The words “cult following” get thrown around a lot these days, but Jim’s Original in Chicago has actually earned them.
This bold, bright, walk-up sausage stand on South Union Avenue has inspired the kind of devotion that most restaurants spend their entire existence chasing and never quite catching.
A cult following isn’t built overnight.
It’s built one satisfied customer at a time, over years and years of consistently delivering something that people genuinely can’t stop thinking about…