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"A street-vending operation recognized in a major newspaper’s “best dishes” list but constrained by permit access; Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez of the Street Vendor Project notes that, despite the recognition, “But its owner can’t go out and sell” because she lacks one of the city’s few vending permits. That inability to vend without a permit puts owners at risk of arrest and greater deportation exposure, and is cited as part of a broader pattern of vendors leaving food service or shifting to nonfood sales." - Jaya Saxena