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.
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