According to “Food Truck Nation,” a study released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Chicago ranks 13th in the U.S. for friendliness to food trucks—behind Indianapolis, Raleigh, Nashville, and Saint Louis. Portland is first among the 20 cities analyzed, followed by Denver and Orlando. Bigger cities fall lower in the list, but LA and New York, in eighth and ninth place, still finish well ahead of Chicago.
The full 64-page report includes a page of information for each of the cities included in the study. For Chicago, it observes:
