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[VIDEO] Meet Thiru Kumar, The Legendary Dosa Man of Washington Square Park

2019-04-04T15:30:00-04:00

Thiru Kumar, AKA the Dosa Man, has been running NY Dosas, a food cart in Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park, since 2001. His dosas—which are made from fermented rice and lentils, and stuffed with potatoes, vegetables and spicy sauces—have become an international phenomenon. Thiru grew up in Sri Lanka and learned to make South Indian recipes as a child. After he immigrated to the United States in the 90s, he made it his life's work to sell affordable, fresh and vegan dosas to NYU students, professors and other passerby's.

You have to be lucky to try some of Thiru Kumar's dosas before he runs out for the day. Follow @nydosas to see when he is open for business in Washington Square Park.

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[WATCH] Learn the History Behind The Famous Nuts 4 Nuts Street Carts of New York City

2019-03-18T15:30:00-04:00

Who doesn't love a little bit of Nuts 4 Nuts? Locals and tourists alike have bought roasted and caramelized nuts from these ubiquitous street carts for decades, and in this video from our friends at Munchies, learn how the whole thing started.

With over 60 vendors throughout Manhattan, the Nuts 4 Nuts carts are a New York City street food staple. Co-owner Alejandro Rad explains how he brought these Argentinian inspired honey-roasted nuts to America, and how he turned Nuts 4 Nuts into an iconic New York snack.

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Get Some of China's Most Popular Breakfast Street Food Here in New York City at Mr. Bing

2018-04-10T11:30:00-04:00

Mr. Bing is a delicious Chinese breakfast crepe street-foot vendor that shows up at various food festivals and food markets throughout New York City. In this recent episode of the Fork Yeah series from Thrillist, learn all about Mr. Bing and their delicious jianbing crepes.

Your new lunch break go-to comes from Mr. Bing, a popular Chinese street-food vendor that’s been popping up in various New York markets and food halls. Mr. Bing is known for serving jianbing (or bing for short): a savory egg-stuffed crepe that’s been a staple Chinese street breakfast for years, which they’ve modified into being an all-day feast.

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Do New York City’s Best Meat Skewers Come From This Street Cart in Queens?

2017-10-12T14:30:00-04:00

The Souvlaki Lady is perhaps the most well-know person in Astoria. Serving up authentic Greek tastes passed down from generation to generation, Elpida's Souvlaki stand has been a staple in the community for 30 years and counting.

Known to all of Astoria as the Souvlaki Lady, Elpida Vasiliadis’ greek food cart is nothing short of an institution. For twenty-five years the Souvlaki Lady has served on the corner of 33rd Street and Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria, Queens. Vasiliadis celebrated recipes are those she learned from her grandmother. Vasiliadis was part of the emergence of Greek food in New York City — when she started serving souvlaki the only people who knew what she was serving were Greek immigrants. Now she serves to everyone in the neighborhood, who can't stop coming back for the taste of Greece.

In this video from Eater's excellent "Dining on a Dime" series, watch as host Lucas Peterson sees if her cart serves up the City's best meat skewers, and perhaps some of her other Greek items as well.

Greeks have been grilling meat for centuries, and the tradition is being kept alive withThe Souvlaki Lady, who has been on the corner of Ditmars and 33rd St in Astoria, Queens for 30 years. On this episode of Dining on a Dime, Lucas Peterson tries her namesake souvlaki, with some soutzoukakia and some delicious (and secret) sauces.

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Vintage Photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono Buying a Hot Dog From a NYC Street Cart in 1972

2017-10-02T11:30:00-04:00

This great vintage photograph from 1972 shows Beatle musician John Lennon and his wife, artist/musician Yoko Ono on bicycles, grabbing a bite to eat from a New York City hot dog stand.

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This Small Street Cart in Red Hook Has Some of the Best Pupusas in New York City

2017-09-14T11:30:00-04:00

Now in its 43rd year of operation, the Red Hook Food Vendors' Marketplace is an amazing collection of food trucks and street carts which serve up some of the best food in the borough, most of which comes in South American and Latin flavors. In this episode of Eater's Dining on a Dime series, watch as host Lucas Peterson sets out to find what he thinks is the best Salvadoran pupusa in New York City.

On this week’s Dining on a Dime, intrepid host Lucas Peterson heads out to Brooklyn in search of some street food — and finds it near a public park in Red Hook, a somewhat isolated peninsula in western Brooklyn between the Buttermilk Channel and Gowanus Bay. Known for once having heavy industry, it now serves as the home of a number of Latin American food vendors who set up shop on the street throughout the summertime.

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Vintage Video From 1903 Shows Police Officers Cracking Down on Illegal NYC Street-Side Carts

2017-01-12T10:36:09-05:00

This incredible vintage film captured in the Lower East Side in 1903 shows a row of illegal street-side food carts being told to "move on" by a Police officer walking past.

Filmed in New York's Lower East Side, the scene is a street where several pushcart vendors have gathered to sell their goods. In the foreground are fruit and vegetable carts. An elevated railroad track crosses over the street in the background. As the film progresses, two policemen can be seen heading up the street toward the camera and ordering all of the vendors to move. One of the policemen approaches the camera waving his nightstick, and the cart in the foreground begins moving. The film ends with a closeup of the policeman scolding the vendor.

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Watch PrankVsPrank Tricks New Yorkers With Free Hotdogs and a Side of Rats

2016-07-07T11:04:04-04:00

YouTube pranksters PrankvsPrank along with guest Dennis Roady recently pranked unsuspecting New Yorkers at Columbus Circle, pretending to give away free hotdogs then scaring them with remote control rats!

Dennis Roady is this episode’s guest expert prankster. Jeana, Jesse and Dennis take turns pranking the public in Columbus Circle in New York. They set up a hot dog cart to give away free hot dogs. When customers come up to the cart, rats scurry out from underneath the cart, freaking them out!

Check out the PrankVsPrank YouTube channel for more pranks like this.

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New York City Push Cart Economics Driving Many to Operate Illegally

2016-07-05T12:07:30-04:00

For many immigrants, the American Dream begins with the operation of a street cart due to the low start-up cost. However, as competition has grown, the number of permits in existence has not changed to accomodate the over-crowded space.

[…] the number available is capped at 3,000 in the cold season, plus 1,000 more from April to October, and there's a waiting list to get one. That creates a market for the permits, dominated by savvy underground permit holders who rent them out to the actual vendors—the going rate was $15,000-$20,000 for a two-year lease

Between the lack of permits, outrageous prices, and escalating costs, many of New York City's iconic pushcarts are forced to operate illegally. Read the full article for more info on the push cart crisis in New York City.

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Meet Thiru Kumar, the Celebrated Dosa Man of Washington Square Park

2016-06-01T11:17:24-04:00

In this video from Gothamist producer Jessica Leibowitz, meet the famous "Dosa Man" of Washington Square Park, Thiru Kumar, and his epic moustache.

In 2007 he won a Vendy Award, and from there business started to boom. Eventually, a vegan food vendor specializing in exotic offerings became par for the course in New York—still, on a daily basis, Kumar contends with a constant barrage of pickup orders via texts and phone calls as well as an unending line of customers, all while serving up hundreds of dosas each day.

Read the accompanying article for more on Kumar and his NYDosas cart.

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