Discover three tasty Italian beef sandwiches in Chicago.
Chicago’s Italian beef sandwich is hot – both literally and figuratively. If you’ve watched The Bear, then you know why this classic Chicago food has recently achieved zeitgeist status.
Set in an Italian beef sandwich shop, the groundbreaking show’s fictional depiction of life in a professional kitchen cast a large shadow over our most recent Chicago trip. This wasn’t our first trip to Chicago but somehow we had missed eating the iconic sandwich during our previous swings through the windy city.
Were we previously too focused on eating Chi-dogs? Perhaps. But that’s no excuse – every Italian Beef shop seems to sell excellent versions of Chicago’s famous loaded hot dog so there’s no need to choose one over the other.
Either way, eating a Chicago beef sandwich was a top food goal during our most recent visit to the mid-western megacity. After biting into just one Chicago Italian beef sandwich, we realized that these meaty monsters hit our culinary sweet spot. We then proceeded to eat several more just to be sure.