Antojitos Doña Fela

Street Food Vendors Are Returning in Queens But With No Certainty Of Customers | Eater NY

"I learned from co-owner Stephanie Sucasaca that the Peruvian food truck returned to operating in April despite hearing ambulances constantly headed to nearby Elmhurst Hospital, driven back by $250 monthly garage rental fees and mortgage payments; Sucasaca says the bills forced them to risk going out because government support for small vendors was lacking. To adapt, they introduced new lunch hours and delivery in April, adding pesto pasta with steak, breaded chicken with rice, and a trio marino (a combination platter of three seafood dishes) to the menu, and have seen more pick-up sandwich orders and a recent increase in foot traffic that sometimes brings sales back to pre-Covid levels, though business still fluctuates week to week." - Caroline Shin