Get your morning scoop on a candy-dealing mascot, a change in signage, another bike incident caught on camera, a cop's misuse of a bike lane, and the food carts and the millenials in today's local blog round-up.
Is the rise in "food cart mania" related to the growing influence and spending power of the ever-mobile millennials? Perhaps, or maybe the city just needed a few boutique lunch options on the run. [Eater]
A letter's been circulating around Ditmas Park, with a location scout looking for a house to film CBS's "The Good Wife." [Ditmas Park Blog]
Dressed like a mascot for a dolphin's nightmare, an artist in a larger-than-life dolphin head is delivering "sugar crack rock" to anyone between the Bedford and Montrose L stops. It's not a drug, literally just candy treats, served up with a fine heaping of commentary on what one can get with a simple phone call in the city. [Free Williamsburg]
A DUMBO storekeeper recently changed his signage to read just "cafe," whereas before it was "cafe/bar." Big change, we know, but some in the neighborhood are upset. [Gothamist]
A vigilant citizen captured a bike thief in action, and diligently snapped his face with their iPhone camera. Identify this man! [Animal]
It's good to see one cop using a newly installed bike lane as his super-special parking spot. [Buzzfeed]
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