Big Gay Ice Cream Truck Scores Vendy Nod

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        Big Gay Ice Cream Truck Scores Vendy Nod
    
 Advocate.com Editors
          
          Sep 01, 2009
          
        
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Manhattan's Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, profiled in the September issue of The Advocate, has been nominated in the dessert category for a Vendy Award. 

The non-profit Street Vendor Project announced the nominees last week. The ice cream truck, started by Juilliard-trained bassoonist Doug Quint, started out as a summer gig and has become a New York staple. 

The ice cream truck compete with Wafels & Dinges (a Belgian waffle truck) and Cupcake Stop for the prize. 

For more on the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, click here.

        
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