BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 The Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry is asking the county legislature to authorize food trucks to operate at select parks, beaches and golf courses on a limited and temporary basis.<\/p>\n
If approved, food truck operators would pay county permit fees ranging from $25 for a single day to $250 for a season. According to a county memorandum, the proposal would generate revenue for the county while also “making food service available in areas that may not otherwise be served by these types of vendors.”<\/p>\n
The resolution is on the agenda for Thursday’s meeting in legislative chambers. If passed, the parks commissioner said he will create an application and process similar to a special events permit.<\/p>\n
Chestnut Ridge Park is among the locations specifically mentioned in the proposal. Park visitors said they support bringing food trucks closer to visitors.<\/p>\n
Marylou Herlan and Jeffrey Herlan said they welcome the idea.<\/p>\n
“It would be something to get a snack, or something to drink,” Marylou Herlan said. <\/p>\n
“Lemonade, or a slice of pizza, or something,” Jeffrey Herlan said.<\/p>\n
Kami Kay, of Orchard Park, said the convenience factor is a major draw for families.<\/p>\n
“I feel like you just end up getting hungry and then you have to go somewhere else and instead of having to go sit down at a restaurant, sometimes kids are over it they just want something quick to eat,” Kay said.<\/p>\n
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Erie County proposes allowing food trucks at parks, beaches and golf courses<\/p>\n
Samantha Glace, also of Orchard Park, said she would take advantage of a nearby food truck during her regular visits to the park.<\/p>\n
“Me and my daughter are here like all the time, and if I saw a food truck parked down the street, I’d walk up and grab something,” Glace said.<\/p>\n
Simone Fancher, owner of The Cheesy Chick Cafe & Food Truck, has operated the business for 13 years. The food trucks travel throughout the region for catering and private events and have become a fixture at major gatherings in Niagara Square, Larkinville, and, most recently, Buffalo Sabres watch parties at Canalside.<\/p>\n
On a recent Tuesday, the Cheesy Chick was parked outside Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo during Nurses Appreciation Week.<\/p>\n
“Nurses Appreciation Week, and they wanted to have something different for their staff,” Fancher said.<\/p>\n
The menu centers on made-to-order comfort food.<\/p>\n
“We custom make everything so you can do it your way, and we just have grilled cheese, mac and cheese, all sorts of stuff,” Fancher said.<\/p>\n
Fancher said the prospect of operating at county parks is a welcome opportunity.<\/p>\n
“Oh, I think it’s wonderful, any place we can get into that hasn’t been available to us in the past is great,” Fancher said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 The Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry is asking the county legislature…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[84911,136,142,138,137,3706,84912,1958],"class_list":["post-190555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-beaches","tag-erie","tag-erie-county","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-food-trucks","tag-golf-courses","tag-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}