Food truck operators across Toronto will be serving from downtown curbsides (in theory) for the first time this summer, but restrictions are souring the otherwise sweet occasion. The final city council vote on the new food truck bylaws took place on April 3rd. The results largely fell short of operator’s expectations.
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| Red dots show restricted areas for food trucks in Toronto given the 50m rule (image courtesy of Metro News) |
“We didn’t get exactly what we were lobbying for,” says Krystian Catala, owner of the Gourmet Gringos food truck and an expanding list of bricks and mortar locations. “The fact that we can use parking lots is a great advantage, but the 50m thing is a way of cancelling out the chance of doing any vending downtown.”
The approved bylaws will allow food trucks to park in pay-and-display parking spaces for a maximum of three hours, with a cap of two trucks per block. No trucks will be allowed to park within 50m of any existing restaurant, however.
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