100 best things we ate (and drank) in 2011 | Food trucks

100 best | Food trucks

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  Spam musubi from Homage Street Food

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  Hummingbird Kitchen (braised lamb sandwich)

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  Tamales from Tamalespaceship

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  Isla de Cafe (malloraca)

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  Purchase Time Out Chicago's 2012 Eating & Drinking Guide.

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Spam musubi from Homage Street Food

Photo: Martha Williams

Curb appeal
Catching up with food trucks in Chicago was not a problem this year—in fact, the things were as prevalent and predictable as blunders in a Republican presidential debate (hey-oh!). In reality, the problem was sussing out the truly delicious food from the stuff no one would consider eating if it weren’t being served out of a moving vehicle. But the real deal presented itself as Spam musubi from Homage Street Food, braised lamb sandwich from Hummingbird Kitchen, mole-drenched tamales from Tamalespaceship and the malloraca, a Puerto Rican take on the monte cristo, from Isla de Cafe. These should silence any noise about our lackluster street-food scene.