The city passed a law last year enabling more food trucks to operate on the streets. The licensing requirements are daunting, but some enterprises have met the challenge. The new food trucks are beginning to appear.
Conventional restaurants naturally resisted this development, claiming that the trucks, having unfair advantages, would sap their trade. The clientele for the two venues is different, though. No one is going to head for a food truck if what they really want is a sit-down meal. The trucks are a boon for office-bound workers or for others looking for a quick meal outside.
This Porkchop truck at Clark and Jackson is relatively new, I believe. “BBQ – Whiskey – Open Late” its lettering proclaims. Food trucks can stay open all night, so I suppose you could hunt up a meal here at 2 a.m.
For more on the food trucks, see Eater Chicago.
Harley says
Yes, I have read that getting the proper permits to operate a food truck is full of red tape. . . . I haven’t seen any trucks yet but will keep my eyes peeled!…………Clark and Jackson—not far from the Italian Village restaurant!
Celia says
I gather the trucks don’t show up in the same spaces everyday. If another vehicle is parked there, the trucks cannot park. Seems a little different than in Streeterville, near Northwestern Hospital, where the same groups of trucks could be found in roughly the same places every day.
I’m eager to try some of the food from the new trucks, aren’t you? I saw a Cuban truck the other day. Yum.