There are some signs that summer has truly arrived: restaurant patios open, sun dresses flood the streets, construction projects and/or tourists double your commute time, and food truck events galore! This batch of events will be christening our summer!
Thursday May 17 Food Trucks a Go Go @ 694 Wine & Spirits, 6-9 p.m.Address: 694 N. Milwaukee Ave.
- Beaver’s Donuts & Coffee
- The Slide Ride
- Haute Sausage
- Duck N Roll
Thursday May 17 Ethyl’s Food Truck Thursdays
Address: 324 S. Racine St UPDATE: We just heard that this event has been permanently cancelled. via @ducknrolltruck 5/24/12
- Tamale Foodie
- ChiTown Tamale
- Chicago Schnitzel King
- Steachwch
- Sweet Ride
- Wagyu Wagon
- Getta Polpetta
Pros: Spacious area to walk around, lots of outdoor seating, parking, more trucks, event repeats weekly with different trucks
Cons: No booze
Saturday May 19 Mash Tun at Maria’s Bar in Bridgeport, 1-5PM
Address: 1200 W. 35th Street
- La Adelita Truck
- Samich Box
- More trucks to be announced
- Pros: Lots of parking, unlimited helping to 30 craft brews, close to public transit, live DJ
- Cons: $40 tickets (though it does come with lots of beer so…)
Saturdays May 19 &26 Maria’s Bar in Bridgeport 6-9 p.m. (update: this event added 5.16 at 8:55 p.m.)
Address: 1200 W. 35th Street
- May 19, 6-9 p.m.
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- SamichBox
- Cupcakes for Courage
- Zullos
- Don Rafa
- Bridgeport Pasty
- May 26, 6-9 p.m.
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- Meatloaf a Go Go
- Steakwich
- Tamale Spaceship
- Flirty Cupcakes
Friday June 1 Kegs for Kidney’s at Fischman’s Liquors, 6-10 p.m.
Address: 4780 North Milwaukee Avenue
- Trucks in attendance TBA
Pros: Tasting of 17 craft beers (and maybe all you want of them?), parking, all proceeds go to the National Kidney Foundation, UFC fights, trivia, live music
Cons: $35 ticket ($40 at the door)- then again, it goes to charity…
Wednesday June 6 Rock for Kids Food Truck Social, 5:30-8 p.m.
Address: 1540 N. Fremont (across from Joe’s on Weed St.)
- Duck N Roll
- La Adelita Truck
- Weiner Wagon (Chubby Wiener’s truck!)
- Starfruit Cafe
- Wagyu Wagon
Pros: 15% of sales will go to Rock for Kids, near a lot of public transit, parking nearby, lots of room to mozy and socialize (we think)
Cons: No booze
Wednesday June 20th Waggin Wednesday’s
- Food truck lineup TBD
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- Pros: Continues weekly through September 26 with different trucks every week, extremely dog friendly, cheap booze (proceeds go to a different dog charity every week), parking
- Cons: Limited outdoor seating, not too close to public transit
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