Our time at vancouverstreeteats.ca has come to an end. Amy and myself are moving on to other projects. We are planning to hand over the 'VSE keys' later this week to an interested party who can continue the site as s/he wishes. All 8 months of content are currently off until then. I am glad to have been there at the birth of Vancouver's street food scene, providing maps and information on food carts around town. We enjoyed some great food and made some friends along the way. I'd like to give a shout out to some of Vancouver's finest food cart vendors, and some of the most genuine people I've met since I've moved to this city.

• Andy Fielding of Kaboom Box - His ever smiling, easy going ways brighten up an otherwise bland section of Granville Street. Awesome guy!
• Derek and Michael Ip of PanDa Fresh and Lully's Sandwich Bar - 2 awesome guys who have a passion for food and a great sense of humour about everything they've been though..stand up gents!
• Team Re-Up - Super friendly folks skilled in the ways of the BBQ and DIY. They're just so.... 'Portland'.. (I like Portland)
• Alan from Fast-Trac fusion - A Class act all the way. He vowed to stick it out by Langara college even when business was slow because he believes in his product. So do I. His teriyaki beef and wasabi subs alone are worth the trip to 49th and Cambie.
• Eli of Eli's Serious Sausage - Eli is such a chill guy..I'm really not sure how else to describe him. (if I needed a point man in a zombie-apocalypse scenario, he's my 1st choice) .

These vendors and others like them have the  entrepreneurial spirit and sense of community that I was hoping to see much more of when I started the site last year. Unfortunately, I feel that this may not be the case for the scene as a whole the way things are progressing. My objectivity is no longer there when it comes to Vancouver's food carts. When I wrote the 'about' page, I said "Spread the love". I'm not feeling the love any more and there's more than enough negativity in the world (especially online) as it is. I'm not wired for that. A geznut der in pupik!