Chicago Food Truck Festival, held on July 20-21 in the South Loop, showcased a variety of food trucks and vendors, attracting locals and visitors alike (Photo Credit: Facebook).
By Ethan Davis
Season 11 of the Chicago Food Truck Festival occurred on July 20 and 21 in the South Loop, right outside McCormick Place. The name for this season was the ‘Summer of Daisy.’
The festival featured food trucks and food tent vendors from all over the city.
Chicago classics like Harold’s and Uncle Remus were present. Lines stretched from the middle of the street to the sidewalk for other favorites like El Campeón, Bill’s Grill and I Love Grill & Lemonade. Big corporations, including T-Mobile and Sunny D Vodka Seltzer, also had set-ups.
Shaquala Summeries attended the Chicago Food Truck Festival with her friend, Kyla Jefferies. They first attended the festival last year. Summeries lives near McCormick Place and was excited about the event being in her backyard.
‘This has become our summer tradition,” said Summeries.
(Photo Credit: Ethan Davis).
The festival was free to attend. No seating was provided, so attendees were encouraged to bring lawn chairs to sit, eat and mingle. Friends, families, young and old, all congregated for the festivities.
The Chicago Food Truck Festival wasn’t the only event in the area.
The Nike Girls EYBL National Finals and the Oddities and Curiosities Fair were also occurring. Attendees Bryce Papke and Dottie Blanchard attended the latter before answering the call of their appetites.
“We went ahead, and we were at the edge of it [Oddities and Curiosities Fair at McCormick Place],” said Papke. “We looked down and saw all these food trucks. We were like, ‘Oh, we got to go ahead and check this out.'”
What they saw were many people trying new foods, learning about new businesses, and making new memories. As the Chicago Food Truck Festival comes to a close along with another summer, Season 12 can’t come any sooner.
“I think it’s always good when we all can come together as a community,” said Summeries. “And also invite other ethnicities, races and backgrounds to come and sample some of our food and the things that we like.”
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