The CityCopyright 2009 Matt Mortensen
I was doing some 'Googling' the other day on a subject I have wondered about for some time - where is the best 'street food' in Minneapolis. Street food is that cheap, fast, and delicious stuff wrapped in wax paper and sold by vendors in carts and small shops in cities all over the world. What I found in my online search was depressing to say the least: street food is MISSING! The full story is here, but below is enough to share my depression.
---You can occasionally find stands along East Lake St. selling flavored ice and Mexican delicacies. Hot dog stands appear in the summer months outside bars or restaurants once in awhile, most notably outside Grumpy’s Northeast. A 2006 article in the StarTribune on this topic claims there are at least 25 active, licensed mobile food stands in downtown St. Paul, selling everything from mini-doughnuts to grilled sandwiches to gyros. However, every time one runs into this sort of stand, it seems more like the exception than the rule. There simply doesn’t seem to be a pervasive culture of street food here the way there is in other American cities.---
