Category: Food Truck

10 Things to Do This Weekend: Aug. 8-11  WTTW News

A huge South Side parade, food festivals, acrobatic felines and natural wines usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago.

Taste of Chicago 2019 food menu  Chicago Sun-Times

When it comes to the food, you’ll have 82 eateries from which to choose.

Want to dramatically improve Chicago’s entrepreneurial climate? Scrap the food-truck restrictions  Crain’s Chicago Business

When powerful interests saw the food-truck trend coming to Chicago, they lobbied for laws to hobble their would-be competitors. Mayor Lightfoot has a chance to …

Chicago Food Truck Festival @ South Loop Green Space  thirdcoastreview.com

WHAT: Chicago Food Truck Festival is ready for its 6th annual Gourmet Food Truck Festival. SO WHAT: Join the Chicago Food Truck Festival as they gather up …

Weekend festival celebrates food trucks in Chicago  WGN TV Chicago

CHICAGO — It was a food truck foodie paradise Saturday at the Chicago Food Truck festival. Fifty food trucks serving everything from BBQ to vegan to desserts …

Aurora making space for food trucks downtown  Chicago Daily Herald

Aurora encourages food trucks downtown, by setting aside spaces.

Food Truck Warrior Ponders Next Step in Battle With Chicago  The Wall Street Journal

CHICAGO— Laura Pekarik isn’t sure she has the stomach to continue her long-running, and so far losing, battle with this city’s tough policies on food trucks.

Supreme Court upholds controversial Chicago food truck restrictions  Illinois Policy

The Illinois Supreme Court sided with the city of Chicago following a yearslong court battle over some of the nation’s toughest food truck restrictions.

Chicago’s food truck restrictions can stand, Illinois Supreme Court rules  Chicago Tribune

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Chicago’s food truck regulations are constitutional and that the city can protect restaurants from their wheeled …

Antique Taco’s ‘Wheel Wednesday’ Food Truck Nights Are Back, Bigger And Now Every Week  Block Club Chicago

BRIDGEPORT — The second year of Antique Taco’s Wednesday night food truck series will be bigger — and twice as frequent — as last year’s, the restaurant’s …

Tour Politan Row, Chicago’s newest food hall now open in West Loop  Eater Chicago

Chicagoans touring Politan Row, the food hall that opened this morning in the West Loop, may see some familiar faces and taste familiar flavors as they peruse …

Food Truck Case Goes to Illinois Supreme Court  The Chicago Maroon

In the coming months, the Illinois Supreme Court will decide whether current restrictions on the operation of food trucks in Chicago are constitutional. Last week …

Food Trucks ‘Are No Longer a Novelty,’ but They Are Adapting  The New York Times

Enticing hungry customers and luring celebrity backers, food trucks have been quickly expanding nationwide for the last decade. But in pioneering cities like …

Will The Illinois Supreme Court Free Chicago’s Food Trucks?  Forbes

Since passing strict food truck regulations at the bidding of restaurants, Chicago has seen half of its trucks shot down. An Illinois Supreme Court decision will …

Food Trucks Are Illegal on 97 Percent of Chicago Downtown Business District Curbs. The Court Could Fix That.  Reason

City regulations have driven nearly 50 percent of licensed food trucks out of business, but Courageous Cupcakes is fighting back.