Legislative speed bumps keep Chicago food vendors parked

Legislative speed bumps keep Chicago food vendors parked
Currently, Chicago street vendors are forbidden from any food preparation on the move. Flickr/Eric Allix Rogers
Legislative speed bumps keep Chicago food vendors parked
Currently, Chicago street vendors are forbidden from any food preparation on the move. Flickr/Eric Allix Rogers

Legislative speed bumps keep Chicago food vendors parked

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The city of Chicago makes life difficult for those who want to sell food on the move—that’s no secret. But one group argued Chicago has among the worst mobile food vending laws in the country - quite a distinction! And it was not just established or wannabe food trucks feeling the pinch; individual street vendors- selling anything from tamales to fruit salad- often found themselves on the wrong side of the law.

To find out more Eight Forty-Eight was joined by Beth Milnikel, director of The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship; she heads the grassroots campaign My Streets! My Eats!, which advocates for reform of the restrictions placed on Chicago’s mobile chefs.