Eat & Drink
Street Food Block Party coming to Toronto this spring
We may not be getting much of a winter, but there's still reason to look forward to spring. Case in point: Food Truck Eats and the Toronto Underground Market have just announced that they're teaming up to host a Street Food Block Party at the Don Valley Brick Works on May 5th. Although details regarding vendors remain scarce, it's pretty obvious that the two parties make for a natural pair.
Events hosted by both groups were jam-packed in 2011 as the city's appetite for street eats and unconventional vendors reached new heights, so you can expect the venue to be a complete zoo for this one. Something about the concept/branding of a block party just seems well-timed given the degree to which the city has embraced these communal food events. Tickets won't go on sale until April, but you'll want to be prepared, as the betting is good that they'll sell out quickly.
What do you think? Will you be looking to attend?
More info, as it becomes available, will be posted to the event's Facebook page.
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this type of event should be held somewhere else more easily accessible by walking...
Secondly, we're working on shuttles.
But seriously, the brick works isn't pickering.
S
You can walk from Castle Frank - they're not 'back trails', they're pretty much the only trails and they are signposted. You can also bike that way from Rosedale, or bike down from Mt Pleasant/Roxborough or Moore Ave near the cemetery (both of those routes are also walkable).
The problem with KC circle is the number of groups that you need to go through to get the approval for something like this, not to mention on the municipal level. There are about a half a dozen bodies at UofT that would need to say yes to this. Great space, and hopefully it will happen in the near future when people see how other events are run (footprint, cleanliness etc)
Keep in mind these food trucks are NOT allowed to be on Toronto streets (you can tell how much people know about food truck legislation if you look at the other comments). So our way around this is to get them on private spaces. We've had them at the distillery district (3 events last year), Dundas Square, Gould street, Wilcocks Common at Uoft, etc.
The Brick Works is a great space for this
The 28A (Davisville Stn-Brick Works) extended branch operates between approximately 8:00 am and 3:00 pm on Saturdays only.
The city of Toronto has a moratorium in place for mobile vending. It was put in place in 2002. So the trucks you see out at Nathan Phillips and at UofT already had their licenses before. That's why they're still allowed to be curbside.
New trucks are allowed to get an MLS license (to operate in a general sense) but are not allowed to be on public property. They have to be on private property (distillery, etc), or during a festival where the organizers have a permit to shutdown the street.
It's been 10 years, and the city of Toronto is seriously behind on promoting street food culture.
The entire point of Hassel's Toronto Underground Market, and my Food Truck Eats events is to change this.
We're nearing 1000 rsvps on the facebook page after announcing it this morning, which clearly indicates that people will go wherever for (good) street food.
Realzc,
not at all buddy, you need to see what's been happening the last 8 months or so.
Hassel's TUM events (2000 tickets) sells out in a matter of hours. All her events are at the Brick works, and they sell out in under 5 hours.
S
http://ebw.evergreen.ca/visit/getting-here
And stop complaining about getting to the Brick Works! Looking forward to this event.
How much will tickets be? I hope the tickets will defer some people away so lines won't be so long and crowded like all food festivals (Taste of Danforth, Asian Night Market, RibFest)... I heard it was INSANELY packed and crowded last year :(