San Diego Sandwich Works Truck

There is another food truck around. I tried San Diego Sandwich Works today for lunch. They were located in the parking lot just south of the Seelbach on Fourth Street. I had the La Jolla wrap and it was delicious! A huge wrap and chips for $7.00.

Here is their website. http://www.sdsworks.com/ It has a menu and location calendar.

Awesome!

Yes Kaaren Weyland and her husband converted an old bus into a surfer bus and they sell California style sandwiches out of it. They came out and talked with me when I was at Old Henry Road and they are really nice folks. They have their annual statewide mobile food permit through the state health department and their truck is immaculate.

They were selling on a family members commercial property at 4th street. While Morels, El Rumbon and Lil Cheezers were out at 4th and Liberty 2 blocks away doing some of the best lunch business we had ever done. We had no issues, no complaints and zero problems. Kaaren was getting ticketed 2 blocks away for not being compliant with the Inspections, Permits and Licenses Bureau. They got a complaint called in by a local restaurant. This is why we havent been targetted yet, because we havent gotten any complaints. It would appear that they are only enforcing Ordinance 57 against mobile food vendors when a complaint is logged. Kaaren called me and wondered what she could do, I gave her the numbers for my contacts at the mayors office and advised her to move around.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Diego ... 0916660397

Check them out, they are really super sweet people.

Kaaren was getting ticketed 2 blocks away for not being compliant with the Inspections, Permits and Licenses Bureau. They got a complaint called in by a local restaurant.

Ya'll better get used to it..If some guy's got a couple hundred "large" wrapped up in a brick and mortar establishment and he peers out his front window and sees a food truck parked halfway down the block...Hell yeah he's gonna call "The Man". Wouldn't you ?

Well according to ordinance 57 she would have only needed to be 300 feet away from any operating restaurant from the closest point of truck to building. Which technically isnt a lot of space.

So I dont know whether she was in compliance with that or not but the reason she was ticketed was for not going down to IPL and submitting all the aerial drawings to scale and paying 200 to sit at that location.

The competition argument still doesnt phase me. The very nature of business is that you will find a way to do something that people will spend money on and then a bunch of other people will find a way to do it cheaper, faster and/or better if they can. If you dont want competition then dont open a restaurant in a densley populated area.

Well according to ordinance 57 she would have only needed to be 300 feet away from any operating restaurant from the closest point of truck to building. Which technically isnt a lot of space.

So I dont know whether she was in compliance with that or not but the reason she was ticketed was for not going down to IPL and submitting all the aerial drawings to scale and paying 200 to sit at that location.

The competition argument still doesnt phase me. The very nature of business is that you will find a way to do something that people will spend money on and then a bunch of other people will find a way to do it cheaper, faster and/or better if they can. If you dont want competition then dont open a restaurant in a densley populated area.

amen!

i dont get the whole 'fox and grapes' mentality. just because i cant have a piece of what someone else is doing doesnt make what theyre doing bad, or, wrong, or offensive, etc.
if Im doing MY thing well enough, i wont have any worries to begin with.
Theres plenty to go around, imo.

Well according to ordinance 57 she would have only needed to be 300 feet away from any operating restaurant from the closest point of truck to building. Which technically isnt a lot of space.

So I dont know whether she was in compliance with that or not but the reason she was ticketed was for not going down to IPL and submitting all the aerial drawings to scale and paying 200 to sit at that location.

The competition argument still doesnt phase me. The very nature of business is that you will find a way to do something that people will spend money on and then a bunch of other people will find a way to do it cheaper, faster and/or better if they can. If you dont want competition then dont open a restaurant in a densley populated area.

amen!

i dont get the whole 'fox and grapes' mentality. just because i cant have a piece of what someone else is doing doesnt make what theyre doing bad, or, wrong, or offensive, etc.
if Im doing MY thing well enough, i wont have any worries to begin with.
Theres plenty to go around, imo.

Guys...I'm not saying it's right, wrong or indifferent. I'm just sayin' that you set these trucks up anywhere near a brick and motar establishment, they are very likely going to call someone to complain...and I'm also speculating that if the shoe were on the other foot, you'd probably do the same.

I really don't understand. If you have a brick and mortar establishment, there's nothing at all (assuming it's not package liquor) to prevent me from opening up an identical concept next door to you as a brick and mortar establishment.

I really don't understand. If you have a brick and mortar establishment, there's nothing at all (assuming it's not package liquor) to prevent me from opening up an identical concept next door to you as a brick and mortar establishment.

I've been thinking the same thing. It actually seems like another restaurant would probably be more competition than a food truck. IMHO they both cater to a different clientele.

If there is a new game in town (mobile food trucks) and they are being frequented by patrons, that means there are less dining dollars going to the brick-and-mortar places.

There's a set amount of dining dollars available, and everyone is competing for them. One way to guarantee your piece of the pie is to do what you do really well. Another approach is to limit competition by "ordinancing" them out of business. Can't compete with you, if they don't exist.

Not a line of thinking I support. But I'm picking up what Steve P is throwing down.

There's a set amount of dining dollars available, and everyone is competing for them.

In the short term, I think this is true. But in the long term, increased restaurant numbers, options, diversity, and quality are going to be a rising tide that lifts all boats. Louisville has simultaneously been recognized as one of the nation's best foodie cities AND among the cities with the most fast-food restaurants per capita. I'm not a longtime Louisville resident, but I doubt either of those has always been the case.

I understand the NIMBY attitude on the part of restaurant proprietors, but it's shortsighted and petty.

Wouldn't you ?

No. No, I wouldnt.

Wouldn't you ?

No. No, I wouldnt.

this!

also... for once, Steve P... I'm not in opposition of what you are saying so much as I'm not one who would feel threatened by direct competion.
I actually see the logic, understand, and respect why some people would. Just not me.

I'm having a La Jolla from SDSWorks as I type this, and I agree, it's delicious.

also... for once, Steve P... I'm not in opposition of what you are saying

Well alert the media ...................