Council needs to BAN food trucks around the Mall

[Anonymous]

What are the reasonable argument against food trucks?

I think that exhaust fumes and loud music could qualify. Loud music a little less so, because it is already a loud public space. But maybe some limit makes sense. Not sure what could be done about the exhaust. I doubt there is appreciable environmental impact at all. Likely just nuisance.

Truly unreasonable arguments are:
I (or my child) does not like the food.
They are gross or somehow unsanitary.
NPS should run all food service (hotdogs) and we should not allow small businesses

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are the reasonable argument against food trucks?

I think that exhaust fumes and loud music could qualify. Loud music a little less so, because it is already a loud public space. But maybe some limit makes sense. Not sure what could be done about the exhaust. I doubt there is appreciable environmental impact at all. Likely just nuisance.

Truly unreasonable arguments are:
I (or my child) does not like the food.
They are gross or somehow unsanitary.
NPS should run all food service (hotdogs) and we should not allow small businesses

Yes there is appreciable environmental impact. That's why DC has a no idling law.

[Anonymous]

I agree or at the very least ban them from playing the music! "Ding ding ding ding. Hello". It's s awful listing to that over and over when your just trying to enjoy a nice walk.

[Anonymous]

Oh well if YOU don't like them we'll get right on that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the reasonable argument against food trucks?

I think that exhaust fumes and loud music could qualify. Loud music a little less so, because it is already a loud public space. But maybe some limit makes sense. Not sure what could be done about the exhaust. I doubt there is appreciable environmental impact at all. Likely just nuisance.

Truly unreasonable arguments are:
I (or my child) does not like the food.
They are gross or somehow unsanitary.
NPS should run all food service (hotdogs) and we should not allow small businesses

Yes there is appreciable environmental impact. That's why DC has a no idling law.

Does DC ban restaurant grills that exhaust to the street? No.

[Anonymous]

NP. Maybe I missed it but I am pretty curious how the food trucks get around the No idling law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. Maybe I missed it but I am pretty curious how the food trucks get around the No idling law.

Because they aren’t idling their engines they are running propane and generators.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My issue is not the quality of food but the sheer amount of food trucks now. There are so many. The idle and pollute, on the weekends they take up all the parking spots. And now they’re even on the inside of the mall. They make so much noise and so much pollution.

I liked having some food trucks because it was fun to try different foods but now it’s the same crappy food over and over again.

Dc went from one extreme, just having a couple of hot dog carts allowed, to the deep end of miles of food trucks.

This! We were down on the mall for the first time in a while this past weekend and DH and I were wondering if there had always been that many food trucks, but now I feel vindicated that there are way more than there used to be. And sometimes 4-5 ice cream trucks- selling the exact same items- lined up next to eachother. But yeah the smell from the exhaust is terrible and the options were pretty crappy.

+2

Food trucks can be so great for a trip to the mall since other food options are limited and its a fun experience (and I'm sure they make it so that the Mitsitam is less crowded, which I love), but why so many? What's the point in making them have a license at all? At least they need to ban that damn music.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are the reasonable argument against food trucks?

I think that exhaust fumes and loud music could qualify. Loud music a little less so, because it is already a loud public space. But maybe some limit makes sense. Not sure what could be done about the exhaust. I doubt there is appreciable environmental impact at all. Likely just nuisance.

Truly unreasonable arguments are:
I (or my child) does not like the food.
They are gross or somehow unsanitary.
NPS should run all food service (hotdogs) and we should not allow small businesses

No, have you walked next to one of those trucks recently? It's so loud you can't have a conversation. It's worse than when they have construction going on.

[Anonymous]

The DC Council needs to make everything I don’t like illegal and everything I like legal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My issue is not the quality of food but the sheer amount of food trucks now. There are so many. The idle and pollute, on the weekends they take up all the parking spots. And now they’re even on the inside of the mall. They make so much noise and so much pollution.

I liked having some food trucks because it was fun to try different foods but now it’s the same crappy food over and over again.

Dc went from one extreme, just having a couple of hot dog carts allowed, to the deep end of miles of food trucks.

This! We were down on the mall for the first time in a while this past weekend and DH and I were wondering if there had always been that many food trucks, but now I feel vindicated that there are way more than there used to be. And sometimes 4-5 ice cream trucks- selling the exact same items- lined up next to eachother. But yeah the smell from the exhaust is terrible and the options were pretty crappy.

+2

Food trucks can be so great for a trip to the mall since other food options are limited and its a fun experience (and I'm sure they make it so that the Mitsitam is less crowded, which I love), but why so many? What's the point in making them have a license at all? At least they need to ban that damn music.

You can get rid of half of them and you would still have an overwhelming amount of trucks out there. The generators are so loud and on top of it they’re blaring the music. The choices are so repetitive and even mid day, on a busy weekend or weekday most of them don’t have customers.

They’re even parked on 3rd Street in “front” of the capitol, so instead of having Beautiful sweeping views now you have ugly food trucks in the way. DC used to be pretty but now it looks gross and unkempt.

NPS? DC government? Who monitors this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My issue is not the quality of food but the sheer amount of food trucks now. There are so many. The idle and pollute, on the weekends they take up all the parking spots. And now they’re even on the inside of the mall. They make so much noise and so much pollution.

I liked having some food trucks because it was fun to try different foods but now it’s the same crappy food over and over again.

Dc went from one extreme, just having a couple of hot dog carts allowed, to the deep end of miles of food trucks.

This! We were down on the mall for the first time in a while this past weekend and DH and I were wondering if there had always been that many food trucks, but now I feel vindicated that there are way more than there used to be. And sometimes 4-5 ice cream trucks- selling the exact same items- lined up next to eachother. But yeah the smell from the exhaust is terrible and the options were pretty crappy.

+2

Food trucks can be so great for a trip to the mall since other food options are limited and its a fun experience (and I'm sure they make it so that the Mitsitam is less crowded, which I love), but why so many? What's the point in making them have a license at all? At least they need to ban that damn music.

You can get rid of half of them and you would still have an overwhelming amount of trucks out there. The generators are so loud and on top of it they’re blaring the music. The choices are so repetitive and even mid day, on a busy weekend or weekday most of them don’t have customers.

They’re even parked on 3rd Street in “front” of the capitol, so instead of having Beautiful sweeping views now you have ugly food trucks in the way. DC used to be pretty but now it looks gross and unkempt.

NPS? DC government? Who monitors this?

Hopefully no one monitors this because it's a stupid issue and I would hope our government has better things to do with its time.

[Anonymous]

I love food trucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My issue is not the quality of food but the sheer amount of food trucks now. There are so many. The idle and pollute, on the weekends they take up all the parking spots. And now they’re even on the inside of the mall. They make so much noise and so much pollution.

I liked having some food trucks because it was fun to try different foods but now it’s the same crappy food over and over again.

Dc went from one extreme, just having a couple of hot dog carts allowed, to the deep end of miles of food trucks.

This! We were down on the mall for the first time in a while this past weekend and DH and I were wondering if there had always been that many food trucks, but now I feel vindicated that there are way more than there used to be. And sometimes 4-5 ice cream trucks- selling the exact same items- lined up next to eachother. But yeah the smell from the exhaust is terrible and the options were pretty crappy.

+2

Food trucks can be so great for a trip to the mall since other food options are limited and its a fun experience (and I'm sure they make it so that the Mitsitam is less crowded, which I love), but why so many? What's the point in making them have a license at all? At least they need to ban that damn music.

You can get rid of half of them and you would still have an overwhelming amount of trucks out there. The generators are so loud and on top of it they’re blaring the music. The choices are so repetitive and even mid day, on a busy weekend or weekday most of them don’t have customers.

They’re even parked on 3rd Street in “front” of the capitol, so instead of having Beautiful sweeping views now you have ugly food trucks in the way. DC used to be pretty but now it looks gross and unkempt.

NPS? DC government? Who monitors this?

Hopefully no one monitors this because it's a stupid issue and I would hope our government has better things to do with its time.

Monitors wasn’t the right word. License, Police? I know the national park service is particular about the aesthetics of the mall. And DC has a health department that regulates restaurants do they also do that for food trucks? And somebody needs to be paying attention at the amount of noise and pollution that all of these generators are putting out.

It’s too many of them. DC went from one extreme of not having any food trucks in the mall to making it absolutely unpleasant with the Bumper to bumper food truck situation.

[Anonymous]

I imagine that they’re not there for the residents!! The tourists love them. I think that’s the point. You know, the mall is a big tourist destination. Avoid it if you can