Reader queries have arrived this week... asking about some now-missing regulars around the neighborhood.
For starters, the fruit vendor has not been at his usual post on the SE corner of First Avenue and Sixth Street for several days. (Top photo.)
There was some speculation — over the clickety-clack of typewriters in the EVG newsroom — that perhaps the Citi Bike docking station prompted the departure and, perhaps, relocation. While the dock isn't new, its arrival meant the vendor needed to find parking elsewhere for his van with supplies to keep the stand stocked with fruit and vegetables.
Meanwhile, on the NW corner of Second Street at Avenue A...
... the whereabouts of
the Tacos Cholula cart is unknown. One grieving regular puts the absence now at a few weeks. We have our best people looking into this.
... and there's now with a bonus table for dining on the great outdoors of Second Street...
The cart has been a regular here for years... except for when it mysteriously disappeared early last year.
