Latin American food carts set up at Brooklyn park

The Latin food vendors are back.

Six vendors, after months of trying to meet health department regulations and coming up with thousands of dollars to buy food trucks and equipment, have returned the Red Hook Park in Brooklyn. Four more vendors are expected to join them this week if they pass inspection, an advocate for them said.

Before city officials shut them down, more than a dozen vendors had set up every weekend at the park during the warm months.

The vendors' return Saturday was met with mixed reaction. Some, including elected officials and parks officials, cast their return as a victory. Others, particularly people who have been patronizing the vendors for years, said the city's intervention had 'ripped the soul' out of the fiesta-like tradition.