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Wilmington Restaurants Balk at Mobile Kitchens

Victoria Bernal
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Wilmington restaurants don’t like the idea of food trucks showing up on their streets.

The city plans to carve out designated areas for the mobile kitchens and that has restaurant owners complaining of the competition.

The Wilmington News Journal reports that the proposed ordinance will be heard for a final vote on November 19th as a pilot program that would regulate food trucks in the city.

There would be a specific parking spot for the vendors each day during the lunch break.

The current law only allows such trucks in the city on private property or at a permitted event.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.