It’s summer 2011 and Chicago food trucks are revving up

As Chicago inches closer to a bill that would making cooking on trucks legal, the line of food trucks hitting the road keeps getting longer.  And now, you might be able to find them in a parking lot near you.

Twice a week, the mobile meal community gathers near welcoming businesses with hungry employees.  On Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., a handful of food trucks park on the northwest corner of Halsted Street and North Avenue.  On Thursdays, the trucks convene from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the parking lot of Ethyl’s Beer & Wine Dive, 324 S. Racine Ave.

Ethyl’s Beer & Wine Dive’s hosted the food trucks for the second time Thursday. Vendors included 5411 Empanadas, Fido to Go!, Taquero Fusion, The Slide Ride and Gaztro-Wagon.

Food Truck Thursdays on PhotoPeach

Follow the Twitter, Follow the Truck

The surge of food trucks in Chicago couldn’t have happened without the advent of social media. Follow a food truck on Twitter to find out where to score your lunch on wheels.

Food truck aggregator:
http://twitter.com/#!/chicagofoodtrux

5411 Empanadas
http://twitter.com/#!/5411empanadas
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Bergstein’s NY Deli
http://twitter.com/#!/BergsteinsNY
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Brown Bag Lunch Truck
http://twitter.com/#!/brownbagtruck
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Bun Pow Buns
http://twitter.com/#!/bunpowbuns

Fido to Go!
http://twitter.com/#!/fidotogo
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Flirty Cupcakes On Wheels
http://twitter.com/#!/flirtycupcakes
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Gaztro-Wagon
http://twitter.com/#!/wherezthewagon
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Happy Bodega
http://www.happybodega.com/menu.html

Haute Sausage
http://twitter.com/#!/hautesausage
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Hummingbird Kitchen
http://twitter.com/#!/hummingbirdtogo
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Meaty Balls Mobile
http://twitter.com/#!/fossfoodtrucks
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More Mobile
http://twitter.com/#!/themoremobile

Simple Sandwich
http://twitter.com/#!/simplechicago
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The Slide Ride
https://twitter.com/#!/theslideride

The Southern Mac & Cheese Truck
http://twitter.com/#!/thesouthernmac
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Ste. Martaen (vegan)
http://twitter.com/#!/stemartaen
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Sweet Miss Givings
http://twitter.com/#!/SMGbakery
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Tamalespaceship
https://twitter.com/#!/tamalespaceship

Taquero Fusion
http://twitter.com/#!/taquerofusion
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Tipping Da Cow
http://twitter.com/#!/TippingDaCow

Wagyu Wagon
http://twitter.com/#!/thewagyuwagon
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• http://www.foodtruckcorner.com FoodTruckCorner

  Don’t forget to add @foodtruckcorner to your list. We’re trying to make things easier for Chicagoans to find their favorite food trucks by mapping out all the tweets in one place.