Laura Pekarik says her lime green food truck was pretty much driven out of downtown Chicago
June 9, 2019 7:00 a.m. ET
CHICAGO—Laura Pekarik isn’t sure she has the stomach to continue her long-running, and so far losing, battle with this city’s tough policies on food trucks. Seven years ago, food trucks were seen as the next big thing in a city known for culinary innovation. But new city rules in 2012 that forbid the trucks from operating within 200 feet of any bricks-and-mortar food business eliminated the trucks from large swaths of the city.
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