Street Vendors Unwelcome By Some Downtown Businesses
By: Jocelyn Tovar
Updated: April 27, 2012
Some
local restaurants aren't too pleased. If you have ever been by one
around noon, you know how long the lines are.
Some
owners told KARK 4 many are picking these vendors over traditional
restaurants in the area because it's quick and often cheaper than
sitting down.
These
vendors are also in the River Market area and although that's not a
part of the Little Rock Downtown Partnership.
The director of that partnership told us everybody is just going to have to learn to get along.
Which
is the attitude we also heard from some restaurants in the river
market.
"I
think they just need something real quick real fast," said Kelley
Schmidt with Gusano's, "There's plenty of customers to go around."
The owner of a cafe downtown we spoke with told us they attribute a recent closing of one restaurant in their area to the street vendors and estimate they lose about $300 a day.
