I saw the truck yesterday on the North west corner of Monroe and Dearborn in front of the plaza at noon.

As the chef/owner of the truck, nobody frequents it more than I do Yes... 11am and be before noon to guarantee a good selection.

I just tried the 'Buff Balls' and found it to be very nice - tender buffalo chicken, celery, blue cheese and a hint of hot sauce. Very nice.

Does the truck only traverse the Loop area, or can those of us on the north side partake without having to make the trek into business man's land?

doschi wrote:Does the truck only traverse the Loop area, or can those of us on the north side partake without having to make the trek into business man's land?

I'm happy to say that thanks to the efforts of our local business group, the Meaty Balls Mobile makes regular visits to the Peterson/Pulaski area; usually on Thursdays. Chef Foss is the only truck vendor that has taken it upon himself to visit neighborhoods that are under served by brick and mortar restaurants and I applaud him for the effort.

stevez wrote:

doschi wrote:Does the truck only traverse the Loop area, or can those of us on the north side partake without having to make the trek into business man's land?

I'm happy to say that thanks to the efforts of our local business group, the Meaty Balls Mobile makes regular visits to the Peterson/Pulaski area; usually on Thursdays. Chef Foss is the only truck vendor that has taken it upon himself to visit neighborhoods that are under served by brick and mortar restaurants and I applaud him for the effort.

Saw that and mentioned it to some friends but the Peterson/Pulaski location hasn't appeared on their schedule for the last 2 weeks. Which corner were they on when they were in the area?

spinynorman99 wrote:

stevez wrote:

doschi wrote:Does the truck only traverse the Loop area, or can those of us on the north side partake without having to make the trek into business man's land?

I'm happy to say that thanks to the efforts of our local business group, the Meaty Balls Mobile makes regular visits to the Peterson/Pulaski area; usually on Thursdays. Chef Foss is the only truck vendor that has taken it upon himself to visit neighborhoods that are under served by brick and mortar restaurants and I applaud him for the effort.

Saw that and mentioned it to some friends but the Peterson/Pulaski location hasn't appeared on their schedule for the last 2 weeks. Which corner were they on when they were in the area?

Generally, they set up on Victoria Street near Pulaski, then move over to Rogers just south of Peterson. I also heard they make a stop at Northeastern University just south of Bryn Mawr. I've been out of town a lot lately, so I haven't gone to the truck in at least 3 - 4 weeks. I don't know for sure if they have been appearing regularly. The best bet is to check the website and/or Twitter feed.

The best thing to do is to follow them on Twitter, as is true for all the Food trucks. It is the best use of Twitter that I have yet found....

one convenient option is to follow this twitter list maintained by the stew (trib's food blog) - a handy compilation (which looks to be updated as new food trucks come onto the scene) of the various food trucks so that if you follow the twitter list, you get tweets from all the twitter feeds the list follows.

shyne

Also, when you click on the "follow" button on Twitter, you will see a small cell-phone-shaped icon to the right of the button. Click it, and all Tweets will be sent to your phone, photo URL attachments and all. Extremely handy for keeping track of the comings and goings of food trucks.

In the interest of full disclosure, BTW, I will be going to work for Phillip Foss (and his better half, Keni) in the very near future, in a couple of different and very interesting capacities. Further bulletins as events warrant.

My office moved from the hinterlands of Canal/Taylor back into the Loop this past weekend. One of the things I was looking forward to was a return to real dining options augmented by the recent Food Truck movement. Today was my first sampling of one of those trucks.

I visited Chef Foss's Meatyballs Mobile at the Chase Plaaza location (First National Bank for diehards) on Dearborn just north of Monroe. Time was around 12:45 and line was short but that may have been a result of the appearance of the 5411 Empanada truck a few spots north which had ~30 people in line. I'm told that, unlike the daily Chase stop that Meatyballs makes, the empanada visits are more infrequent.

Anywhoo . . . the person I dealt with was both friendly and professional, handling all the transactions quickly and responding to questions. I picked up a torpedo of Schweddy Balls and one order of Salty Chocolate Balls (they were out of the chips). Chef Foss describes the Schweddy Balls as having a very hot tomato sauce . . . and these were really hot. Eating this sandwich back at my desk I was very schweddy! The salty chocolate balls were also very tasty - these would be great beer snacks.

All in all - I'll be seeking out Chef Foss's balls as one of my regular lunch options.

Kman wrote:(First National Bank for diehards)

The Hamilton Hotel for real diehards.

I'm no diehard. I'm petitioning to rename it The Meatball Plaza