How NYC’s Most Famous Street Nuts are Made Fresh Each Day - The Experts

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  • čas přidán 11. 02. 2024
  • Nuts4Nuts in New York City packages and roasts nearly 300,000 pounds of nuts every year. Here's how one pushcart expanded into a fleet with over 1,000 employees and became one of the city's most iconic street vendors.
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    Producer: Carla Francescutti
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    Supervising Producer, Operations: Stefania Orrù
    Supervising Producer, Development: Gabriella Lewis
    Audience Engagement: Avery Dalal
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  • @natsfan100
    @natsfan100 Před 3 měsíci +195

    I interned in NYC one summer. I used to take a break around 3pm every day and go for a walk. The nuts4nuts cart was my guilt pleasure every time they were out there.

  • @shelt370
    @shelt370 Před 3 měsíci +409

    Nuts 4 Nuts is TRULY iconic. Used to pass one by the B. train subway on Church Ave. EVERY morning on my way to elementary school. I am now approaching 30 years old 🤣 I'm surprised but delighted to see the business is still going 👏🏾😁

    • @degenerateclips1
      @degenerateclips1 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Same here

    • @p00pie
      @p00pie Před 2 měsíci

      they have rats

    • @p00pie
      @p00pie Před 2 měsíci

      i worked there for 3 years they have rats that break into the nut bags at night and half the time they dont even care

    • @tomevers6670
      @tomevers6670 Před 2 měsíci +8

      @@p00pieit adds to the distinct “New York” flavor.

    • @angelsmakeupreview5968
      @angelsmakeupreview5968 Před 2 měsíci +1

      New York has rats l000l that’s been an issue for a long time now. The city doesn’t do anything about it.

  • @biggs2957
    @biggs2957 Před 3 měsíci +114

    I've been helping this man stay in business since '88 lol

  • @_knighted
    @_knighted Před 3 měsíci +149

    "You can tell the energy, the vibration of the city. Everyone is coming to be part of that stage, and you are just another actor on the stage. You see the rush of the people and the desperation to get from one place to the other.
    And sometimes you just are there seeing them in quietness. You are in the eye of the storm."

  • @Grimmes12
    @Grimmes12 Před 2 měsíci +38

    As a Chilean New Yorker this makes me feel very proud

  • @GregCurtin45
    @GregCurtin45 Před 3 měsíci +83

    Thank you #EEater for sharing another small business story. And thank you #Nuts4Nuts allowing us to view all of your processes. Congratualtions on your success and I love your gift box set of different nuts.

  • @ItzBwo
    @ItzBwo Před 3 měsíci +27

    I'll never forget the very first time I had Nuts4Nuts. Was 8 years old and the Flyers were playing the Rangers on Eric Lindros's birthday (queue the clutch HBD sign that got me on tv several times during the game! lol) and our train got into Penn early so me and my dad walked around a bit. I smelled the cart and no joke the smell alone hit me like a piano. Was so obsessed with them before the game that I obviously demanded we scooped some up for the ride back home after. Decades later and having worked in NYC for the last 12 years it's still a regular stop for me. So dang good!

  • @steaksushiand5368
    @steaksushiand5368 Před 3 měsíci +21

    Growing up in the city as a kid, Nuts 4 Nuts was a truly special street stand. Their mix nuts were juicy, coco was my fav... So happy they got a recognition at eater!

  • @Roz390
    @Roz390 Před 3 měsíci +35

    This is one of those things you scoff at until you try, and then it's something you always want but can never find.

  • @CptVein
    @CptVein Před 2 měsíci +7

    I remember having those almost 20 years ago during a school trip from Canada.
    They were so freaking good. I still have vivid memories. I was blown away.

  • @marianarad960
    @marianarad960 Před 3 měsíci +26

    Nuts 4 nuts makes NYC a special place!

  • @M2a3i
    @M2a3i Před 2 měsíci +4

    Oh my how I missed these nuts! So glad to know they ship 🎉

  • @MrPappymn
    @MrPappymn Před 3 měsíci +2

    Excellent content. Keep it up

  • @din0gear309
    @din0gear309 Před 3 měsíci +12

    Had this when walking Central Park. Those peanuts are sooo good!

  • @radwonderland1315
    @radwonderland1315 Před 3 měsíci +18

    These are hands down the best snack the New York streets have to offer. I can’t pass by a nuts4nuts cart and not buy a pack or 2 or 3…

  • @cheapdeejays
    @cheapdeejays Před 3 měsíci +6

    Congratulations Alex and Cliff, glad to see your successful achievement. Frozade is where it all began...
    Roger.

  • @axem.8338
    @axem.8338 Před 3 měsíci +33

    A great rapper once said, 'If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere'. The work ethic of NY people is just the next level.

    • @dovidgertz5222
      @dovidgertz5222 Před 3 měsíci +12

      Sounds like Frank Sinatra

    • @user-hg4db5rb9w
      @user-hg4db5rb9w Před 2 měsíci +6

      Definitely was not a rapper smfh, that was Sinatra

    • @ChrisOhMy
      @ChrisOhMy Před 29 dny

      Low key, nawwwww. You've got that wrong AF

    • @coop6951
      @coop6951 Před 27 dny

      Frank Sinatra and then Alicia Keys.

  • @pb9476
    @pb9476 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I love N4N... used to get a couple of bags for the Knicks game... Very delicious

  • @donovanschoor1473
    @donovanschoor1473 Před 3 měsíci +7

    NY legend

  • @bernandinocamilo1946
    @bernandinocamilo1946 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Iconic 👏

  • @matridenhour
    @matridenhour Před 3 měsíci +17

    Great video. Well done Eater.

    • @eater
      @eater  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Thanks for watching!

  • @blad1709
    @blad1709 Před 2 měsíci +3

    This guy is a legend in the city

  • @austinhall3981
    @austinhall3981 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I swear they already did a video on this awesome guy! Good to see an update! Keep it going! Go nuts! Lmao

  • @aypad
    @aypad Před 2 měsíci +2

    Peanuts are also a popular street food in Manila. The vendors would usually offer them in small paper bags, with plain salted, crispy garlic, spicy, and honey roasted variety. It’s interesting that this is a commonality among us.

  • @jimbo1637
    @jimbo1637 Před měsícem +2

    Words can not describe how heavenly these nuts smell after a long day in the office!

    • @alex617ify
      @alex617ify Před měsícem

      My girl says the same about my nuts...trick is to use Irish Spring soap.

  • @OnHerMajesty223
    @OnHerMajesty223 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great content

  • @Nick0wnsz
    @Nick0wnsz Před 3 měsíci +2

    I had these on Jamaica ave they are so good

  • @Fianicus
    @Fianicus Před 2 měsíci +5

    Did he just say $2? That's a steal! I'd totally buy a bag of honey roasted nuts for $2.

  • @Queve1000
    @Queve1000 Před 2 měsíci +3

    The second one of them spoke spanish i knew they were Chilean. Chileans are very friendly. Happy they're doing good in NY.

    • @Grimmes12
      @Grimmes12 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Thanks from Chilean/Dominican from Uptown...Franklin is Dominican

  • @thai33oz
    @thai33oz Před 3 měsíci +7

    With how operation is at their factory, they might have a hard time scaling even bigger. They only have two machine and that machine requires a body there to constantly stir and mix the nuts. A possible solution is welding some rods along the inside of that pot that'll stir the nuts as the nuts roll pass them. I've seen something similar at a velocity chinese stir fried noodle restaurant. Of course it goes without saying that they'll have to fine tune those rods to get the proper consistency that they need for the nuts. But to implement that would allow more machines to roasts the nuts simultaneously without having to have a body at each machine.
    Everything is done by hand e.g. sorting, packing, and even the logistics of fufilling orders. If they were to scale to be a national product, they would have to start streamlining the process and have to automate some of it. It's nice to hear that they've done a long way since they started. But they need a way to cut down on the bottle necking.

    • @CrzyGazara
      @CrzyGazara Před 3 měsíci +2

      we already have this machines automated and we are in the middle east , they need to up there game , the automation already available from china.

  • @meryrock10
    @meryrock10 Před 3 měsíci +11

    Garrapiñada!!

  • @nybiggs
    @nybiggs Před 2 měsíci +3

    When these were $1 a bag I used to always grab one whenever I passed a cart. When the price started going up I stopped. Really good nuts though.

  • @mainbeach
    @mainbeach Před měsícem +1

    I'm deathly allergic to nuts but every time I i pass one of these stalls I'm so tempted to risk it all! The smell is too good

  • @brianmoody2549
    @brianmoody2549 Před 2 měsíci

    You’re right to understand the people about what they want,you can feel their energy and see the look in their eyes, and know what they want before they tell you,you’re right that’s the way to do business and how to keep them coming back.

  • @divoarioo
    @divoarioo Před 3 měsíci +3

    Absolutely nuts!

  • @jaimesias
    @jaimesias Před 2 měsíci +1

    Grande conejo!

  • @ashleyelizabeth4176
    @ashleyelizabeth4176 Před 26 dny

    Watching this while eating delicious Honey Roasted peanuts from Nuts4Nuts! 😍🤤

  • @68hoffman
    @68hoffman Před 3 měsíci +5

    i dig it ..i'd like to buy that in the midwest :)

    • @yb4671
      @yb4671 Před 3 měsíci +1

      You could smell them from at least a half a block away. And NYC blocks are long!😃 They are delicious!😊

  • @thecastncatchcrew
    @thecastncatchcrew Před 3 měsíci

    Hell yeah

  • @arttledsoulfindspeace
    @arttledsoulfindspeace Před 10 dny

    I have a severe allergy to nuts and yet I was so fascinated by this lmao

  • @richieb3356
    @richieb3356 Před měsícem

    Remember seeing these carts all over the city when I was a kid in the 90s

  • @cinhh
    @cinhh Před 3 měsíci +4

    I can still hear people talk. Crank up that BUSSIN MUSIC SOUNDS!!!

  • @Ms.ZachiaJohnson-Moses1992
    @Ms.ZachiaJohnson-Moses1992 Před 3 měsíci

    Looks yummy! At least we know where it's coming from.

  • @michaelnguyen823
    @michaelnguyen823 Před 2 měsíci

    Clever marketing! I'm now going to peruse the website to get some of those tasty nuts.

  • @CulturedWhiteBoy
    @CulturedWhiteBoy Před 2 měsíci

    I love the assimilation.

  • @shenyantheawesomewit
    @shenyantheawesomewit Před 3 měsíci +7

    Always get 2 bags of cashews for $5. Get one for that day, and then save the other bag for tomorrow when the sugar gets even crustier and crunchier mmmmm hmm.

  • @sukimala
    @sukimala Před 2 měsíci

    i looovveee nuts 4 nuts .. i’m always in stew leonard’s buying them all up 🤣

  • @sisterCHRISTchefinbridgette
    @sisterCHRISTchefinbridgette Před 2 měsíci

    I use to live in nyc and also would visit. I always got 2 to 3 bags of those sweet delicious hot Peanuts. Especially on a cold night catching the train. I miss the pizza,hotdogs, peanuts and bagels. Love you New york.

  • @PradeepRaajkumar1981
    @PradeepRaajkumar1981 Před měsícem

    They used to have it in Melbourne, Australia 2016 .. City Streets...

  • @PAVEL--JAKL
    @PAVEL--JAKL Před 3 měsíci +4

    No place like NYC I used to live there I miss the city..

  • @aniruddhpatel9384
    @aniruddhpatel9384 Před 2 měsíci

    Awesome

  • @farsadsiddiqui9341
    @farsadsiddiqui9341 Před 2 měsíci

    hands down best of part nyc

  • @maunyc79
    @maunyc79 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I love Nuts 4 Nuts. I love the smell too!!!

  • @greyson042290
    @greyson042290 Před měsícem

    nothing beats the Pinoy MANI, or Street Peanuts that's FRIED, with lots of GARLIC CHIPS, Crispy CHILI FLAKES, slightly salted but most of all, the important MAGIC ADDITIVES are TONS OF MSG

  • @noneoftheabove666
    @noneoftheabove666 Před 3 měsíci

    I could smell this video!!

  • @ranjanbiswas3233
    @ranjanbiswas3233 Před měsícem

    There are a load of variety of food carts in NYC with so many various ethnic foods and there they are, selling roasted nuts which is basically snacks. Usually people get tired of doing same things within 5 years. They kept on improving on for 30 years with the same passion every single day. This is old school entrepreneur mentality and a lost art.

  • @onemightymill
    @onemightymill Před 2 měsíci +1

    Nuts4Nuts is truly Iconic!! We can only hope our stone-milled bread and bagels become equally iconic some day 🤞🤞🤞

  • @holycowtube
    @holycowtube Před 2 měsíci

    Every time I visit family in NY I stop by those carts.

  • @skmuzammilzeeshan6173
    @skmuzammilzeeshan6173 Před 3 měsíci

    It's crazy isn't it, to see how people are still going nuts for nuts.😅
    😉

  • @kaydubvlogz
    @kaydubvlogz Před 12 dny

    I wish they could ship these to Canada

  • @sonytv3824
    @sonytv3824 Před měsícem

    so essentially this crack the code of how to be happy. what a personality....

  • @jm4020
    @jm4020 Před 2 měsíci

    I got some of these in January on our way back to our hotel. The smell stopped me mid step. lol

  • @BucksCorner101
    @BucksCorner101 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Any time I walk the streets of NYC for work, I make sure I have at least 25$ cash on me. 20 for a couple of bags of nuts and 5 bucks for the cart attendendant.

  • @craighoover1495
    @craighoover1495 Před 3 měsíci

    I bet the smell alone is fattening and irresistible! As a child traveling in, I think it was London with my parents, a street vendor was roasting chestnuts and the smell was absolutely incredible as were the nuts themselves. I have not been able to reproduce it.

  • @erdnasiul87
    @erdnasiul87 Před 3 měsíci

    It's crazy to think this was the go to snack for romans 2000 years ago

  • @mwong8772
    @mwong8772 Před 3 měsíci

    Fj cruiser 😍

  • @D3adToraX
    @D3adToraX Před 3 měsíci +1

    What is the name of the song at 2:30 ?

    • @shubham_marathe
      @shubham_marathe Před 3 měsíci +2

      Seemed similar to Freak by the Surf Curse

    • @D3adToraX
      @D3adToraX Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@shubham_marathe Thank you! it sounded like DIIV

  • @essecanalnaoexiste4
    @essecanalnaoexiste4 Před 3 měsíci

    Rapa, isso parece feijão tropeiro.

  • @coop6951
    @coop6951 Před 27 dny

    Coolest Video on this channel so far.

  • @jmmichael188
    @jmmichael188 Před 21 hodinou

    I also tell people I made my name on the streets, too.

  • @catedoge3206
    @catedoge3206 Před 2 měsíci

    Yuhhh!!!

  • @LonelyOasis3132
    @LonelyOasis3132 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Came here to see some "DeezNuts" jokes and very disappointed to find none

  • @skizztrizz4453
    @skizztrizz4453 Před 3 měsíci

    That smell is like the old cartoons that captivate your senses and it's over. 😂

  • @user-fv5yo5fi5c
    @user-fv5yo5fi5c Před 2 měsíci

    I can't believe they sell a bag of nuts for just 2 bucks. That's crazy and an absolute bargain. They look so tasty too. I miss going to NYC, it's still the most vibrant city on earth.

    • @reckless110
      @reckless110 Před 2 měsíci

      They used to be $1 when I was in high school, I used to get them all the time after school (2004-2008), it went up, but 2 bucks is still a good price.

    • @user-fv5yo5fi5c
      @user-fv5yo5fi5c Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@reckless110 especially in NYC. Everything is expensive there. Great city but bring your Gold card. Lol

  • @Democracy-is-non-negotiable
    @Democracy-is-non-negotiable Před 2 měsíci

    He aint lyin.

  • @yosection1703
    @yosection1703 Před 3 měsíci

    imagine trying to rob this guy while he is cooking and just getting a face full of hot nuts XD

  • @user-jm4kc3vh7o
    @user-jm4kc3vh7o Před 2 měsíci

    🔥

  • @PlanespotterJourdan
    @PlanespotterJourdan Před 3 měsíci

    this is a tasty treat but im afraid to ask how much it costs now

    • @thai33oz
      @thai33oz Před 3 měsíci +1

      The same you see in the video. Now I don't think they fill it to the brim like you see in the video. But they are $2 a bag and 3 bags for $5. Just had it last month or 2 months ago.

  • @mikecollins5261
    @mikecollins5261 Před měsícem

    Only $2 a bag? in NYC? 3 for $5? You could easily raise that to $3 ea and 2 for $5 and no one would notice. He had these prices 5 years ago. You can't tell me costs have not gone up for him. But good for him on being so successful.

    • @RFSpartan
      @RFSpartan Před měsícem

      Why raise it? Hes not a greedy bastard like you perhaps

  • @gloriacastro4565
    @gloriacastro4565 Před 3 měsíci

    Those nuts are delish!😊

  • @chocoballs530
    @chocoballs530 Před 3 měsíci

    Prof Snape's Nuts

  • @spamham1976
    @spamham1976 Před 2 měsíci

    Where do they go if they have to use the restroom?

  • @meatpockets
    @meatpockets Před 2 měsíci +1

    Holy crap that’s a lot of sugar 1:28

  • @betacross3675
    @betacross3675 Před 2 měsíci

    My uric acid definitely wont agree but I love peanuts.

  • @nertervern
    @nertervern Před 3 měsíci

    New York City staple.

  • @gproject-5783
    @gproject-5783 Před 3 měsíci

    For me cashews from nuts 4 nuts is the best

  • @ns2304
    @ns2304 Před 10 dny

    I swear Eater or another channel covered him before. Is this a reupload

  • @flow10ng
    @flow10ng Před 2 měsíci +1

    Is that sugar? That's a whole lotta sugar

    • @akanta5746
      @akanta5746 Před 2 měsíci +1

      yeah that's why they taste so good

  • @brisckets
    @brisckets Před 2 měsíci

    Similar to Filipino street food fried nuts.

  • @meltycloudy7660
    @meltycloudy7660 Před 3 měsíci

    Tfw binge eating a few bags of these and tearing open the roof of your mouth

  • @brooklyn9398
    @brooklyn9398 Před 3 měsíci

    Clean in there.

  • @Renbits
    @Renbits Před 2 měsíci

    argentinans really have a way with words

    • @516Mel
      @516Mel Před měsícem

      He’s Chilean

  • @Reconseal4050
    @Reconseal4050 Před 2 měsíci +3

    THose nuts are good but sometimes some carts will get greedy and charge you $3 or $4 just for a bag of nuts. Like cmon....

  • @manikanthgoud9411
    @manikanthgoud9411 Před měsícem

    They say it's honey but I see them putting sugar? what does it taste like?

  • @shaik3646
    @shaik3646 Před 2 měsíci

    People with nut allergy should have hard time 😂😂😂

  • @Hoozpoppin
    @Hoozpoppin Před 2 měsíci

    Get those goober peas.

  • @lih-fk8by
    @lih-fk8by Před 3 měsíci +2

    False advertising, there is not a drop of honey on those nuts, some lawyer should turn this into a class action

  • @Moongod2500
    @Moongod2500 Před 2 měsíci

    Wish they made some spicy nuts

  • @YouTubetail
    @YouTubetail Před 3 měsíci

    👍🏼

  • @Novilicious
    @Novilicious Před 3 měsíci

    Peanuts 🥜 are actually legumes. But these delicious legumes 🫘 put some real nuts 🌰 to shame😊