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Where NYC’s Breakfast Carts Get Ingredients | Big Business | Business Insider

Every morning, thousands of New Yorkers line up at chrome breakfast carts for coffee, bagels, and doughnuts — fueling the city’s workforce with meals that cost just a few dollars. But behind this daily ritual is a fragile industry: one that depends on massive suppliers churning out pastries by the truckload, immigrant vendors working shifts at the crack of dawn, and a permit system so restrictive it’s sparked protests in the streets.
In a city that runs on breakfast-on-the-go, these carts are a lifeline for workers and a multimillion-dollar business. Now, with rising costs and mounting legal battles, the future of New York’s breakfast cart industry is at a crossroads.
00:00 - Introduction
01:33 - Pandora Bakery
05:09 - Food Cart Hustle
05:50 - Naty’s Cart: Las Reinas del Sabor
07:27 - History of New York City Food Carts
09:00 - LaGuardia Pushcart Crack Down
11:19 - Ed Koch’s Permit Cap
11:38 - Underground Permit Market
12:40 - Petey Stathopoulos: Peteys World Cafe
13:50 - Zohran Mamdani Halalflation
14:11 - Permit Scammers
14:48 - NYPD Street Vendor Crackdown
15:30 - ICE Street Vendor Raids
15:39 - Street Vendor Protests
16:34 - City Council and NYC Health Dept. Response
17:25 - Credits
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