Name deemed offensive gets food truck bounced from race course
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}New York Racing Association officials say they've banned a food truck from Saratoga Race Course after customers complained that the name of the business was offensive.
The co-owners of the Schenectady-based Wandering Dago tell local media that they were informed Friday night by NYRA officials that they had to remove their truck from the track Saturday morning, a day after it opened for its 40-day season.
NYRA officials say they received complaints about the use of a word that's considered derogatory to Italian-Americans.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The truck's owners say they're both of Italian descent and consider the term a tribute to their hardworking immigrant ancestors.
The owners had a previous run-in with the state when they were denied a food vendor's license at the Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany.