{"id":57676,"date":"2017-05-04T15:47:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=57676"},"modified":"2017-05-04T15:47:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:47:15","slug":"food-truck-festival-fueling-local-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/food-truck-festival-fueling-local-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Truck Festival: fueling local small businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Stephanie Rothman<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The Chicago Food Truck Festival is back! Serving lunch to hungry customers, small business food trucks do more than fill people&#8217;s bellies&#8230; they&#8217;re fueling the local economy.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Chicago&#8217;s Small Business Center hosts the festival, celebrating the wide array of small business food trucks in the Chicago area. The festival at Daley Center hosts 13 trucks cooking up a variety of cuisines from grilled cheese to fried chicken. The earnings from the festival boosts the local economy.<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"Food Truck Festival: fueling local small businesses\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/216069317?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The festival will run through through October downtown in the heart of the loop. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Customers walk around Daley Center as they decide on their lunch choice during the 2017 Chicago Food Truck Festival.\">Photo at top: Customers walk around Daley Center as they decide on their lunch choice during the 2017 Chicago Food Truck Festival. (Rothman\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Stephanie Rothman The Chicago Food Truck Festival is back! 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