As food trucks have flourished in other U.S. cities, the mobile food industry in Chicago has been systematically immobilized by legislative opposition, onerous red tape, costly fines, and the pro-restaurant lobby.
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Phillip Foss’s Meatyballs rides again
The El Ideas chef takes his meatball sandwich truck on the road again after two and a half years of fine dining.
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“The Rise and Fall of Meatyballs”
On the wages of food trucking—financial and personal—from Phillip Foss
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This week in Food & Drink
In this week’s Food & Drink: El Ideas, Key Ingredient grass jelly, 12 gastropubs
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At Phillip Foss’s El Ideas, balls to all that
Philip Foss ditches food trucking for fine dining at El Ideas, his tucked-away BYO supper club
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David Posey of Blackbird is challenged to cook with bull’s balls
A dish that makes men weak at the knees.
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This Week in Food & Drink: Best New Restaurants, Key Ingredient: Geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more
Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef’s challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more
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Get Your Banh Mi-Tyballs on Friday
Phillip Foss is inviting civilians onboard his food truck, the Meatyballs Mobile.
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One Bite: Bull’s Testicles on a Bun
Phillip Foss, former chef at Lockwood now running the food truck Meatyballs Mobile, has a new shtick: bull’s ball sandwiches, available today outside the Tribune Tower.
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Two More Food Trucks Launch Today
Happy Bodega and Simple Sandwich join a growing fleet of food trucks upon which absolutely no cooking will be tolerated.
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Phillip Foss hits the road
Former Lockwood chef Phillip Foss launches his food truck, the Meatyballs Mobile
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UPDATE: Foss Family Restaurant Popping Up at Gaztro-Wagon on Sunday
Foss Family Food Trucks pops up at Gaztro-Wagon on Sun 8/15.