Mayor Bloomberg wants to expand restaurant grading system to food carts

The city’s new system of giving restaurants letter grades for cleanliness has been such a hit it should be expanded to food-cart vendors, Mayor Bloomberg said Monday.

“I love to eat from the street vendors,” Bloomberg said at a Queens deli Monday. “Personally, I would love to see … a sign up there telling whether or not the guy washed his hands before he reaches in and pulls out the hot dog.”

Grading halal carts and hot-pretzel stands may seem like a good idea to Hizzoner, but the city health commissioner said it might be hard to track down the roving grub purveyors.

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