Echo Christian selected to start out his festive weekend on Friday evening having fun with a taco and a lobster roll throughout the kitchen on the crossroads meals truck pageant in North Aurora.
“I simply moved right here in February and I really like meals vehicles,” stated Christian, from North Aurora. “I really like going to occasions like this. It’s troublesome to cease each day, however when you’ll be able to strive issues like this it’s one thing you must do.”
Christian has a sport plan to take pleasure in occasions like this.
“I’ll make a whole loop. I do a recognition and I see what’s there,” he stated. “I attempt to hit various things.”
North Aurora’s third annual kitchen on the Crossroads occasion lasted 4 hours on Friday at Riverfront Park.
Natalie Stevens, Group Relations Coordinator of the North Aurora village, stated the occasion stays a manner of welcoming on the weekend of the Fallen Day and one which “brings collectively the group and others.”
A complete of 9 meals vehicles provided dishes, together with Hawaiian, Mexican and Asian delicacies, in addition to hamburgers, scorching canines, rooster tenders and extra.
Stevens stated the variety of vehicles has remained fairly constant and whole of 5 of the vehicles have been new within the occasion this 12 months.
“Final 12 months, we had two of those meals truck occasions, however this 12 months is just one, since now we have different deliberate issues,” Stevens defined. “We’re excited to have some new additions this 12 months.”
Meals vehicles for the primary time included Chkn Field Chi, providing tenders and rooster sauces, Yum Dum with Asian road kitchen and blues field that supply small -street meals from Chicago.
Stevens stated the occasion “has solidified as the start of the weekend of the day of the fallen with people who find themselves attentive to the occasion.”
“We see this as the development of the group and we wish to have a wide range of occasions so that folks depart and the meals vehicles all the time unite folks,” he stated.
Cesar Venzes de Chicago, supervisor of Joyful Lobster, stated he believes that the recognition of the meals truck is about its uniqueness and authenticity.
“The meals is recent and the lobsters are recent and folks appear to return many times, and all the time have an excellent expertise right here,” he stated on the pageant. “That is one thing completely different and folks go the place we’re going.”
Daniel learn from Naperville was having fun with a bowl of macaroni with cheese on the pageant and stated that his subsequent motion can be the funnel truffles.
“That is likely one of the causes we got here. This is a wonderful option to begin the weekend. It’s a completely different type of meals that you just can’t get in all places,” they stated.
Brandon Woodlock from North Aurora got here together with his spouse and stated he arrived two years in the past on the first pageant.
“I’m Bluesy Field first, since I’m a local of Chicago: Pizza, Scorching Canines, these issues,” Woodlock stated. “I’ll in all probability attain about three locations utterly.”
Woodlock’s spouse, Teagan Woodlock, stated what he likes about meals truck festivals “is the range.”
“You possibly can strive lots of various things and it’s a nice alternative to see mates,” he stated. “I attempt to discover one thing completely different just like the Hawaiian truck they’ve right here tonight. It appears fascinating.”
David Savatos is an unbiased Beacon-Information reporter.