Chives Food Trucks — Restaurant in Town of Baileys Harbor

A group of us ate here last night. It was crowded, as expected, but the line moved quickly. Finding a spot to sit can be a bit tricky. They need just a few more tables. We enjoyed the music and ambiance. We ordered two fish sandwiches, poutine, and a cheese pizza. I’m not a fan of most fish, but the sandwich was terrific. It’s two generous pieces of fish so the sandwich is filling. The cheese pizza had an herb sauce (pesto?) so no red sauce. This was also very good! We all split an order of poutine. I highly recommend NOT ordering these. The appetizer is described as “a bed of fries topped with pit beef, fresh cheese curds and horseradish sauce”. The fries were on the bottom, topped by the cheese curds, which was topped with what looked and tasted like Parmesan cheese from a shaker can. Then on top was the “pit beef.” This meat was chunks of overcooked and dry beef cubes. As frequent meat smokers and grilled, this was disappointing. We also noted that there was no horseradish sauce. We inquired to the cook, “is this supposed to have gravy?” To which he replied, “No, it doesn’t come with a gravy.” After looking at the menu again we said, “The description says it has a sauce.” He said, “You asked if it had a gravy. A sauce is not a gravy.” Then we asked if we could please have the “sauce” as it had not come with our item. He rolled his eyes and gave us a cup of a curdled horseradish something. We took a few bites hoping the “sauce” would make it better, but it didn’t. With one bottle of root beer, one pizza, two fish sandwiches, and an order of poutine, our bill was about $70. No cocktails ordered and three of us drank water. An hour later, two of us (the two who ate the fish and poutine) were in two separate bathrooms for a few hours. If anyone else got sick after eating at Chives Food Trucks on 7/15/23, please let me know. A side note, the guy calling out the names on the megaphone and the young lady who took our order were really...

Mmm bit of an enigmatic concept, the monumental fine dining restaurant with two, odd looking veteran trucks parked up nose to tail on the adjacent hillside. Food trucks?? Well of a fashion, notwithstanding they looked ready for the demolition derby, there they are, separated by an ordering station. They're divided by gastronomic genre, to the right a brick oven pizzeria on stationary wheels, to the left a "gourmet" outdoor kitchen in a mock hoagy wagon. No reflection on the concept but the weather curtailed my experience, none the less I felt that upscale prices on a "food truck" were something of a contradiction. It didn't seem to me that there was anything that set them apart from a genuine food truck, except perhaps the rustic seating and sunshade umbrellas. I've eaten a goodly few top of the line pizzas and while today's was OK it was far from the best I have tasted, yet it did cost a few bucks more than most. As for the question of dine in, it's much more of a dine out concept and apart from overlooking a busy main road, it's green, flower lined and very pleasant. The pizza was fine, just not exceptional. There are other more economical food trucks in Bailey's Harbor, the very notion of food trucks is good eats for a budget gourmet. Others I tried were a little...

Great little "food truck." While this is more of a permanent food truck and building, it is right next to the Chive restaurant. We stopped there when driving through on a July weekend. While busy, it was certainly not overly crowded at around lunchtime. Walked up the stairs, ordered, found a table and then waited for our name to be called. We ordered the Pit Beef and the Fish Sandwich with cheese curds and a round of drinks.

All of it was delicious and I would certainly return! Great lunchtime meal in...