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The Truck Scene in Pittsburgh



I was at a great food gathering today. It has inspired this post to support the growth of community food. Join me and eat at a local food truck soon!


This event is being promoted by a new umbrella group, PghMobileFood, and website, pghmobilefood.com, that helps the hungry track the trucks while pushing for changes in laws. "Freeing food trucks to feed the people."
To that end, the group is sponsoring two "food truck education events" at Bar Marco in the Strip District, which has been nurturing local food trucks by holding a Food Truck Friday roundup.

Now, Franktuary restaurant, Downtown, which also operates a hotdog truck (and is opening a new restaurant in Lawrenceville), has teamed up with Saxifrage School and the Institute for Justice to present these two events titled "How to Change a Law."

Last night the group was to present "Food Trucks 101: Competition Law and the Constitution." Several vendors were to be inducted into PghMobileFood, complete with a "noble mobile creed" of best practices. Presenters were to include lawyer Robert Frommer from the Institute for Justice, which has been working on food truck laws in other cities.
The next "How to Change a Law" session at Bar Marco is at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, Oct. 10, titled, "Food Truck 201: Drafting New Legislation." The presenter is to be Matt Barron, Mr. Peduto's policy director.




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