Vancouver food carts: 12 new vendors to arrive in March

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Vancouver food carts keep on trucking. Sometime this month the City of Vancouver will announce 12 new, stationary food carts after conducting taste tests in late February.

If patience is not your strong suit, I sympathize. The suspense is killing me. In the meantime let me tell you everything I know about the 25 vendors shortlisted from a pool of 59 applicants. 12 of them will appear on a street near you in the coming sunny weather.

Details on Vancouver’s 12 new food carts after the jump.

About Vancouver’s street food scene 2010 to present day

Vancouver’s street food explosion began booming in 2010 after city officials repealed the 1978 law allowing only hot dogs, chestnuts and popcorn to be sold from street food carts. Since then, Vancouver diners have met several exciting, new food trucks a year.

While the 2010 street cars were chosen by lottery, the 2011 carts were picked by a panel of judges comprising chefs, food bloggers, activists and business people. There are currently 103 food carts; the City of Vancouver is aiming for 130 by 2013.

The 12 new food carts set to appear in 2012 were also chosen by a panel of judges including the Vancouver Sun’s food editor Juanita Ng. Lucky for us she documented all the shortlisted applicants as she tasted, and that’s the primary source of this scoop.

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About the applicants for Vancouver’s new food carts

According to the Sun’s coverage, most of the vendors’ dishes were priced under $10, many were gluten-free and environmental friendliness was the norm. Here’s a list of the food styles from potential, new Vancouver vendors. 12 will become permanent fixtures.