Lots of people really like our map for tracking down Street Food in the bay area. The thing about the process is that it has always been pretty labor intensive; it is populated from a google calendar that both street vendors and myself use to schedule their stops. It wasn’t flexible. It wasn’t elegant. Frankly, it was a pain in the neck to maintain. Thats the reason why we came up with @stfood.

@stfood is a super simple way for street food vendors to update their location on the SF Cart Project street food map. When any vendor mentions @stood in their tweet, it will automatically populate on the map. Well (you say) what happens if want to send something for tomorrow? No problem. Just do this:

“At 54th and Hollis in Emeryville tomorrow from 3-5 pm.”

Want to use a date? No problem:

“At 54th and Hollis in Emeryville from 3-5pm on 6/29.”

On your way to a gig and want to update on the fly? No problem:

“Going to be at the Ferry Building from 10-2 Thursday for lunch.”

The more specific you are, the more easily the system will be able to find you. So if you are serving in Emeryville, “E’ville” doesn’t work so well. On the other hand, “the corner of 54th and Hollis” works just fine.

If you’re a street food vendor in the bay area, give it a shot and see if you like it. Our goal down the line is to allow you to embed the map an your site so your customers can graphically find you whenever you want without ever leaving your website. But. until then, enjoy!

(Sidenote: You need to be on this list for it to work. To be added to it, just email Matt(at)sfcartproject.com)

this post was written by Matt Cohen

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