TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Beth Kregor explains Chicago’s ridiculous food truck laws:

I do agree with Mr. Keefer on his article’s title: Chicago deserves better rules on food trucks. Far from granting mobile food vendors an unfair advantage, Chicago’s street food laws are the worst of any major city: outlawing preparation of food to order, operation before 10 a.m. or after 10 p.m., service within 200 feet of a restaurant and parking longer than two hours.

Must be nice to run a restaurant in Chicago, since you have an entire city destroying any potential competition for you.

Food trucks are doing some of the most original, creative and exciting cooking right now in Los Angeles (especially Los Angeles), San Francisco and New York. Shame that Chicago doesn’t want to have anything to do with it.