City health inspectors went on a ticketing blitz💃 early Friday morning, issuing violations and stripping permits from eight food vendors outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art for abandoning their carts overnight.
The vendors, all disabl💖ed veterans with licenses to sell hot dogs, sodas, knishes and kebabs on Fifth Avenue, claimed at least 10 inspectors swooped in around 4:30 a.m. and closed down the food hub without ever giving a reason.
The city Health Department said it doled out violations after receiving complaints that the carts were left unattended for “several hours” in violation of food safety regulations, which allowཧ a cart to be left alone for up to half an hour.
Vendor Barbara Morris said she complained to the department after worrying others were selling day-old foo🍷d because they didn’t replace their carts at night.
But vendor Dan Rossi griped, “♍With two carts we make about $1,200 a day. Now it’s going to be zero.”
Permits were reinstated later.