NEW BRUNSWICK -- The RU Hungry? grease truck -- the iconic, self-proclaimed "home of the original Fat Sandwich" -- can no longer operate on the Rutgers University campus.

RU Hungry? was forced to remove the food truck after the university declined to renew its operating license near the Alexander Library at the corner of College Avenue and Senior Street, Rutgers officials said. The license expired on Dec. 31.

RU Hungry has a brick and mortar eatery in the area that the university has dubbed "The Yard" at the corner of Hamilton Street and College Avenue.

Jeffrey Tolvin, a spokesman for the university, told NJ Advance Media in an email that RU Hungry's truck did not meet several of the college's food truck regulations.

Trucks, he said, cannot be longer than 26 feet, have trailers, or be parked on city streets, all of which he said the vendor did not meet.

The university established new criteria for food trucks after RU Hungry? was forced from another location on campus several years ago near the bus stop on College Avenue across from Scott Hall -- a bustling area where the Yard @ College Ave now stands.

"The RU Hungry truck was positioned on a trailer, and it far exceeded 26 feet," Tolvin said. "We allowed the truck to be located on Senior Street as that spot was sufficient to accommodate the additional length. Once the Yard opened, and new food offerings came to that area, we removed the Senior Street location for outside food trucks."

Tolvin said the owner of the truck, Ayman Elnaggar, "had been told this would occur from the beginning of the process."

Elnaggar could not be reached for comment, but according to a report by the Daily Targum, he is attempting to find another spot for his truck off college grounds by the spring.

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