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Section 5: OPA Board Subject: OPA Food Truck Msg# 940211
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I think the idea of a food truck selling hot dogs in front of the yacht club is absurd but if you have spent any time in a city like New York remember that there are hundreds if not thousands of the small push cart style hot dog vendors so maybe the truck isn't the worst idea possible, can you imagine one of our board members working the "Dog Cart" in the middle of July?
Before the new club was built I suggested (tongue in cheek) that we build a new Tiki Bar about three times the size of the one we had and put in a couple of parking pads with utilities for various food trucks to park and hook up, little did I ever dream my nonsense would come to pass. As far as a $50,000 food truck is concerned I suspect it's a used one that is well worn. If the kitchen equipment is shot (remember the new yacht club kitchen equipment fiasco, we don't know good from bad) it could cost $50,000 just to replace it as the equipment in a truck isn't exactly "off the shelf". Something else to keep in mind, if it has on board power you are going to hear the generator, if not then one hell of a long extension cord from the yacht club and lets not forget the two or three 100 pound propane tanks that are usually found in a rack at the back of the truck, a potential disaster to say the least. This whole thing is nuts, I'm a part time so I can't be there for the meeting but I sure hope a bunch of residents attend and raise enough hell about this nonsense to stop it before it starts. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Please have realtors contact me I want out of the op madness. The food truck idea is absurd . ideally food truck's serve "exotic food " eg. Vegetaterian, latino, or other specially menus. As a former new Yorker, I have never had a decent hot dog in ocean city area. Food trucks thrive in urban work or tourist areas -not at an out of the way location. Rosiland Hi Rosalind, I don't think this young man has any concept of how Food Trucks "work". He has been on the Eastern Shore most of his life and just doesn't "get it". There are Food Trucks that stay in industrial areas to provide breakfast and lunch for the workers there, and there are Food Trucks that are close to our Washington Mall to provide much needed food to tourists. They are very tacky and are required to move around and not stay in one place too long. All must go away after a certain hour. As you say,most have exotic foods, and you need a lot of different ones to meet the satisfy the tastes of a large number of people. They are great to have at large gathering in out of the way spots where there is no place to cook, or if no one wants to do so. In my area, there is a Food Truck that is parked at a gas station near the very large Metro Transit Center. They serve a great breakfast and people can get a quick bite before getting on the train. Another one, also parked at a gas station sells hundreds of Pupusas each day. No one WANTS TO LOOK AT A FOOD TRUCK at a $5 million Yacht Club. A Food Truck is NOT a visual asset. It will look like the carnival is in town. You are right. It is an absurd idea. Nancy |
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