Free the Food Trucks! Welcome news from the City…
Posted: July 25, 2013
Categories: News from Sustain Members
via Food Forward (original posting from Food Forward here):
We wanted to share the good news that the City will finally be allowing food trucks in public spaces starting August 1 for a two month pilot project. A number of food trucks will be rotating through five parks in different parts of the City!
Councillors McMahon and Colle have been pushing for a pilot since earlier this year when we met with members of the Toronto Street Food Project and food truck entrepreneurs. Find more information in their media advisory. The councillors are still pushing for more locations and more trucks to be included.
Please check out the trucks to support the street food pilot when it starts in a week. We hope this opens the discussion on even more street food possibilities for Toronto… and hope that City Licensing + Standards staff and Committee keep their word to finally resolve other issues like unfair fees for street food employees, and more spaces for innovative food carts and trucks to open up more opportunities for young and new Canadians.
We’ve been pushing for better street food and working with Councillors and partners for two of Food Forward’s three years so far. Come celebrate our third anniversary with food + drink from a wide variety of awesome food ventures and mingle with some of Toronto’s coolest food organizers. Get your ticket for August 7 now: http://foodtoeats.eventbrite.com/
For an opportunity to see the kind of street food we wanted legalized in Toronto, check out the innovative event Agak, Agak, Hawk! by our partner, the Chop Suzies, in Regent Park, August 9.