On Saturday, the country celebrates National Italian Beef Day, which was a good excuse for us to dive into one of Chicago's ...

For him, a combo sandwich (an Italian sausage ... are the eight best places in Chicago to smash an Italian beef. Al’s Beef opened in 1938 and is one of the oldest Italian beef spots in the ...

Buona, the homegrown Italian beef chain, officially opened its 32nd Chicago-area restaurant this week in Gurnee, with a ...

A little over 20 years ago, Jeff Mauro was starring in the long-running improv show “Tony & Tina’s Wedding”. These days, he’s ...

It’s our original sacred sandwich, bold, unapologetically flavorful, and made in honor of a moment that’s historic,” the ...

The best example of Chicago’s iconic Italian beef sandwich exists outside of the city at the two suburban locations of Johnnie’s Beef. The original space in Elmwood Park is a relic that first ...

Portillo's is honoring the newly elected Chicago-born pope with The Leo: a special Italian Beef sandwich available in May. "In the name of the gravy, the bun, and the hot giard," they wrote on ...

Representatives from multiple Portillo’s locations in Chicago confirmed to Nexstar that “The Leo” isn’t so much a new ...

Since Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Portillo's restaurant chain has launched a new Italian beef sandwich dubbed The Leo.

started the company in Chicago in 1925. One of several origin stories behind the Italian beef sandwich holds that Pasquale Scala invented the Chicago staple as an affordable option to serve at ...