Vienna Beef Factory Store

"A space honoring Vienna Beef's history, potentially offering simple street stand offerings or new menu items." - Ashok Selvam

"Vienna Beef makes hot dogs that are consumed far beyond Chicagoland, and the season three montage has a brief glimpse to how these encased meats are packaged. While we’ve yet to eat a hot dog inside this Bridgeport plant, Vienna Beef has a factory store and counter right across the street. You can enjoy a spicy and snappy Maxwell for just $5, and watch another part of the Vienna Beef process—employees packing semi-trucks with boxes of hot dogs, a form of real-life Tetris. " - adrian kane, nick allen

"If you’ve had a hot dog in Chicago (or many places in the U.S.), chances are it was of the Vienna Beef variety. And this well-known meat supplier has its own hot dog stand in Bridgeport directly across from its main distribution plant, where you can eat classic dogs while shopping for your next cookout. Get a spicy and snappy Maxwell polish for $5, grab a seat at one of the many outdoor tables, and watch as semi-trucks play their own version of Tetris in the street." - Veda Kilaru

"The Vienna Beef Factory was started by two Austrian-Hungarian immigrants, Emil Reichel and Samuel Ladany, who began selling their franks at the World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893. Now, Vienna Beef manufactures most of the actual hot dogs you’ll find at stands throughout Chicago. This means the hot dogs from its own little stand, across the street from its factory, have to be exactly right. And they are. If you want a hot dog done strictly by the rules, this should be your yardstick." - ByDennis Lee