[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]o give you an idea of the street food scene in Huntington Beach, I’m going to let Bladimir Barrientos, the man behind Blady’s Tacos, tell you how his first week on the job went:
“We had the cops called on us,” recalls Barrientos. “People were asking us if we had our permits and if we were up to code.” Also, this gem: “We had a lady walk by with her dog and just give us the meanest look. She said street food is unclean and dirty.”
Not exactly the warmest of welcomes. But, in a city known for holding Trump rallies and alt-right gatherings, and Basilico’s Pasta y Vino, the restaurant making headlines recently for requiring patrons to prove that they are unvaccinated in order to receive service. Unvaccinated.
This is what the Barrientos family was up against.