Getta Polpetta

Meatballs? A+
Bread? ehhh. Not enough to subtract from the meatballs.
I had their sub when they stopped at Wacker & Adams today — and I was intensely satisfied with flavor. These guys make top notch bbq meatballs with great flavor. The bread was a soft french bread, which… fell apart a little. I suppose I can’t entirely blame them — if you saw how much sauce was with the meatballs it’d be a surprise if it was any other scenario.
I haven’t had this good of a meatball sub in a long time. I’ll probably have to consider firehouse for comparisons, but otherwise this is the place to get your subs!

GREATTA MEATTA BALLS!!! Had my first sandwich at the Chicago Flea MKT… and YUM!!! Super friendly service to boot!
A+ Ladies!
–Richards Fabulous Finds

Chomp chomp chomp. Chicago makes its food trucks tough to find, but I sleuthed out this treasure on Upper Randolph and Columbus. The polpetta del’ouva is as good as advertised for this vegetarian. Imagine a single meatless ball heaped onto a square ciabatta bun with a side of giardinara peppers and extra marinara for dipping and you have imagined my lunch today. The meatless ball was not as spicy as I might have liked, but fully seasoned otherwise with a satisfying texture.
The family that operates the truck is worth supporting too – good, friendly people.

Tried their meatball sandwich at the Check, Please! food truck fest. Not good. Odd flavor, not interesting. Didn’t even finish my 3-​bite sample.

Loved absolutely everything about the truck. They stopped by Finch’s Beer Co. during our brewery tour, to provide some munchies for the crowd. They were total sweethearts, and the food rocked. I love meatballs, and theirs are top notch! Hopefully this ignorant city will finally allow this food truck scene expand and thrive

I had their $ 5 double meatball sandwich. To be honest I didn’t find much special about it… maybe my tastes aren’t refined or something but it seemed just a small step above one that I would get at one of the 15,000 Subways around Hyde Park.

Vegetarian meatballs? That taste like meat? You’re kidding, right? NO!!! And they are probably one of the best meatballs (or meatless balls) I have EVER tasted.
Clearly I love the «Polpetta del’ouva» (vegetarian «meatball» sandwich). The meatballs, sauce, and bread are perfection! The sandwich isn’t huge but it’s super filling and your stomach will be happy after you’re done!
I had the pleasure of meeting the whole Getta Polpetta family (Anna, Sam, and my most favorite, RoseAnn) outside of Fischman Liquors on St. Patty’s Days. Food trucks outside of a bar on a major drinking holiday is a MUST and these guys killed it!
Veg heads and meatball lovers alike will probably fall in love with this food truck. Can’t wait to find these guys again!

I cannot believe how amazing the meatball is. It is beyond verbal description. Usually meatballs taste like a lump of ground meat to me. The Getta Polpetta meatballs have a delectable texture that is moist and flavorful. It held together in the sandwich yet it just melted in my mouth. Not too firm, not dry yet not squishy or mushy. I ate the veggie one first and loved the flavor an texture. Yummy. But then i didnt want to leave without trying the meat one so i got one to go and devoured it while walking back to my car. I am so glad i did because they were both so delicious. You have to try it to see what i mean.

Wanted to like this. Was on my way to grab Chinese when I say the Getta Polpetta truck. Saw the picture of the meatball on the side, but it still had to go up to the window to determine what they were selling. Meatball sandwiches are a favorite. At $ 7 for just a sandwich it seemed a little pricey, but my hopes were high. Unfortunately, the little cheese on the sandwich was stuck to the wrapper (couldn’t get it to come free without bits of paper attached) and the sauce and meatball didn’t have a lot of flavor. Should have kept going to the Chinese place.

I’ve been lucky to try both Veggie and Meatball sandwich and I have to say that I love them both so much!!! So happy to see you guys in the dead of winter!!! You ladies ROCK and so do your MEATBALLS!!!
Go Getta Polpetta!!!

I’m from L.A. the great land of food trucks so I know my stuff when it comes to these types of mobile eateries. Let me tell you that the Getta Polpetta truck is really on to something. I was on a visit to the great city of Chicago and saw this super fun truck pulled over on the street and had to check it out. Turns out they are all about meatballs and their name actually translates to «get a meatball!» in Italian. Perfect! Anna and Jenn dished out a hot and fresh veggie meatball sandwich that makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Apparently the recipe for their meatballs is a family one and I have to say I’m a little bummed I’m not part of that family. It was DELICIOUS!!!
If you are in the Chi and you see this meatball smiling at you, run don’t walk to get in line. You won’t regret it.
om nom nom…

My first food truck experience in Chicago!!!
We were just walking down the street and we saw this cute Meatball with a chef hat on the back of a Food Truck! We decided to walk up and find out what was going on? I told them that I was searching Unilocal for them and they said, «We are not on Unilocal yet… this is only our second day!» I informed them that I would take care of that, after eating my sandwich.
«Getta Polpetta» means «Get a Meatball» and that is what you get here. We were able to meet the owner Anna and she is a really nice lady. We found out that the meatball recipe is her mother’s recipe… I love it when family traditions can live on and be shared with other people. We also met her friend Jen who makes the veggie meatballs. We ended up getting one of each.
The sandwiches were wrapped in fun colorful Italian table cloth colors. We also got some hot giardinera on the side too. The giardinera was really good… it warms your bones on a cold winter night like tonight. The Meatballs was really good… Mom has a great recipe! Thanks Anna for sharing it with Chicago. I was not a fan of the bread… it seemed too soft for me. I think it was a Gonnella Bread and I was hoping for more of Damato Bread! The bread needed to be stronger for me. Those who understand bread will understand where I am coming from. I also liked the veggie meatball sandwich too. The same red sauce was on both sandwiches. My wife was hoping for a cheese option too and a little more sauce.
I am going to go with a not bad on only the second day of being on the road in Chicago. There were only two options today the Meatball Sandwich and the Veggie Meatball Sandwich. There was no menu on the side and that was just a little bit confusing. So hopefully they will have something printed or attached on the side of the truck in the future. It would make it a little more helpful. Anna and Jen told us that yesterday they made tiny meatballs with small pasta… that sounded so cute but that was yesterday. I am sorry I missed that… I love my pasta!!!
So if you see the cute little meatball with the chef hat on the back of a white truck, then run on over and Get A Meatball Sandwich for yourself!!! Nothing could be more perfect on the streets of Chicago!!! Good luck Anna and we will be watching out for you in the future!!!