Chicago ranks 13th in the U.S. for friendliness to food trucks and is the second-most expensive city in the nation for food truck fees, according to "Food Truck Nation," a comprehensive study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
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.