E. Leaven Food Company launches a food truck next week with freebies on Monday and Tuesday. more ›

Fried chicken and bacon waffles? Sounds worth a trip to us. more ›

If you care about cooking on food trucks, you can lend your voice to Let Them Cook. more ›

As the weather today reminds us, summer is coming to an end. At the beginning of each summer, we make a list (in our case, a mental one, but we're willing to accept that some are more organized) of all the fabulous thing we want to do and eat before the summer ends. And then, suddenly, it's September and summer is just about over. If we try hard, there are a few more weeks of decent weather left for us to pack in the fun - and pack on the pounds. This is our checklist, our "bucket list" of summer food activities left to do. more ›

Food truck enthusiasts find themselves in good company these days. If you count yourself among them, check out this petition to allow food trucks to cook on-board after you finish that empanada. more ›

Our constant complaint about food trucks: They never come to us! Of course, we live and work in strange, far-flung neighborhoods, so this isn't really a complaint that they should feel obliged to do anything about. However! The Southern Mac and Cheese truck is going to make it a little easier to predictably get that gooey goodness - they're opening up a storefront. Yes. It's mindblowing - from restaurant to truck based on a restaurant to restaurant based on a truck based on a restaurant. Whew. more ›

Some of the best mobile eateries and stationary chefs in the city will convene in Noble Square on Aug. 27. more ›

Track the trucks over at Ethyl's Beer and Wine Dive for Truckin' Thursdays, where people gather to enjoy some grub with pups at a pub. more ›

The Meatyballs Mobile food truck is riding around town today with a special deal for free truffle chips and a drink for BBE subscribers. more ›

For one day only (until they decide to do it again) Chef Cleetus Friedman of City Provisions will be riding along with Philip Foss on the Meatyballs Mobile! That sounds like a synopsis for a bad road trip movie, but it should be a great collaboration. Friedman, who is one of our favorite meat cooks in town, has created something really special for today's ride: a meatball that's a combination of lamb and pork served with a coconut milk masala and fresh mint tzatziki sauce. more ›

Brisket, pulled pork and chicken may sounds like a standard BBQ menu, but new food truck Brown Bag Lunch Truck brings new flavors to traditional favorites using special slaws and spices to create a new breed of BBQ sandwiches. more ›

This morning, a new food truck locator for Chicago launched its way onto the web. But it's neither a new mobile app nor a simple Twitter aggregator. Food Truck Freak helps you follow 18 of your favorite food trucks using one simple website. Even better, it helps you plan for the future, rather than waking up in the morning and realizing that a cupcake truck happens to be parked outside of your office. more ›

Hannibal Buress comes home for a long residency at Zanie's. Also, Native Son at the Portage and Food Truck Thursdays at the new Ethyl's Beer & Wine Dive. more ›

A new food truck, created by Chef/Owner Nina Rodriguez, will launch today at Food Truck Tuesdays. The truck, called "The Slide Ride" will serve a menu entirely made up of sliders, those miniature sandwiches made famous by White Castle and made fancy by a million gastropub menus. more ›

On the heels of Chicago's Food Truck Tuesdays comes Evanston's first Food Truck Meetup, on Sunday, June 26th. If you don't live near a food truck route (or can't be bothered to track them on twitter) it often feels like you are totally left out of this growing trend. Especially if you live in the suburbs, food trucks aren't coming your way very often. If you're a north-sider or an Evanstonian and want a taste of the Hummingbird Kitchen, Flirty Cupcakes or 5411 Empanada trucks, this is the moment for you. more ›

According to the recent food truck story from the Sun-Times, 44th ward Alderman Tom Tunney has some specific concerns over the possibility of food trucks coming too close to established brick-and-mortar restaurants. Rightfully so - City Hall reporter Fran Spielman called him the "restaurant-owning Alderman," which is confirmed by financial disclosure forms Tunney filed with the City Clerk. Is that enough to establish a conflict of interest, as defined by the city's Board of Ethics? Or is the money he's been paid by the city for catering enough to do it? more ›

Lick Lick, a new food "truck" (more of a cart) for dogs, has hit the streets. We can't tell if this is the moment that food trucks jump the shark or if dog owners everywhere will converge on the new venture. Now, while you're waiting for your mac and cheese or your designer cupcake, you can buy food for your pampered pooch. Lick Lick offers "preservative free gourmet dog treats" and "artisanal ice cream." more ›

Alderman Tom Tunney (owner of Ann Sather's) is objecting to the new proposal to legalize and regulate food trucks. more ›

The Northwest corner of North and Halsted becomes a food truck mecca every Tuesday this month. more ›

On Friday, we took on Da Mare's impact on the city's music and arts - today, it's time to turn to restaurants. How has the mayor's tenure affected the city's food scene? As with most of the mayor's legacy, it's a mixed bag: genuine improvements and admirable goals mixed with inefficiency, graft and lost opportunities. more ›

We hear about a lot of "summit meetings" in the news - they usually involve world leaders, lots of bowing and attempts to avoid armageddon. Luckily, next week, Chicago will host a much more productive and entertaining summit - a Food Truck Summit. To celebrate her new book, "Food Trucks: Dispatches and Recipes from the Best Kitchens on Wheels," Heather Shouse (Senior Food and Drink Correspondant for Time Out Chicago) is hosting a meeting of the food trucks of Chicago. Do you live in a far-flung neighborhood? Or do you just find it exhausting to track food trucks on twitter? Now is your chance to try all of them in one place. more ›

Tracking down food trucks can be cumbersome; you have to know what trucks are out there and follow all of their twitter accounts. If you miss the truck you want, you have to start the whole search process over again. Well guess what, Chicago, you no longer need to do the Twitter/Facebook hunt—there’s an app for that. TruxMap, founded in L.A., offers a free, centralized way to “track all food trucks in the city in real-time, using our Web interface, Twitter feeds and iPhone GPS coordinates,” says co-creator and lead developer Ivan Pardo. Still in its initial phases, the app is in the process of collecting data to provide accurate updates on location stops and times. more ›

Chicago's local food community was buzzing with excitement in early February when then-candidate Rahm Emanuel announced the food policies for his potential administration. Now that he has taken the mayor's office, it's time to revisit those policy statements and see what is in store for Chicago's urban food scene under the new Emanuel administration. If he is able to enact his plans, we could see a dramatic transformation; a city where food trucks are legal, produce is sold directly to consumers, urban agriculture is promoted, and food deserts are eliminated. more ›

“Hi there! Come on over! I swear it’s good... it’s like crack, it’ll keep you coming back!” says truck owner Jim Lasky as he ushers over pedestrians to the mobile kitchen embossed with their logo of a skillet atop oozing cheese. His calls are almost unnecessary on day of Chicagoist's visit, as the crowd forms quickly and most of the dishes are gone within half an hour. Launched last week, The Southern Mac & Cheese food truck caters to the lunch crowds that are fans of their southern-style hearty mac and cheese. more ›

We're finally getting some diversity in our food trucks. Tamalli Space Charros will be rolling into an as-yet undisclosed location in a few minutes, but they do promise to be near public transportation, serving up their blend of tamales, guacamole and stridentist performance art. more ›

Even with most food trucks in their winter hibernation, it doesn’t stop shopkeepers from turning up the heat on both food trucks and guerrilla marketers on wheels, calling again for stricter rules and regulations on all of their operations. more ›

Food trucks throughout Chicago have thousands of followers, and the number of fans on facebook are growing every day. Newspapers and magazines alike can’t stop raving about these new “foodie” destinations. And we are delighted with Chicago food trucks’ new food offerings. Is this a unanimous chorus of welcomes for food trucks? Not quite yet. more ›

As we reported earlier, BOKA's Giuseppe Tentori (and of the upcoming GT Fish & Oyster) is feeding River North two classic New England delicacies, lobster rolls and clam chowder, this afternoon from the window of the Gaztro-Wagon. Twelve bucks (plus tax) gets you the aforementioned and, hey!, a delightful sugar cookie for dessert. (Thanks, Twitter!) (Ed. Note - The entire stock was sold out by 12:30 - AT.) more ›

Want to get a sneak peek at GT Fish & Oyster, the new restaurant BOKA's Giuseppe Tentori is planning for the former Tizi Mellou space? If you're near Grand and Wells at 11:30 today, you'll get a chance. more ›

It’s mid-afternoon and you’re looking for a sugar fix. Your best bet? Check Twitter to see if Flirty Cupcakes on Wheels is parked near you. With regular weekday stops around the city, there’s a good chance they’re within walking range. more ›