@OkayLazySim I found a Food stall in Grims Quarry.
Travel to the Comunity Lot (See first picture).
Then there is a foodstall on the street (see second picture, Top left Corner you see the Comunity Lot, bottom right Corner on the Street there is a food stall)
...I think it doesn't matter if there is a NAP active or not.
If you have other packs with food stalls you can add your own but yes you have to pay for the vendor as you've mentioned. I do this anyway with Eco Living because I like the appearance of the cute little stalls...but, ewww they sell bugs! I mean, ewww.
So I add the stalls from Discover University as I think they fit in better. I leave the Eco Living stalls there but I add a more palatable option next to them. If Sims wish to eat crickets then who am I to judge but I'll gladly pay the staffing fee so my Sim can grab something without added creepy crawlies! 🦗🥙
I prefer the way that the Seasons/Cat's and Dogs Food Stalls work, for the reason that you've mentioned there. They are randomly placed on open spaces so you don't have to load the lot up to use them. They are just on streets or patches of land.
