User blog:Noahtomlin/New York's Food Trucks Teaming Up to Create Staten Island Food Truck Festival

A new parking by-law in New York has sent food trucks scattering, but instead of being desolate and alone, these restauranteurs are working together to create a special lot just for food trucks.

The so-called Staten Island Food Truck Festival started Friday near Midland Beach. It will take over a parking lot neer Long Island City, Queens, in two weeks' time and they're looking to expand to other cities as well.

Adena Long, parks commissioner for Staten Island, was pleased with the experiment on her home turf. “We’d like to get operators interested in establishing their trucks here, and we hope it can become a regular thing,”

Source: New York Times