One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Wilshire Blvd. Food Truck Battle Escalates: Boycott Signs Posted
The battle for lunchtime business on the Miracle Mile has moved to the next level, as an unidentified person or group of people has lobbed back with a call to retort, announced via signs left on the cars that are being parked there as part of an elaborate and orchestrated plan allegedly concocted by management at the Museum Square building.
Reader Sadao Turner, who works at 5750 Wilshire, said the signs appeared today. "The two photos I took today were taken directly out in front of the building where food trucks normally are," Turner explained via email. "The BOYCOTT sign was taped on each one of the junker cars parked on Wilshire."
Will the boycott work? It may be hard to tell, since one of the brick-and-mortar businesses' complaints was that patronage had dropped off significantly since the food trucks began to make regular lunch time stops in the neighborhood.
Previously on LAist
- Vehicle Blocking Food Trucks on Wilshire Racks up $800 in Parking Tickets
- Is Museum Square Trying to Block Food Trucks from Parking on 5700 Wilshire? 'No Comment,' Says Management
- Are Men with Walkie Talkies in Junker Cars Blocking Parking Spaces for Food Trucks?
- Food Fight: Are Restaurant Owners Blocking Parking Spaces on Wilshire?
- Food Trucks to Blame? 3 Eateries on Wilshire Boulevard Shutter
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
