New Kid in Town
Valentina Petty has had a hot dog cart in the Cherry Creek business district in Denver, Colo., for seven years. But ten months ago, a Wolfgang Puck restaurant opened on the corner where she parks her cart, and the eatery demanded that the city force her to move because the restaurant’s “business is being adversely affected by the presence of a pushcart that sells comparable items,” its attorney claimed. City officials refused the request, and the cart’s regular customers say they will boycott Puck’s place. “I have two words for them: Puck you!” said one customer waiting for his dog. (Denver Rocky Mountain News) ...The best part is the restaurant’s attempt to convince city officials that it slaps together junk food meals from bins of pre-heated ingredients. What a publicity coup!
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