There isn't any significant street food culture where I live and certainly not in my suburb. But I have in past lived in at least 2 cities with awesome street food options. Tell your present/past experiences with street food.
...many years ago, there was a guy on the north side of Chicago with a pushcart who sold hot dogs, Chicago style, for .25 cents...if you asked for the "works" you got the wiener on a steamed poppy seed bun with mustard, relish, chopped onions, cucumbers, tomato and a dollop of celery salt. Those days are gone.
I'm told that today, at Wrigley Field, for instance, a plain hot dog on a bun will set you back $6.50...that is abominable...
I don't know how there used to be a guy on the North Side who had a hot dog cart, since the law allowing food carts in Chicago only passed in September of last year.
Earth without art is just "eh."
I lived in the Chicago area, and went into the city all the time. There weren't any food carts; it wasn't legal. Perhaps you are thinking of the suburbs, where carts were legal.
I have a colostomy; there's no place in my rear to stuff anything. But thank you for your kind, kind words.
Earth without art is just "eh."
So all this makes me feel that to find street food culture, one needs to visit small towns!
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...how does it feel to be wrong? And with a colostomy to boot? I grew up in Logan Square and there were food carts everywhere. One such was called the dogwagon on the corner Avers and Diversey that moved about near the Chicago park at that location. That is where I used to buy those delicious Chicago style hot dogs...I have never lived in the Chicago suburbs...also, bought ice cones from a vendor near Independence Park.
shareFood carts only became legal in Chicago in September, 2015. That I am not wrong about:
https://www.thrillist.com/eat/chicago/food-carts-are-finally-legal-in-chicago
I don't know why you are being so nasty. I made a legitimate point, and instead of addressing it, you chose to attack me personally. I don't understand why. There were many things you could have said--that the law may have changed, or that the carts were not operating legally (and there have been illegal food carts in operation)--but you chose the low road instead. Does that really make you feel good?
Earth without art is just "eh."
...please...do not use that "colostomy" thingy anymore to try and gain some kind of sympathy. Food carts became a political football because of licensing. They were NOT illegal until the licensing laws went into effect. In the '50's and 60's, they were everywhere. Licensing fees put virtually all of them out of business...until as you say, 2015. But the past is just that...try and live with it. Me being nasty? You should take a long hard look in the mirror...
shareSo all this makes me feel that to find street food culture, one needs to visit small towns! Quite the opposite. You'll find great restaurants and cafes in small towns for sure but a higher concentration of street food is usually in the city where there's more foot traffic and a premium on quick and easy.
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