
“Should D.C.’s food laws try to protect consumers and public safety? Or should they try to protect brick-and-mortar restaurants from competition? D.C.’s restaurant lobbyists, along with many local politicians and bureaucrats, seem to thi nk the government’s job is to save the delis and diners, bistros and brasseries from the scourge of falafel trucks, barbecue buses and weenie wagons. Most of downtown D.C., according to the Food Truck Association of Metropolitan Washington, would be off-limits to food trucks under new regulations proposed by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.”
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