Flatbush - Caton Vendors Market Kicks Out Food Stalls

What does the City have against independent food stalls? First, they go after the self-sustaining and (by all accounts, awesome) Red Hook food vendors. Now, following a renovation of the Flatbush - Caton Vendors Market, the food vendors have been kicked out of there also. The City claims that the food vendors have been attracting vermin. The food stalls have been a part of the market from the early days when it was housed in a vacant lot, and then moved inside when the market got a roof.

The food vendors have a defender in Councilman Mathieu Eugene, who is trying to get the vendors allowed back inside. I'm glad to see him weighing in on something local, and on behalf of his least powerful constituents. The manager of the market is also looking into getting heated tents for the food vendors which would, theoretically, both give the vendors a place to sell their wares and keep the rats out of the indoor market.

I admit that I've never been to the Flatbush - Caton Vendors Market - but that's because I didn't realize that they had people selling roasted corn! As of today, instead of merely not shopping at the market, I am protesting the exclusion of the vendors. But if they let them back, I promise to walk down to Caton Street, grab myself a cob and wander the stalls.