Morty Thrasher
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I had Tonys at book house pub on a Sunday nite. We were so excited to go. My wife is from Chicago and Portillo’s is a place we eat at every-time we go. 10 years ago no one outside of chicago knew what an Italian beef Sandwich was, now that the FX show the Bear came out and popular opinion has made it the state food replacing the abomination of chicago pizza, people know better. Problem is it is damn near impossible to get a good one outside of the windy city.
What Tonys gets right is the quality of the ingredients. The shaved beef, jus, and peppers were so good. They accidentally gave me a non dipped sandwich, so I had a bite without it being dipped then got the jus, ohhhh boy a game changer. Heres why I’m knocking a star, the sandwiches are really small. In fact both me and my wife got 2nds. Another reason, I noticed when I got hot peppers there were a lot of them, but when you ask for sweet peppers not that many. I preferred the sweet over the hot. I wish we could have added mozz like you can at Portillo’s. The cheese takes it to a whole new level.
Bottom line you can’t beat Tonys quality, the beef and jus are the best I’ve had. If you are craving an Italian beef sandwich this is the place to go to, but you just might have to order 2.
