Clark County Street Vendor Rules Approved
They seemed to have appeared overnight. Street vendors, at corners throughout the valley, serving up delicious drinks and often Mexican fare. While many are seen to have lines wrapped down the sidewalk, the legitimacy of the vendors has been up for debate. There were no Clark County street vendor rules for this type of pop up business.
On Tuesday, that changed.
Clark County Street Vendors Exploded Last Year
Last year, Governor Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 92 into law. That helped create a legal pathway for street vendors to do business in the state. Lombardo calling it “part of the Nevada fabric”. Almost as soon as it was signed, an explosion of more businesses opened up.
The issue is the location and time of those pop up restaurants. Sometimes they are open in front of a brick and mortar restaurant, or late into the night. That lack of a rulebook is what led to Tuesday’s vote.
Clark County Street Vendor Rules Voted On
The Clark County Commission had a meeting to create a new ordinance that will change what it is you see at your neighborhood street corner.
Sidewalk vendors will have to pay a $150 annual license fee to the county, have insurance and get the all clear from the Southern Nevada Health District. That last part will certainly be a decent sigh of relief for curious onlookers who think the food might be a little suspect.
The vendors also cannot set up shop within 500 feet of a school that is in session, recreation or community center, or park. That narrows the window quite a bit more. They also cannot set up within 15 feet of an intersection, cross walk or bus stop. Many of the setups are at major intersections so that, too, will create a change of scenery.
Arguably the biggest change, vendors cannot operate from 9pm-8am. Some of these spots are hopping late into the night, so these new Clark County street vendor rules will put a hamper on those late night munchies.
The 4 Best Sandwiches Places In Las Vegas
One of my favorite things in the world, besides peanut butter hot dogs, is a good sandwich. Sandwiches are without a doubt, in my humble opinion, the perfect food. The bread, chock full of meat (or salad for my vegetarian friends). Typically, you can’t go wrong with this fistful of breaded love.
How Sandwiches Came To Be
It seems unthinkable that sandwiches, as we know them, didn’t always exist. It’s only been in the last 100 years that the sub sandwich, or even just a fun filled “Dagwood”, came on the scene. For those who don’t know what the “Dagwood” is, here you go.
A Dagwood sandwich is one that has layer upon layer of meats, cheeses, lettuce and other fillings. A true Dagwood isn’t one any human can actually fit in their mouth.
The origins of the sandwich have been debated for years, but the most common theory is the sandwich was born in the town of Sandwich, England. In 1782, John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, was playing poker and didn’t want to leave the table. At this point, people ate their meat and bread separately and away from the tables involving gaming states, britannica.com.
Since he was playing a hand, John didn’t want to leave the table to eat. So, he told his people to put the meat in between the bread, and bring it to him, so he could hold his food and play cards at the same time. And Voila… The sandwich was born, according to britannica.com.
Personally, I’m not a fan of eating handheld food at the poker table. The poker chips alone are nasty little carriers of cooties. However, according to britannica.com, John Montagu lived to be a lot longer than people were expected to in the 1700s. So there might be some truth to that “building immunity” thing I always hear moms saying to justify their kids eating food off of the floor.
And the common thread of poker and sandwiches doesn’t end there. According to whatscookingamerica.net, in 1925, Augustine DiCostanzo and his wife, Catherine, opened up a grocery store that stayed open late to accommodate the poker players in the area.
The Folklore goes that one of the players walked in and asked Catherine what she was cooking, because it was making him hungry. She told him she was frying sweet and hot peppers. So he asked her if she would make him a sandwich with everything on it, including the peppers. She grabbed a loaf of Vienna bread and sliced in lengthwise and made what is considered the very first “Hoagie” sandwich.
The 4 Best Sandwiches Places In Las Vegas
With that said, I thought I’d share my favorite spots around town to grab that perfect hand held food. Let’s start at the beginning.
