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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:28 pm 
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Where do you go for Italian Beef in Chicagoland?

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:30 pm 
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:31 pm 
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Hasn't this thread topic been done at least 5 times?

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You...just....don't..............GET IT.


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A7X wrote:
Hasn't this thread topic been done at least 5 times?


Maybe you've found a new place since the last thread.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:40 pm 
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At this point, I've realized that Mini Ditka and his schtick are here to stay, so I just go along with it.



That being said, Dino and Nicks around Armitage and Pulaski.


I went to Johnnies on North Ave in Elmwood Park a few weeks ago, and while it was good, it wasn't worth the wait in line.

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Mini Ditka wrote:
A7X wrote:
Hasn't this thread topic been done at least 5 times?


Maybe you've found a new place since the last thread.


:lol:

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Al's is pretty awesome imo, but I ate there over 60 times while at UIC.
Pop's is good.
The Italian Beef at the bar I frequent (Hitz) is very good too.

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Out here in the cultural mecca of Schaumburg, I've been getting the cheezy beefs from Zippy's. Sometimes Portillo's or Johnnies if I'm in the area of one.



*edit- Zippy's is actually in Hoffman Estates

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While the quality has slipped over the years, Johnnie's is still the king.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:06 pm 
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Mini Ditka wrote:
A7X wrote:
Hasn't this thread topic been done at least 5 times?


Maybe you've found a new place since the last thread.


:lol: :lol: :lol:


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I acknowledge my own biases, but my mom's place does a pretty good Italian Beef, I even have a special order/secret menu way (Cory Style - Italian Beef Dry with hot peppers and cheese, well, well done)
When I was in DeKalb, I thought that Tom & Jerry's Italian Beef on Garlic Bread with Cheese was also pretty good.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:20 pm 
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Mini Ditka wrote:
A7X wrote:
Hasn't this thread topic been done at least 5 times?


Maybe you've found a new place since the last thread.


Nope. I still live in Heroin, Illinois where we have nothing. I guess short of a 35 mile drive to the Portillos in Oswego, Bobaluks in Martucky has a passable Italian beef.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:35 pm 
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A7X wrote:
Mini Ditka wrote:
A7X wrote:
Hasn't this thread topic been done at least 5 times?


Maybe you've found a new place since the last thread.


Nope. I still live in Heroin, Illinois where we have nothing. I guess short of a 35 mile drive to the Portillos in Oswego, Bobaluks in Martucky has a passable Italian beef.


Yeah A7X, I agree....There isnt a good Italian Beef place in the county seat of LaSalle County.


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Ferros on 31st and Wentworth has a decent beef.

Like Pops and Ricobenes as well. I don't know what my favorite is though cuz I don't get them very much.

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If that's the case, just go to Walmart and get this:

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It's fricken delicious.

This is all I can get here when it is at the store, which is rarely.
God I'm getting sick of Cheesesteaks.

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Once again,I must mention Lukes in Arlington Heights on Rand Road. I usually just get a "gravy dip" for a buck. Sometimes a beef which is delicious. Great Hot Dogs,fries,sub sandwiches. That place rocks.

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Once again,I must mention Lukes in Arlington Heights on Rand Road. I usually just get a "gravy dip" for a buck. Sometimes a beef which is delicious. Great Hot Dogs,fries,sub sandwiches. That place rocks.

Maybe I am a bit out of touch, but I've never heard of a gravy dip... for $1, I'm guessing it is an empty bun dipped in the gravy?

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Al's on Taylor

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1. Portillo's
2. Jack Straw's
3. Johnnie's






998th: Buona Beef
999th: Al's Beef
1000th: Mr. Beef

The Al's that have been popping up in the Suburbs are all a little off to me. The original location in Chicago is top notch though.

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I'll take Buona Beef over Portillo's every time. By the time you unwrap Portillo's beef it is dripping wet and the bread has turned into mush... keep it.

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I'll take Buona Beef over Portillo's every time. By the time you unwrap Portillo's beef it is dripping wet and the bread has turned into mush... keep it.

So you don't like a real italian beef?

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I need some separation between the bread and the beef, my hands need protection that Portillo's just doesn't offer...

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By the time you unwrap Portillo's beef it is dripping wet and the bread has turned into mush... keep it.

Exactly. I like to keep the integrity of the sandwich.

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Bobo's near Irving Park & Cumberland is solid.

Never had a bad beef at Portillo's. Consistently good.

Those satellite Al's locations blow.

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Let's try again...

Damenzo's on Taylor, just west of the Juvey had a great beef. The bread was pretty soft, so you didn't have to ask for dipped. Made it less messy. They had a jumbo beef that was absolutely huge. I'd had both the sweet and hot peppers and both were more than satisfactory. Not sure if it is the same after the fire.


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I'll take Buona Beef over Portillo's every time. By the time you unwrap Portillo's beef it is dripping wet and the bread has turned into mush... keep it.

Just order it dry. It's better that way. Only sissies need their bread soaked. Real men chew.


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