Miscommunication forces Kitchener food truck to halt operations outside Taylor Swift concert
Posted Nov 21, 2024 02:59:01 PM.
Last Updated Nov 21, 2024 02:59:06 PM.
A Kitchener food truck operator is shaking-off the bad vibes after he was forced to shut down operations outside the Taylor Swift concerts in Toronto last week.
Sandor Dosman runs the Fo’ Cheezy truck, he was elated when he was given permission to sell his jazzed-up, Swift-themed, grilled cheese sandwiches in the plaza at the base of the CN Tower, right where thousands of Swifties would be gathering before and after the show.
The owner of the truck said he did his due diligence by checking with CN Tower management about permitting requirements. He was told that because the plaza is owned by the CN Tower, no further permitting would be required.
Dosman told 570 NewsRadio that the first night, last Thursday, went off without a hitch.
“And then bylaw showed up on Friday and informed us that we indeed need a food truck license for Toronto, which we don’t carry. So, we talked to the CN Tower people, they were as shocked as us. So, there was a miscommunication somewhere between the city and the CN Tower.”
Dosman looked into getting a permit but it would cost him somewhere in the neighbourhood of $49,000 and take several weeks to process.
So, rather than trying to fight city hall, Dosman decided to shutdown and move on. He said there is no bad blood between anyone involved.
“Bylaw is doing their job down there. The CN Tower was just going on the information they had and we used the information we had,” he said. “Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication somewhere. It happens. We’re just going to move on and try to make lemonade out of these lemons we’ve been handed here.”
Seeing as he was preparing for several very busy nights, Dosman had a huge quantity of food in stock and no way to use it all. Right off the bat, he donated around 80 loaves of bread to the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.
He’s also planned a Taylor Swift-themed party for Saturday, Nov. 23 at the old train station on Father David Bauer Drive in Waterloo. The festivities will feature Taylor’s music, Swift-themed sandos, friendship bracelets and a raffle for a giant friendship bracelet used to decorate the food truck.
It runs from 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
