK would be adequate for one night given the previous events they've had with mobile food vendors, but we figured wrong.

Posted 4 months ago #
catnfiddle
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Any way they could set up shop near SJT at 4th and Detroit? There's a parking lot right there AND we know SJT would welcome the food. A second food truck on Mondays would just add to the party.

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Twixlen said:
It seems to me that Bros Drake did an event with one of the food trucks at some point?

We had three of them there (Jeni's, MoJoTaGo & Rad Dog) during our 10th Anniversary Party.

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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groundrules said:
I think it's also business 101 that would suggest never cast your lot with Family Dollar.

I don't think their parking lot location way out on the West Side hurt them much from a business perspective. They seem to have been doing well.

Posted 4 months ago #
Mercurius
First Avenue
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Bump- Any update on this???

Posted 3 months ago #
FoodFort

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catnfiddle said:
Any way they could set up shop near SJT at 4th and Detroit? There's a parking lot right there AND we know SJT would welcome the food. A second food truck on Mondays would just add to the party.

If Potosinos is still in the game - I think we can get them to SJT.

However, the site is not quite supporting one truck pe rnight now (hint - more people need to go) but...maybe Taco Tuesdays or Torta Thursdays at SJT. I'll check with Los Potosinos (I think they sold their truck) and if they can do it - I'll check with SJT.

Posted 3 months ago #
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Update on Los Potosinos.

Lydia reports that the old Truck is too much of a hassle to run due to size and mechanical issues so she is currently working on putting together a new, smaller truck with the hope in open towards the end of March.

She does have a probable location lined up on Long Street. Once the truck has worked out any kinks we will try to get them to St. James Tavern for a few runs as well.

Posted 2 months ago #
Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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I noticed the truck was totally absent from their spot on Lincoln Court. I'm hoping they make it back with something that works better for them !

Posted 2 months ago #
kinglincolndist

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Baring any unforeseen problems Los Potosinos will be opening at their new location on the corner of Garfield and Long Street (791 E Long St) in the KLD Friday!

The hours at the truck will be 11am to 8pm and the truck will be closed on Wednesday. Make sure to come out Saturday to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

Posted 3 weeks ago #
mrpoppinzs
Arena District
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Seems like a good stop on Cinco de Mayo!

Posted 3 weeks ago #
kinglincolndist

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Los Potosinos is open at their new location starting at 5:00 pm tonight! Come start your Cinco de Mayo right at the corner of Long and Garfield in the KLD!

Posted 3 weeks ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Huzzah!!!

Posted 3 weeks ago #
bucki12

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Man, I used to live a block from there. Why does all the cool stuff pop up after I leave?

Great news for the KLD!

Posted 3 weeks ago #
Anne
King Lincoln
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Are they cash only?

Posted 3 weeks ago #
Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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Anne said:
Are they cash only?

They always were - I can't imagine that changing.

Posted 3 weeks ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Twixlen said:
They always were - I can't imagine that changing.

Why not?

Posted 3 weeks ago #