New York Grilled-Cheese Truck Wins Top Street Food Award

NEW YORK -- A New York grilled-cheese food truck whose proceeds go to help formerly incarcerated youths has won the top Vendy award for best street fare.

The Street Vendor Project sponsors the annual event. It announced this year's Vendy Cup winner is Snowday, a truck specializing in grilled cheese sandwiches with a touch of maple syrup using ingredients from New York farms.

The half-dozen Vendy categories include the People's Choice, which Snowday also won.

Vendy's Rookie of the Year went to Coney Shack Tacos, Best Market Vendor to Home Frites, Best Dessert to Doughnuttery and Best Street Drink to Renegade Lemonade.

More than 2,000 people gathered Saturday on Governors Island, where eight food experts voted.

The Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center provides advocacy and legal services to vendors.