My Streets My Eats is a campaign to advocate for reforming Chicago's restrictive laws regarding mobile food vendors. Currently, Chicago bans mobile food preparation, serving customers before 10am, and stopping within 200 feet of restaurants. The campaign aims to mobilize Chicagoans to urge the City Council to repeal these bans. An ordinance was proposed but no action has been taken. The campaign calls on residents to contact their alderman and join the email list to receive updates on promoting mobile food in Chicago.

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2. Let’s Get Mobile Food Rolling in Chicago!
What can you do?
What is My Streets My Eats?
1. Call your Alderman to say, "Get mobile food rolling all over Chicago!"
My Streets! My Eats! is a grassroots campaign to spread the word about the 2. Call Alderman Mitts (773-745-2894) to say, "It's time to hold a
legal restrictions Chicago places on mobile chefs and to advocate for reform. hearing and reform mobile food laws."
Currently, Chicago’s laws say no to mobile chefs over and over again: 3. Join our email list to receive announcements and updates on mobile
food issues in Chicago.
4. Promote this campaign on your Facebook or Twitter.
NO preparation of food on a truck or cart
5. Visit ij.org/mystreets to watch our video and read our press release
NO serving customers before 10 am and open letter to Chicago Aldermen.
NO stopping within 200 feet of a restaurant.
My Streets! My Eats! aims to mobilize Chicagoans to urge City Council to say
yes to mobile chefs by repealing these restrictions.
What is the status of mobile food legislation in Chicago?
An ordinance that would allow food preparation from mobile food vehicles
was proposed to City Council, but no further action has been taken. Plus,
that proposal doesn’t go far enough. It would still place confusing and anti-
competitive restrictions on mobile food businesses, like requiring them to
stay 100-200 feet away from other food establishments. As the map to the
right shows, that would keep them out of busy business districts, where
customers are likely to be. This would be crippling to mobile food
businesses and prevent you from stopping at a food truck or cart on your
lunch break.
What's the recipe for tasty eats on Chicago streets?
Legislation that:
Allows food prep on mobile food vehicles.
Calls for basic health and safety requirements.
Doesn't prohibit mobile food from competing.
Allows breakfast service before 10 am. The IJ Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of
Chicago Law School is a nonprofit that provides free legal
services, workshops, and legislative advocacy for low-
income entrepreneurs in the Chicago area.
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