Food Cart Humor


Food Carts can brighten your day in more ways than one.

Prepare to smile, courtesy of hot dog vendors, David Letterman, and....
......drumroll please.........

The Late Show's Top Ten Hotdog Vendor Pickup Lines!
(aired February 2nd, 1995 - Groundhog Day)

10. I'm a hot dog vendor by day, a love machine by night.

9. If you're not a health inspector, I'd like to get to know you better.

8. I'm a close personal friend of Oscar Meyer

7. You smell like sauerkraut.

6. When i think about you, I touch my hot dogs.

5. May i put your change in your pocket for you?

4. Are you beautiful, or am I loopy on bus fumes?

3. Please, I beg you -- I'm a very lonely man.

2. I'll make you queen of the wieners.

1. Kiss me and the dog is free.


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I think we can all agree that this list wasn't the best that Letterman and his Late Show ever put together. perhaps you can do better?

Allow the food cart to be your muse!

Post your best hot dog vendor pickup line-- the winning entry will receive lunch from the food cart vendor of their choice, courtesy of iheartcarts.com!

Hey cart lovers.

Alex here, your California cart correspondent. Just left NYC in January for sunnier climes, and I would have done it years sooner if not for those little mobile purveyors of joy that we all love so.

I'd like to start bringing some photos of carts in my area (Palm Springs, CA) to the site, along with a bit of west coast sensibility. We have our carts out here too, dammit. And in a land where foot traffic is hard to come by, and vast distances separate viable potential cart locations, the courage and perserverance of the west coast carter should not be forgotten.

Before I send any cart pics, though, I wanted to pose a question to the group. What makes a cart a cart? Is it mobility, type of product, some other factor? Does a mobile home-type structure set up in a parking lot every day count as a cart? What if that same structure, though potentially mobile, is left there all the time? Do ice cream trucks count? I suspect the definition may be a little broader out here.

If you have an opinion, please weigh in. And if you want to see photos of specific carts before you make a ruling, I could probably work that out to.

In the meantime, enjoy your ready access to that incredible variety of carts your city offers. It is pretty slim pickins out here.

--Alex

Best Balls on Wall Street
In the heart of the financial district lies a falafel cart which has to be mentioned. Sam's falafel has been a staple of the wall street district since the days of JP Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. His cart is small, but his balls are not! Fresh tasting and one hell of a mouthfull, Sam's will satisfy your every need for some great veggie fare. The menu is basic, $2.5 for a sandwich and $5 for a platter. He seems to have all the good fixings that are associated with a great falafel sandwich. The hummus and sauces are top rate, the veggies are fresh and the price is great. You should come early to the cart, the line gets long as the "in the know" hipsters seem to show up around 12:15.

Location: Sam's is found on the courner of Trinity and Cedar Street in the well known "Cart Row".

Sam's Secrets: If you ask Sam for some pita chips and hummus, he will give you a bag of crispy pita chips and some of his homemade hummus free of charge!

Patron's Quotes:
"Once I choked on one of Sam's balls, it was scary, but If I had to choke on balls I am glad they were Sam's". David Fay

"There is nothing better than the first ten bites of Sam's falafel". Greg Keary

"Boy, that guy has fast hands, keep him away from my girlfriend".(with reference to Sams quick falafel sandwich making skills) Ben Phillips

Food Carts on a new Frontier


Q:Who says that food carts can't be innovative?
A: Well, actually, no one probably does.

Q:Who *thinks* that food carts can't be innovative?
A: How are we supposed to know? and what's with all the questions? leave us alone, already, we're busy!

Q:How innovative can food carts be?
A: very innovative!

Q:Prove it!
A:

Paul and Tracy Howard, owners and operators of the barge have brought the food cart phenomena to the aquatic world! The Barge is an extensively-modified pontoon boat anchored in 4 feet of water on the Yahara River, just south of the Beltline bridge.

The Barge offers basic food, at Wisconsin prices! A rib-eye streak sandwich, the most expensive item on the menu, comes in at $6.50 (US).

Just ask Ray Nipple (his real name), who says: "Anything on the lake tastes better", descriving the barge as "awesome" and "a great idea"

and if you can't trust Ray Nipple, whom can you trust?

Barge Article and Photo

Another scandal ripped from the pages of AM New York:

Hot dog 'scams' have some boiling hot

According to the crack investigative team over at AM New York hot dog vendors around the city (or at least on 34th street) vary the price that they charge people for hot dogs and drinks depending on discriminatory variables. Personally I think that all carts should have prices posted and be fair and equal to all patrons. (but that's probably unlikely in the price gauging world of NYC) If you care to weigh in on this "hot topic" please post a comment!!

i am in need of a worthy cart-ographer for this is falaf-emergency!!!!

my long-time favorite falafel cart is gone. all i can tell you is that it was in the financial district. does anyone know of any falafel carts that have perhaps relocated?!!! time is running out...

one tasty falafel and canned beverage for he/she who can find him, PLEASE!!

The Lost Continent Finally Found!

On the south corner of Joey Ramone Place at East 2nd and Bowery, hail rain or hellish humidity, from about 6 pm until 2 (most days), you guessed it - stands a food cart. "From Atlantis With Love" is not your ordinary food cart, it's an art cart adorned with a colorful array of artificial flowers and fresh vegetables serving up mammoth mohawkian burritos (with love).

For the past year, a native Mohawk, known to his friends as Lone Wolf, has served up these foot long scrumptious sandwiches of chicken or sausage on spinach flatbread with corn, beans & chickpeas, small wild potatoes, onions, peppers, carrots, red cabbage, green cabbage and more than one secret sauce to a returning clientele of bowery boys, village hipsters and rock rock rock n' rollers from nearby CBGB's. The 'Atlantis Special' and my favourate is definitely the chicken wrap - this 'party in your mouth' will set you back a mere $5.

If your lucky and it's not too busy you can sit on an upturned vegtable crate for a thought provoking tete a tete with the man from Atlantis.

Hey Ho! Lets Go!



Zagcart Survey says:

F 28
D 29
S 28
C $6







WARNING * Highly Addictive *Not for the faint of appetite *

Great Moments in Carts
Inaugural edition

Hello, and welcome to the very first installment of a new feature here on iheartcarts, GREAT MOMENTS IN CARTS!

This segment will feature carefully selected vignettes from the storied annals of cart history.

Food Cart prodigy takes on Iron Chef
dateline: Kitchen stadium, Japan, 10/30/1998
(Iron Chef Episode IC1B06)

The day before Halloween, back in 1998 was an auspicious one for 27-year-old food cart chef Sakai Kensuke. Sakai runs a very popular food cart next to the temple in Aoyama. Though never formally trained as a chef, Sakai's cart is wildly popular, with a die hard following amongst locals who feast on his homemade pastas.

Sakai Kensuke faced off against Iron Chef Masahiko Kobe (who was, fittingly, Iron Chef Italian) in Battle Pumpkin (fitting as this match took place the day before halloween)

Though clearly the underdog, the challenger produced an inventive menu comprised of five courses. The audience, as well as the Iron Chef and judges admired his poise and his self-taught abilities, but in the end, the Iron Chef proved the victor by a score of 72-78. All four judges voted Kobe the winner, but all agreed that Sakai fought the good fight, and could leave with his head held high.

Also of note was Sakai's entrance to the stadium. Sakai made a grand entrace, dragging his food cart behind him!

Oh the great moments that carts provide!
We salute you, Sakai Kensuke!

During my morning commute I stumbled across this story that I thought the cart community should find interesting Click here for the story

It seems to be a touchy subject. On the one hand I do enjoy cart food, and respect entrepreneurs, but on the other hand they are breaking the law. The fins do seem a little stiff, and I think they should give them their carts back. Thoughts?