The Red Hook Food Vendors are Alive and Well

el olomega, a salvadoran pupusa truckSince 1974, vendors have been selling the cuisine native to their country from trucks in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood.  The location is adjacent to a handful of ballfields that host games on weekends from early morning until late afternoon. The Red Hook Food Vendors originally provided food and nourishment to their friends and families that played games on the nearby fields.  The origin of the Red Hook food trucks nearly 40 years ago has fueled the fire of interest this city has in Latin American cuisine.  It is an interest that continues to grow and one that is epitamized on the corner of Clinton and Bay Street in Red Hook.

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