Al's #1 Italian Beef

About

Chicago Italian beef sandwich, paper-thin, slow-roasted beef soaked in savory jus, with hot giardiniera. Cooked for three hours on their own proprietary spice blend with garlic, it's sirloin, that's how they make the jus, that's how they cook the beef, they cool it down, slice it, warm it up, and also rehydrate it back in the jus that it cooked in.

Why go

• A great beef. that's how we chicagoans say it
• Considered by some to be the best
• Voted the number one most iconic dish in chicago

Must try

• Italian beef on a good roll that holds up
• Combo, grilled sausage in the middle
• Beef dipped with hot peppers and provolone
• Original depression polish sausage sandwich
• Fries

Pro tips

• Got mine dipped
• Do the forearm lean
• Add both sweet peppers and spicy peppers
• Get the regular (five inch)
• Get some water if you don’t order a beverage

Good to know

• Cash only
• Ketchup is strictly forbidden

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Rating

4.5 / 5 (3146 reviews)

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