Paulina Market
Butcher shop · Lakeview ·
Veteran butcher shop offering beef, pork, veal sausages, smoked meats
Veteran butcher shop offering beef, pork, veal sausages, smoked meats
"Paulina Meat Market is one of the most famous butcher shops in all of Chicago. Serving up top-quality, hormone-free meats and poultry, this is a must-stop shop if you’re in the area. Service, even when the place is packed and chaotic, is friendly, knowledgable and attentive. Additional products sold include a wide variety of cheeses, local produce, beer/wine/liquor, upscale condiments and all sorts of spices. If you’re into eating meat and you consider yourself a carnivore, this place is for you." - Anna Affias
"Before you do anything at this busy 75-year-old Lakeview deli, grab a number from the pig’s mouth up front. Whether you’re there to get an excellent freshly made sandwich—like the 1949, with leberkase and Hungarian salami—or secure cured meats from their store-wide butcher counter, you’ll get to interact with the butchers, who are featured in the season three montage." - adrian kane, nick allen
"Aside from being around for more than 75 years and appearing on The Bear, this Roscoe Village market has a greater accolade—it’s home to our favorite italian sub. Even with some sogginess from travel, the sturdy french roll remains crusty on the outside while soaking up tart housemade dressing and juices from the spicy giardiniera. Combined with the excellent house-cured salami, mortadella, and hot capicola—a casual flexing of their meat-market muscles—this is a true work of sandwich artistry." - sam faye, adrian kane, john ringor, nick allen
"A beloved neighborhood market noted as a source for Chicago sausages, referenced in a long conversation about shipping links to Los Angeles; it’s recalled specifically as the place from which Wendt ordered Weisswurst and wieners, and sits in stories about lovers of Polish-style links and debates over varieties such as kabanos and kielbasa." - Ashok Selvam
"Aside from being around for over 75 years and appearing on The Bear, this Roscoe Village market has a greater accolade—it’s the home to our favorite italian sub. Even with some sogginess from travel, the sturdy french roll remains crusty on the outside while soaking up tart housemade dressing and juices from the spicy giardiniera. Combined with the excellent house-cured salami, mortadella, and hot capicola—a casual flexing of their meat market muscles—this is a true work of sandwich artistry." - adrian kane, nick allen, john ringor, veda kilaru