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Food Truck Strip Malls and Open Lots Catering in Chicago

Times are tough and sometimes it seems people only head out to pick up food. Maybe you manage a strip mall where daily visits have decreased significantly, or you've got a business with ample parking space but not a lot of traffic or you sell alcohol but not food and plenty of your customers get hungry. Whatever your needs for traffic are, Best Food Trucks has your back with the best catering for your strip malls!
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Best Catering Expertise

By managing food truck daily life from event booking, to online ordering and catering we have cultivated an intimate relationship with great vendors throughout the country and know exactly which truck(s) will suit your needs, from a small neighborhood party to massive corporate events.

Cities
1900+
Caterings
2,000+
Attendees
300,000+
Cuisines
80+

Food Truck Catering for Neighborhood Events in Chicago:

From summer block parties in Logan Square to Movies in the Park at Maggie Daley, every Chicago neighborhood knows how to celebrate. While you’re busy lining up the alderman’s office for permits or recruiting neighbors for the softball tourney, let Best Food Trucks handle the eats. Our Chicago neighborhood food truck catering service delivers hot, fresh cuisine right to any curb—from the bungalow belt of Portage Park to the lofts of the West Loop—so you can stay focused on the playlist, the raffle table, and making sure the kids don’t turn the fire hydrant back on.

Skip the headache of juggling multiple restaurants, late private chefs, or lukewarm trays. Best Food Trucks brings a roster of beloved Chicago mobile kitchens with verified reviews and proven punctuality. Craving smoky South Side BBQ? We’ll roll up with Soul & Smoke. Need Latin flavors that pop like a Cubs homer onto Waveland Avenue? Book the bright-red La Cocinita Chicago. Want gourmet sandwiches that rival anything on Randolph Street? The Fat Shallot has you covered. Fan of hand-held comfort? Order a dozen varieties from 5411 Empanadas, or bring Little Italy vibes to Pilsen with Sicilian bites from La Comodita.

Our proprietary digital ordering system lets your neighbors place and track their orders right from their phones—no long lines snaking down the block, no arguing over who was next. Whether you need one truck for 50 Hyde Park students or a whole fleet for a Ravenswood street festival, we scale to fit your crowd and budget while keeping the Windy City’s strict street-parking rules in mind.

Make your next Chicago neighborhood event a breeze: book Best Food Trucks, and give every guest—from Andersonville to Beverly—a taste of the city’s best curbside cuisine.

Strip Malls and Open Lots catering

Let your Chicago neighbors skip the line—keep the block party rolling!

Best Food Trucks’ Chicago-built online ordering system lets everyone at your Roscoe Village PorchFest, Bronzeville art walk, or West Town night market order right from their phones. No more lines clogging the sidewalk or missing the 16-inch softball game while waiting for birria or brisket. Guests pick their dish, choose a pickup time, and get a text the instant it’s ready—almost as fast as the Red Line at rush hour. Want a head start? Send a prepaid pre-order link before the barricades go up so neighbors can schedule lunch, dinner, or a late-night bite after the fireworks. Food-truck catering plus mobile ordering is the simplest way to serve hot, local eats at any Chicago neighborhood event without piling extra work on the host.

Strip Malls and Open Lots catering

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Our Food Truck Catering Cuisines

With more than 80 food truck cuisines available, these are just a few of the favorites our clients love:

How We Make Food Truck Catering Easy

Streamlined Requests

With our quick and simple online catering form, you can request food trucks for your next event in a matter of minutes, specifying your guest count, budget and dates.

Choose Your Favorites

After you submit a catering request to us, our team will check availability for you and send over a list of amazing food truck menus to browse through (try not to drool).

Simplified Payments

Once you've decided on which truck you'd like to book, confirming them is as easy as clicking a button. All payments are handled securely on our website for ease of booking.

Pre-Ordering

If your meal time is limited, our staff will work with you to coordinate an online pre-order system where meals are predetermined and handed out hot during service.

Support Team

Our dedicated support team will be with you every step of the way from planning to organizing to grubbing your little heart out. With every event you'll have a dedicated member of our team available in case anything should arise.

Corporate Portal

With customizable features, executives can set up their own account, add a credit card and let their employees order as they want from the food truck or set spending limits.

They talk about us

4.64 (168,959 reviews)

Lynnell H.

12 March 2026

The truck arrived promptly, set up efficiently and began making us wonderful meals. Attendees were pleased and had a great time at our first food truck event.

Lauren T.

10 June 2025

They were amazing!! The food and the service was impeccable. Thank you for making our event a successful one!

Debra L.

11 January 2025

Our guests loved the "Little Italy in the USA. The owner was so nice and the food was delicious!

Emery G.

16 October 2023

Jordan's did a great job for our event. We would recommend them!

Angela A.

5 October 2023

I never heard any complaints about the food. I had the Philly Cheesesteak and it was delicious.

Tracy G.

12 September 2023

Guest Driven BBQ was delicious. We loved it, they were very friendly and professional.

Maddie R.

18 July 2023

The staff were so awesome. They spoke multiple languages, which was incredibly helpful for our attendees. People loved the food!

Alyse K.

24 July 2025

Food was great. Our client loved it and super fast turnaround. Served 50+ people in under 40 mins. I would recommend and I will book again.

Lindsay S.

8 July 2025

Food was AMAZING!! They were friendly and great with all our guests! Food was delicious and everyone at the party was raving about how good it was! Huge success!

Erika W.

12 May 2025

Our team really enjoyed the empanadas. Angel was great to work with and kept me informed the entire time.

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