You may have noticed a thing or two about the Chicago streets lately. I’m not talking about the change from UGGs to flip flops, but something even better. “What could that be?!” says the local. It’s the breakthrough of mobile brilliance: food trucks.
Maybe the ice cream man was onto something, but in the past year we’ve come a long way since the whizzing by of a rocket pop accompanied by an enticing jungle in the summer. Now there is no limit to what’s considered mobile and edible. Cupcakes, meatballs, naanwiches, empanadas, and yes… the mac.
I’m not giving a shout-out to just any food truck. I have my loyalties (namely Flirty Cupcakes and Gaztro-Wagon) but one of them just so happens to be the Southern Mac truck. Besides serving the traditional gouda, this clever splendor dishes up four to five flavors a day of just mac. Sundried tomato and caramelized onion as well as truffle-infused smoked gouda are a few of the daily change-ups sure to visit your office during lunch break soon.
Even better, you don’t have to wait like a patient kid at a lemonade stand for it to come by. Simply follow @thesouthernmac for instant location updates. OR, if you are a true macaronite, tweet at them to show your love. To some it might be sad that I go lengths to plan out my schedule days in advance to be the first in line when it comes to a SouthernMac day, but to others – completely normal. You might be lucky enough (like yours truly) to get a tweet back verifying your loyalty. As my friend Ariel stated one night following, “My God! You’re famous!”
(photo credit The Southern Mac)
Hey Katie! Great blog post..I've still yet to see a food truck around DePaul. You should check out this new restaurant, Cheesies, off the Belmont stop. It's a new grilled cheese place that just opened up and maybe you could blog about it. I just went lat week and it was so great (and cheesy) http://www.cheesieschicago.com/
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