Long Beach restaurants complain about food trucks taking away customers

The food competition is tough whether food trucks exist or not. The way I see it, if your food is good, clients will come regardless of the competition

Them restuarants don't control where people spend their money, gtfoh

So the restaurants in this video (Hooters, Chili's, Outback Steakhouse, etc), which are backed by huge corporations are afraid of local food trucks?....Pathetic. Let the food trucks (as long as they handle food safely) be there, sometimes you just want something on the-go, in a rush or, just don't want to deal with the wait... Also, who still goes to Hooters or Chili's nowadays?...

Look at the “competition” in the background. Chilis, Hooters & Outback. I’d 100% go to a food truck if those were my options. Many of the chains are overpriced with mediocre food.

It's called competition. Deal with it.

People have the right to choose what they want to eat at the best price point for them.

Chain restaurants trying to railroad mom and pop shops. Haven't we had enough of the industry telling us what we want. Boycott chains

That's like coca cola complaining and having kids lemonade stands shut down claiming it hurts their business 🤦🏾‍♂️ But hey I guess the food trucks don't have to fight corporations the size that us local farmers do. Heck where I live the dairy corporations keep lobbying new laws to where almost all our local dairies can't sell to grocery stores anymore. I literally buy my milk from their driveway vending machine and leave the money in the box.

Every time I'm in that area there's +1 hour waiting time at those restaurants. Food trucks are way quicker at getting you food.

As long as the food trucks aren't breaking any laws or cheating the tax system, I 100% prefer them over sit down rip-offs/restaurants.

I hate going in restaurants. I feel like I'm just throwing $ away. I always think about how much groceries I could have bought.

You’re telling me big corporation restaurants are feeling threatened by small family owned food trucks ?

Food trucks have good, hot and fast food. Restaurants are slow and expect tips. This goes to show how many people are watching their spending.

Probably not everyone has time to sit down and wait 2 hours for food

“We’re angry because they do what we do, but better…” Now I’m interested in visiting this area just to check out the food trucks

I love supporting small & local businesses. Nonetheless, Service and food quality is what keeps me a returning and supportive customer !

“Restaurants are afraid of competition and would rather cry than provide better service”

Well if your restaurant was good then people wouldn't use the trucks now would they

Trust me all those restaurants in that area are awful, I live nearby and nearly tried each and every restaurant down there by the Pike and Shoreline, all that food in those restaurants are bland. Also terrible wait times, went to sit at the bar at Chili’s once and got completely ignored that me and my husband left after 20 minutes. Had a delicious torta from a food truck a few weeks ago, it was amazing for $8!

Government should never interfere with legitimate and safe free enterprise. The fact that the local government is even considering making changes to make it more difficult for the food trucks to compete should be illegal. How can a local government legally create laws or regulations to benefit one type of business over another type of business? Based on this report, the brick-and-mortar restaurants have long lines of people waiting to enter their businesses and yet they are claiming that these food truck are negatively impacting their business. If people choose to get food from a food truck because it is more convenient and faster then maybe those local brick-and-mortar restaurants should offer both sit-down dining and food truck convenience to compete with the food trucks instead of whining to the local government about legitimate competition!