Street Food Vendors Get Smart

After the Sexy Soup Lady was politely busted by the cops last weekend, and among predictions of further crackdowns, some of the ever-flexible vendors of Linda Street are adapting to the increasingly hostile environment by using their favorite tool, twitter. Both the Sexy Soup Lady and the Magic Curry Kart tweeted today that they would serve from undisclosed locations, which people could get by sending a direct message. On Tuesday, Hoodscope posted a list of tips for street vendors to avoid getting ticketed — stuff like change location, communicate with each other, use direct messages, and make your twitter profiles private. It seems people are listening, so let’s hope it works.

Street Food Vendors Get Smart