The 2010 LA Vendy Awards (The Vendys)

May 18, 2010 — Lots of great coverage: LA Weekly, LA Times, Terra (Spanish), La Opinion (Spanish), Serious Eats, Midtown Lunch, LAist, Yelp photos, and LA Sates video.

May 16, 2010 — Nina Garcia from Boyle Heights, East LA wins inagural LA Vendy Awards! Great event! Thanks to everyone! LA Times first to post on it, here. Much more to follow.

May 15, 2010 — Game on! If you bought a ticket, come early. If you are buying one at the door, bring $60 cash and come earlier!

May 14, 2010 — Online ticket sales end tonight at midnight. There should be some available tomorrow, but bring $60 of cash and come early!

May 13, 2010 — LA Weekly did a nice preview, thanks!

May 12, 2010 — Weather prediction for Saturday: 74 degrees and sunny. Oh, yeah, its always like that in LA!

May 10, 2010 — Jeff Miller from Thrillist LA agreed to be emcee the Vendy Awards, which are coming up in five days!

May 9, 2010 — Vendys LA are pulling press in Europe — see here. And yes, once you pay $50, you eat and drink for free. That’s how it works.

May 6, 2010 — Bang! LA Times, Midtown Lunch,  LAist, Grub Street.

May 5, 2010 — Finalists announced! Details here. Watch the video!

April 30, 2010 — The Vendys LA are thrilled to be capping off this historic conference about street vending, Contesting the Streets.  Free and open to the public.

April 29, 2010 — Things are really picking up now. Bill Esparza from the famed Street Gourmet LA signed on as a judge. Thanks, Bill!

April 28, 2010 — Serious Eats is giving away two tix to the Vendys LA. Don’t miss this chance, go here.

April 27, 2010 –  New judging team announced – Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo from Animal, likely the hottest restaurant in LA. Did you see them profiled in the New Yorker? Welcome, guys.

April 15, 2010 — Nominations end today! Nominations end today! LA Times is on the beat, in the Daily Dish.

April 13, 2010 — Announcing as our second judge, the “Teenage Glutster” Javier Cabral! This young man knows his street food. Physched to have you on aboard, Javier!

April 9, 2010 –  More than 1,000 nominations received – nominations expire in six days, so get to it! In the meantime, did you see the CBS2 clip?

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