Although they are all the rage with foodies, conventional, gas-powered food trucks guzzle fuel and have noisy, smelly generators. Bridgeport Pasty, purveyors of the the savory meat pies that are the national dish of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, has come out with a more eco-friendly solution. They sell their pastries from a Global Electric Motorcar (GEM) a tiny electric truck. Some of you may know co-owner Jay Sebastian, who drums in Twang bang - the band used to frequently play Critical Mass from aboard a pedal-powered quad cycle.
Learn more about the delicious history of the pasty and Bridgeport Pasty's forward-thinking business model today on Grid Chicago:
http://gridchicago.com/2011/bridgeport-pasty-proves-there-is-such-a...
Keep moving forward,
John Greenfield
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I would superlike it if t'was pedal powered assit :) Still very cool!
Didn't they grill a rat on that thing or was it possum?
John Greenfield said:
It would be great if the city codes were changed so that you could sell hot food, or even cook from aboard a cargo bike. Anybody remember Johnny Payphone's flaming barbecue bike?
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