Cold Beer and Kittens: Vending in Dolores Park

By Justine Quart | Dec 20, 2011 | Dolores Park, Front Page, Topics, Video | 3

There is endless debate over permitting legal vendors in the park, but very little is said about all of the illegal but very much above-ground vending that goes on.

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Justine Quart

Justine Quart knows everyone calls themselves a foodie in San Francisco, that's why she goes by gastro-ethnologist. Before joining Mission Loc@l, Justine graduated from Brown University with a double major in Ethnic Studies and Visual Arts. In between gypsy stints abroad and working at a community health non-profit, she learned the delicate art of playing roller derby and making the perfect veggie burger. After working at the Discovery Channel Headquarters in Washington DC, Justine migrated to the warmer coasts of California to hone her reporting skills. Aside from food, Justine likes to get nerdy about visual storytelling, experiential journalism, and investigative stories.

3 Comments

Seth on December 20, 2011 at 12:33 pm

I’d love to see a more in depth profile of the ColdBeerColdWater guy.
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wc1 on December 21, 2011 at 7:51 am

I will appreciate the ‘legal’ vendors in DP, it is a really nice convince and there isn’t really anything else around except over priced Bi Rite, the horrible DP cafe and then the odd convince store.

As long as the cold beer/water guy, the ice cream dudes and the truffle man don’t get run out then Im cool with it.
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bill on December 28, 2011 at 9:57 am

Vending I can handle. A 16ft trailer emblazoned with advertising and a noisy generator is what I don’t want. If the official vendors agreed to walk around selling their stuff on foot then maybe they’d get a better reaction. Actually, that’d be kinda cool!
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