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It's pretty good, not great and you certainly won't be stuffed with just one. The sausages are about the size of a standard hotdog. They sell 1/2 portions they call shorties - I'd at least get a full sausage plus a shortie (and I'm not a real big eater).

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I guess that leads to the question of why, then, should anyone buy from a food truck aside from novelty?

I had such high hopes for food trucks in Chicago. On paper, the advantages of the food truck should be:

1. Lower fixed costs result in savings passed on to the consumer.
2. Specialized offerings result in higher quality products.

In practice, what I've observed are high prices, small portions, and often inferior quality to the fast food joints one block away. What am I missing?

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I'll admit for me novelty is a big part of it. I've been in the same damn building downtown for years and frankly I'll try anytying new at least once at this point. Luckily there have been new places cropping up pretty frequently as of late.

Plus I hold out hope that one day I'll stumble across something special.

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Lillie's Q now has their truck operating and is currently parking it in a parking lot at 28 N Franklin (west side, bet. Washington and Madison) for the next couple of weeks. Pulled pork or pulled chicken sandwich, choice of a sauce, and choice of slaw or baked beans, $10 including the tax.

Something they got right that is a problem for many trucks: they do not have the meat already on the bun -- the bun is saran-wrapped and the meat comes separately in a plastic tub to assemble yourself (or to ignore the bun entirely if you don't want the bun). This avoids the soggy bread issue that a fair number of food trucks seem to have.

I tried Lillie's Q food truck on Friday and also enjoyed that the meat came separately packaged from the bun. Pulled pork was excellent and the Carolina vinegar sauce complimented the pork well. The bun was just ok, but not sure what else you can really do with it given the current food truck regulations. Cole slaw was decent, better on the sandwich than on its own. Will definitely be back, was the best experience I have had with food truck dining so far.

Had some Iraqi chow last night from the brand new Enemy Kitchen, a food truck staffed by US veterans of the Iraq war.



Food was served on paper reproductions of Saddam Hussein's palace china.



This is part of the Smart Museum's Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art. This food-focused major exhibit is well worth seeing. More information on Enemy Kitchen can be found in this recent Time Out article.

Wow what exactly is that? Looks pretty good - even though I can't say I've ever tried Iraqi food.

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