34 Food Trucks Apply for Chicago Licenses

By Amy Cavanaugh in Food on Aug 12, 2012 4:00PM

Now that food trucks in Chicago will be able to cook and prepare their food to order for customers, 34 food trucks have applied for licenses. Via NBC Chicago:

“This surge in initial interest is proof positive that our strategy is working - we have created a workable ordinance that is allowing the food truck industry to grow in Chicago,” said Emanuel in a statement.

In the past week, 27 new vendors applied for a mobile food preparer license to allow cooking on the vehicle. Seven applied for the mobile food dispensers license, allowing vendors to make final preparations to pre-cooked or pre-packaged foods on-board.

No existing trucks have made moves to upgrade their license to cook on their trucks, but the city expects many will ultimately do so.

While the legislation limits where and how long trucks can operate, we're excited to see what these new trucks are going to bring to Chicago.