Percy Billings sits inside the Harold’s Chicken food truck, which closed Friday due to a faulty generator. Friday, last day of the Chicago Food Truck Festival at Daley Plaza.
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Percy Billings sits in his Harold’s Chicken food truck on Friday in Daley Plaza, a little discouraged, with the Picasso chasing him.
Your generator malfunctioned; The rain took over.
The fried bird truck is part of the armada of food trucks that offer lunch every Friday in the warmer months in the city’s flagship public square.
Friday, the last day of the season for what the city dubbed its “Food Truck Festival. “
And regulars wanted to know why Harold’s service window was closed, with its bird leaves inactive in the front seats.
“We have no energy. We’re running to get it,” Billings said.
One woman was a little disappointed when a cook from Haire’s Gulf Shrimp, a nearby truck, presented her Louisiana food instead.
“No thanks, Mr. Cajun,” she replied.
The trucks offer an undeniable option to thousands of customers, especially security guards, municipal workers, and state workers who call surrounding buildings home for more than 8 hours a day.
Cynthia McKee queued up at Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken. He said he regularly painted lunch unknowingly, helping enroll veterans for benefits through his work with the state Department of Veterans Affairs. He once served in the military and has a special appreciation. for paintings
On Friday he looked out the window, saw the trucks and remembered that food can be in the middle of the day.
Rain and gusts kept the lines to a minimum, McKee wore Fangs and his ankles were exposed to the elements.
“They’re stuffed,” he said, a measure of indignation in his voice. He answers questions about his fangs in bloodless weather, most commonly from members of his church.
“It’s a smart way for other people to gather outdoors for lunch,” Ken Meyer, commissioner of the Department of Trade Affairs and Consumer Protection, said Friday.
In the square can sound no less than 14 of the more than 80 food trucks in the town.
Six food trucks were making Friday. This is the seventh season of the Food Truck Festival.
Daley Plaza is expected to be replaced in the coming weeks when it begins shaping Christkindl’s annual marketplace, which officially opens on Nov. 18.
Cynthia McKee gets her commission from Uncle Remus on Friday, the last day of the Chicago Food Truck Festival at Daley Plaza.
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Olivia Andrewski, 6, picks up a piece of pizza Friday on the final day of the Chicago Food Truck Festival at Daley Plaza.
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