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City to Permit Food Stands at Beach

Alan Adams, the owner of Sugo Café on West Park Avenue, spent about $30,000 for a food truck, out of which he’ll be able to serve his dishes beachside this summer.
 
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This change in City of Long Beach policy, in which the paperwork and permitting process are reportedly being finalized, is an effort to to help boost tourism and assist local restaurants in the Hurricane Sandy-battered beach town, which will likely not have a boardwalk this summer, according to Newsday.

Long Beach City Manager Jack Schnirman said:
"We can use food trucks as a local opportunity for our restaurants to bring in revenue and provide the opportunity for visitors to our city during the summer to enjoy the food.”
Echoing some restaurant owners, Mark Tannenbaum, executive vice president of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, said that not every deli and pizza establishment can afford to invest in a food truck, especially when they are still trying to rebuild after the storm.

On Thursday, Schnirman, Tannenbaum and Amy Engel, executive director of Sustainable Long Island, a non-profit organization that assisted the city in gathering community input for a new boardwalk in February, released a letter they wrote to local businesses owners, asking that they take a survey in order for them to get a better pulsed on business climate in town.

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