The street stall business prospered greatly in the Edo period, food (first food) which a seller could immediately offer; such as sushi, soba (noodles made from buckwheat), and tenpura; vendors first opened street stall stores in Edo (later Tokyo).
屋台は江戸時代に大きく繁栄し、江戸（後の東京）では、寿司や蕎麦、天ぷらといったすぐに提供できる食べ物（ファーストフード）が屋台で初めて提供された。