Little ideas for a big city

[ricecrackers]

I'd love to see people take the al fresco lifestyle to the next level with street food carts. They could be like the push-carts of NYC, or the taco trucks of California, or the huge variety of other trailers across the country - and, of course, right around the world. I think that places like the playing fields in the parklands that have so much Saturday morning sport, or the large business/industrial areas that lack meal options, would be good situations for these vendors: good customer base for them, they add some good atmosphere to the events/areas in return.

Taco carts would be great, but i think would fail miserably in Adelaide. Most South Australians just cant stomach spicy food and generally Mexican themed fast food outlets fail. Even Subway stopped selling the hot n spicy sauce about 10 years ago because nobody bought it (except me it seemed).

[Will]

I'd love to see people take the al fresco lifestyle to the next level with street food carts. They could be like the push-carts of NYC, or the taco trucks of California, or the huge variety of other trailers across the country - and, of course, right around the world. I think that places like the playing fields in the parklands that have so much Saturday morning sport, or the large business/industrial areas that lack meal options, would be good situations for these vendors: good customer base for them, they add some good atmosphere to the events/areas in return.

Taco carts would be great, but i think would fail miserably in Adelaide. Most South Australians just cant stomach spicy food and generally Mexican themed fast food outlets fail. Even Subway stopped selling the hot n spicy sauce about 10 years ago because nobody bought it (except me it seemed).

I wouldn't limit it to Adelaide. From my experiences, most aryan Australians cannot tolerate spicy food.

However having said that, Mexican food does not necessarily have to be spicy. In Mexico, the spicy sauces are usually placed in a bowl in the centre of the table, so that only those who want to add chilli do so.

[ricecrackers]

I'd love to see people take the al fresco lifestyle to the next level with street food carts. They could be like the push-carts of NYC, or the taco trucks of California, or the huge variety of other trailers across the country - and, of course, right around the world. I think that places like the playing fields in the parklands that have so much Saturday morning sport, or the large business/industrial areas that lack meal options, would be good situations for these vendors: good customer base for them, they add some good atmosphere to the events/areas in return.

Taco carts would be great, but i think would fail miserably in Adelaide. Most South Australians just cant stomach spicy food and generally Mexican themed fast food outlets fail. Even Subway stopped selling the hot n spicy sauce about 10 years ago because nobody bought it (except me it seemed).

I wouldn't limit it to Adelaide. From my experiences, most aryan Australians cannot tolerate spicy food.

However having said that, Mexican food does not necessarily have to be spicy. In Mexico, the spicy sauces are usually placed in a bowl in the centre of the table, so that only those who want to add chilli do so.

true, but Adelaide is probably the most Anglo capital

[Mants]

I would include Port Road though its set to get a major revamp thanks to the $100m tramline extension project. Other road entrances that could do with a makeover are Glen Osmond Road, Anzac Highway and Wakefield Road.

i think the Wakefield St entrance is nice enough, what with all the grand buildings along East Tce and the large trees.

[Mants]

plane trees clog up the gutters and sewers during Autumn

a few cities in Australia use palm trees for their entrance roads. they wouldnt be the worst idea.

similar to Robe Tce?

[monotonehell]

...I wouldn't limit it to Adelaide. From my experiences, most aryan Australians cannot tolerate spicy food...

I don't think you know what "Aryan" means. Look it up, you'll have a laugh in the context of spicy food.

But anyway this is way off topic.

[Will]

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true, but Adelaide is probably the most Anglo capital

Actually, Perth is Australia's most anglo capital, with the city having the highest proportion of British born people out of all the big 5. Furthermore we have a slightly higher number of people born overseas compared to Brisbane; 23% to 21% respectively.

[Prince George]

Hmm, sounds to me like y'all know a different bunch of Adelaideans than I do. I think the "Anglos won't eat it" talk's a bit off beam - fifty years ago British food was legendary for its blandness and they adopted the curry as their de-facto national dish. Americans have a reputation for only eating burgers, hot-dogs, and cheese pizzas (and in some cases that's true), but it turns out that if someone makes a really good arepa (or chilaquiles, or mole negra, or felafel, or pho, or masala dosa) they'll try it, they'll like it, and they'll queue around the block to buy it. It's the "make a really good" part that is the stumbling block for most places - I'm not going to read too much into the failure of a sauce from a chain like Subway, especially if Chile Mojo is still open.

[mattblack]

Enough of this Anglo, Aryan spicy food v non spicy food rubbish. Come up with some ideas.

I think outdoor food markets could be an awsome idea if implemented correctly. Chinatown is ripe for the picking and what about having the rundle markets on friday or satuday arvo/evening, in hindmarsh sq instead and incorporating lots of food stalls.

Food carts around town on busy nights would also be cool.

[ricecrackers]

it doesnt take much to stir the pot on this forum

back to the palm trees/planes trees debate........... um no not quite like Robe Tce...

some of these...



or some of these



or probably date palms, big ones... which are most suited to our climate

[Pat28]

Another little idea, would be to intergrate public transport (metro and regional) information centres with tourist information centres. While all this happens have these consilidated information centres have ALL timetables for bus/train services within SA (not just be exclusive (it feels wrong when i have to pass someone off to GSR or Premiers because DTEI (AdMet) cant handle it).

[AtD]

There's no petrol stations between Glen Osmond and Tailem Bend, without going on a detour. How about a Motorway Service Centre or two?

Like so: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 3&t=h&z=17

[Wayno]

There's no petrol stations between Glen Osmond and Tailem Bend, without going on a detour. How about a Motorway Service Centre or two?

Like so: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 3&t=h&z=17

hmmm, good business opportunity!

[AtD]

Yes, I'm surprised someone like Penguin Corp (On The Run) or similar hasn't already jumped on that one, or at least built one right on an exit. It suits their business model perfectly.

For example:
Here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 7&t=h&z=16
Or Here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 3&t=h&z=17

[mattblack]

A wicked water fountain on the Torrens lake that would go off every hour A.K.A. Las Vegas.