What if the underground food vendors could get their permits? Would it still be underground, would it still be fun? What if the underground food vendors got a donation to help with those permits, would they take it, maybe in exchange for free food occasionally? Have no idea what I'm talking about? There's the creme brulee man - mmm, I love creme brulee, ask anyone that knows me what do I always order for desert? And then there is the magic curry cart, curry and magic - two of my favorite things together, also helps a smidgen that the magic curry man is quite cute. And yes, the creme brulee man is adorable too, I suppose he should be given that the magic curry man is his brother. But then there is the sexysoupcart and amuse bouche whose muffins and tea sound like the perfect mix of food for this weird weather we've been having and now there is SF Moo Moo Cakes, UrbanNectar, which sounds utterly delicious and thaishavedice, wonder if he has it snow-capped and of course, can't forget the cookies, cookiewagsf
There's plenty a buzz about the mission street food vendors on sfweekly/sfoodie but what I wonder about is if these gals/guys could get their permits, would they still do it? And why doesn't SF make it easier to get those permits, its like you have to fill out application after application for 3-4 different SF depts just to have permits to sell street food, why make it so complicated or is that just a government thing to make it so incredibly hard to run a business in SF, that its almost not worth it for a small business to even try, 2000+ for permits and its just not one permit from one dept, its several different permits from several different depts. The complicated maze of SF permit depts: the Department of Public Health requires applicants to submit for a permit to operate, a sanitation certificate, and a fire marshall application. The fee for a pushcart on private property costs $737, on top of an environmental health application fee of $298. The question remains, is Dolores Park a private property or a public property and are there different permits if its a public location?
These underground vendors have been found on CBS5, NBC, SFWeekly, the Chronicle, google SF underground food vendors. Have to go find the magic curry cart again soon, its was delicious. Maybe I'll find the creme brulee cart too next time or any of the other street food vendors and if you don't happen to find them out and about, maybe you can find them at the SF Street Food Festival on August 22
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