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Lady, he's putting my kids through college.

It's striking that New York has many more food carts than Chicago. Some folks speculate that it's because Chicago has such stringent plumbing requirements for mobile food vendors.

Whatever the case, it's really cool to see the variety. Who doesn't want a dosa from a tempting cart?

The other day, Jonathan was telling me that New York restaurants also tend to move together through trends. The current trend, he said, is panini, which he suggested had reached the point of absurdity.

I thought he was exaggerating at first. But the other day, I walked by this place in Greenwich Village:

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I'm glad to know that Indian folks are contributing to this trend.

Finally, while I haven't found really great Mexican food, I have learned not to trust even the most compelling hype:

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