Click here for a short video (by Monocle) about Tokyo’s nascent “kitchen car”, or food truck, scene. (The soundtrack is fun.) Historically, street food stands, or “yatai,” have had a questionable reputation in Japan. They proliferated across the country following World War II when times… Read More
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Empowering food truck entrepreneurs
When I lived in Philadelphia I survived on food truck food. My go-tos were an egg and cheese breakfast sandwich for $2.50, a bowl of spaghetti for $4.50, and a pretty substantial chicken burrito for somewhere around $5 or $6. The food was good. It… Read More
How to revive the American Heartland
“Every unemployed American is a failure of entrepreneurial imagination.” -Edward Glaeser At the end of September, economist Edward Glaeser returned to the Manhattan Institute to deliver the 2017 James Q. Wilson Lecture. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you may remember that he was there… Read More
Why food trucks won’t destroy Toronto’s restaurant scene
Yesterday City Council voted 34 to 3 in favor of allowing more food trucks on the streets of Toronto (125 of them to be exact). Food trucks will be allowed to roam and park in pay-and-display spots on city streets as well as in private lots. However,… Read More