Don't know how they survive in that neo-soviet(communist) city.
Portillo’s.
Now in Michigan.
Chippendale’s ?
=running away=
I bought a commercial-grade slicer just so I could roast and slice up my own Italian beef. Kramer would be proud.
I like to go to Harolds Chicken Shack
Get served your superfried sweet and spicy 1/4 dark through a rotating door of 3” bulletproof glass is not something you can experience everywhere.
Luke’s, Johnnie’s, Al’s.
i’ll prolly get slapped for this but, why does an Italian sandwich use french bread???
That my favorite Chicago food. Buona is very good, but there are plenty of mom-and-pop places that can serve up a respectable beef. When I first came to Chicago, a friend took me for my first Italian beef at a hole in the wall on Grand Ave. It literally had a hole in the wall, but the beef was good.
I just want to know if Adam’s Ribs is still in Chicago?
I order from Serelli Street online about once a year as a special treat. Best I’ve ever had.
Having lived in Chicago, Al’s.
https://www.alsbeef.com/
Mr Beef.
https://www.mrbeefandpizzamp.com/menu.html
Portillo’s
https://www.portillos.com/index.html
like Al’s the best, then Mr. Beef. The Portillo’s.
Was in Shitcago in 2017 for a couple U2 Concerts at Soldier Field. No kidding, Soldier Field Italian Beef Sandwich was incredible. Now it wasn’t 100% traditional, but it was way better than the “highly rated” traditional Italian Beef Sandwich joint that we visited near the Airport on our way back to L.A.
And mind you this was one of the first events, if not the first, event at the Stadium that year. It was truly sad watching the Concession workers trying to fill orders let alone make cash change.
Seriously I ordered a large soft drink and the poor fellow didn’t even add ice into the cup. Had to NICELY ask him to fix that. I wanted to get out of the Stadium alive if you know what I mean, I’ll leave it at that.
Nuh-huh... Nope. The best one was on the lower Eastside of Pueblo, Colorado. It was called Grandma Lena’s house. Man that little old woman could cook and I loved it when she made this for us. That and her manicotti. Manicot, as she would say. I miss her.
“Where to Chomp on Italian Beef Sandwiches in Chicago While Not Getting Shot”
They'd wrap stuff in wax paper, put it in a brown paper bag, by the time you moved to the eating station(about 5 feet away) the brown bag would be all greased up.
Roscoe Village, back in the day,(don't know when it got named Roscoe Village) was kinda shady. In the late-60’s, I lived in a housing projects just south of there(which was even shadier) and I wouldn't go into Roscoe.
now it's gentrified and as good a place to live in Chicago as any(cause not too many areas are safe any more)
It's a stop I make when I do go into that City (which is not so much anymore.)
If you are near Midway - Tony’s Italian Beef - 70th and Pulaski - small family owned place - been there since 1975 - all homemade - great food.
Portillo’s is now a Corporate Chain and is awful
Johnnie’s on North Avenue.