Liam S.
Yelp
It has been years since I've gone to this place because the last time it was extremely lackluster and only nominally Chicago style...
Well, unfortunately, nothings changed. That is in terms of food, the outside eating area is nice and the seating offers a new way to enjoy the patio. Chicago style Italian beef however is the furthest thing from Chicago style I've had outside of eating Chicago style pizza in Japan.
The bread was dry, and so crunchy it cut my mouth open and scraped my lips, and there was less than an inch width of beef in the sandwich and was mostly comprised of toppings like peppers, onions, etc. The juice that the sandwich came with wasn't even salty and was in a container too small to dip the sandwich in.
The meat in the sandwich was dry and unseasoned, and the vegetable toppings were also fairly flavorless, even though they were spicy peppers and onions.
I failed to read the menu correctly, which offers the selection of provolone cheese, but it wouldn't have made much of a difference what with all the shit they fucked up trying at Chicago style. The beef wasn't even greasy, at all, or wet, which shows they didn't dip the beef in the juice before putting it in the sandy, which is baseline Chicago style Italian beef procedure.
This is a dry roast beef sandwich with dry bread and bland toppings, and an au jus that could have been confused Flint, MI water. I ate a bite and threw the whole thing out because it was a 3/10 sandy even before it failed at being Chicago style.
Even the pickle was lackluster, and I threw it in the bushes. I'm really not a picky person, and I travel a lot so I get a lot of variety in terms of quality and cuisine, but this food is so fucking bad by comparison of price and quality that I gotta say something about it. I'm not even that much of a Chicagoan by culture, but I know anyone who fuckin lives there would probably talk some mad shit to the owners about the sham of an Italian beef they make. Honestly calling it Chicago style is a danger to the business
This sandwich is the epitome of ketchup on hot dogs style bs to anyone who has spent anytime living in the city of Chicago.
Also, took them over 10 min to make this and there was no one else there ordering and only 3 people showed up around the time I was there sitting and unwrapping the horror story that was this meal.
Would not recommend to anyone.