Yelp: More than half of restaurants temporarily closed now permanently shuttered

Re:Yelp: More than half of restaurants temporarily closed no... by sowbug on Thursday July 23, 2020 @01:58AM (#23924548)

The US doesn't have nearly as many street food vendors as some other countries. I've never seen anything like a Taiwan night market, for example, where you might find one person selling green onion pancakes, cooked one by one on a griddle, for a price that's low even by local standards.

I wonder whether regulatory capture is happening, either intentionally or organically, by way of licensing, inspection, and food preparation rules that make it hard for anything smaller than a food truck to thrive in the US.

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Re:Yelp: More than half of restaurants temporarily closed no... by kumarvvr on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:13AM (#23924641)

In India, regulation is lax and enforcement is even worse.

However, I have found free market forces weeding out low quality ones. It's not a perfect solution, but it works.

Most of the food prepared in these curry points is usually fresh.

However, they offer a great way to have a sumptuous meal,with many varieties for very low cost.

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Re:Yelp: More than half of restaurants temporarily closed no... by Nasrudith on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:05AM (#23926408)

There are often explicit permits for street vending of food along with inspection requirements and the permits often do rise high. Where there aren't permits there usually isn't the density to support it in the area chronically. Sanitation limits what can effectively be served without a sink and promotes disposability. There used to be ice cream stands about a century ago which had deposits on glass but well, several epidemics gave a very valid reason for the ban as popular as it was in hot summers.

Regardless there are always complaints about food standa or trucks anywhere from traffic to matters as petty as park service trashcan fill rate.

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