tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386268608785309056.post1516284761588542507..comments2024-03-19T04:42:32.820-04:00Comments on The National Nosh: Enough alreadyAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435957615438200928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386268608785309056.post-56961231997231532802011-11-30T22:59:36.681-05:002011-11-30T22:59:36.681-05:00Agree to disagree Malcolm. NYC and Boston are pret...Agree to disagree Malcolm. NYC and Boston are pretty old cities and they make it work. And opening a resto in a low rent fringe Toronto neighbourhood still isn't nearly as cheap (or handy) as a roaming food truck. Also, I will never blame Jane Jacobs for anything! (Thanks for your thoughtful comments.)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435957615438200928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386268608785309056.post-34959909555349356672011-11-30T10:47:00.385-05:002011-11-30T10:47:00.385-05:00Amy, I think the big reason we don't have food...Amy, I think the big reason we don't have food trucks is because we have a lot of high density, low rent older building stock, unlike newer, West Coast cities. The major food truck scenes in North America tend to be in cities that were largely developed in the car culture of the 1950s and later like Portland or LA. Young chefs in Toronto can still get relatively cheap rents in high volume neighbourhoods like Dundas and Dufferin or Bloor and Landsdowne. So our hipster, young resto scene is bricks and mortar, and our biggest food truck scene is in sprawling, suburban Niagara. Blame Jane Jacobs! - MalcolmMalcolm Jolleyhttp://goodfoodrev.comnoreply@blogger.com