The Grand Army Plaza Food Truck Rally is Here to Stay

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Due to the success of the Food Truck Rallies held every third Sunday during the summer, the Prospect Park Alliance has decided to make food trucks a permanent fixture of Grand Army Plaza. According to DNAInfo.com, every Saturday this Fall, 4-6 food trucks will park around Bailey Fountain beneath the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch to serve up their exorbitantly-priced (yet delicious) eats. This is great news for anyone who spends the entire hour before lunch everyday trying to figure out which ones are parked within 5 blocks of their office. It’s also great news for people who don’t have office jobs because...well, just because.

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The Brooklyn Paper Incites Menorah Envy

 Photo via Time Out NY Kids

Just to prove I mean what I said about FIPS going both ways this holiday season, I present to you this Hanukkah-themed post:

Remember that menorah I mentioned in yesterday's article  about the Christmas tree-less Grand Army Plaza? Well, in what the Brooklyn Paper calls the "Brooklyn Menorah War," the trusty 3-story ancient symbol of an 8 night Jewish miracle is at the center of a fight over who's menorah is bigger Brooklyn's official menorah. The festive article, which is sprinkled both haphazardly and awkwardly with yiddish phrases, features a battle royale between an uncle-nephew duo who have apparently been duking this out for years.  

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This Christmas, Grand Army Plaza Went Tree-Less

Since the Federal Government tells us that today, December 26th, is the day we "observe" Christmas, I'm going to assume that a holiday post is still apropos.

SO --

Merry Christmas to you Slopers who accept Jesus Christ as your savior (or just love all the crazy shit about Christmas). Happy Hannukah to all you who do not (in both instances). We here at FiPS are an equal opportunity blog, and I hope you have enjoyed or are still enjoying your holiday. 

In case you cared/were livid/didn't notice/did notice: Grand Army Plaza was Christmas Tree-less during this year's festive holiday. According to the city -- the same city who couldn't plow us out last year for weeks, or pick up our garbage for months or pick up the trash on 7th Avenue forever -- they didn't have the 3,000 smackers for the tree. Why? All of the Christmas Tree money was put toward Hurricane Irene clean-up. Apparently the cost to clean up over 300 downed trees equal the cost of putting up just one tree for a month.

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Food Truck Rally Round-Up

Whether you love or hate the Food Truck Rally, it's ON this weekend. The following trucks will be making an appearance at GAP this Sunday from 11AM-5PM:

Bistro Truck • Coolhaus • Cupcake Stop  •  Joyride  •  Kelvin Natural Slush Co. • Kimchi Taco•  Mud Truck  •  The Red Hook Lobster Pound  •  Rickshaw Dumpling Truck  •  Souvlaki GR  •  Taïm Mobile  •  The Eddie's Pizza Truck  •  The Treats Truck  •  Vanleeuwen Ice Cream  

You can also enter this month's rally for a chance to win two tickets to the Summer Soiree on July 21st.

Happy eating.