Food Trucks and Vendors
Ice Cream Trucks Are the Latest Target of Inflation
On a steamy evening at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, Jaime Cabal had a line of customers at his Mister Softee ice cream truck. He blended milkshakes, topped bowls of vanilla soft-serve with strawberries and dipped cones into cherry and blue-raspberry shell. One boy no sooner finished his treat than he begged his parents […]
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La Piraña Lechonera: A Shower of Pork and Other Magic in a Bronx Trailer
La Piraña Lechonera, which provides the nearest thing New York City has to the experience of eating roast pork at a lechonera in Puerto Rico, is sometimes mistaken for a food truck. It is, in fact, a trailer. A long metal box resting near the corner of East 152nd Street and Wales Avenue in the […]
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How Tech Companies Are Trying to Woo Employees Returning to Work
When Google employees returned to their mostly empty offices this month, they were told to relax. Office time should be “not only productive but also fun.” Explore the place a little. Don’t book back-to-back meetings. Also, don’t forget to attend the private show by Lizzo, one of the hottest pop stars in the country. If […]
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India Cities Ban Eggs, Drawing a Backlash
AHMEDABAD, India — The raid came just after sunset. Plainclothes municipal workers swarmed into the busy neighborhood, seizing contraband. The dealers ran or watched helplessly as the authorities took their illicit goods. And with that, the government had conducted a successful crackdown on eggs. Not just the eggs themselves, though city officials had confiscated hundreds […]
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