Combo Italian - Beef and Red Hots
I am awarded the local badge on foursquare for Johnnie's Beef in Elmwood Park, IL. I visited a total of 4 times in 6 days, once it was twice in one day. Yup. I was addicted. I still miss it today. I was super inducing my system with Johnnie's Italian ice, a large at $1.96. The ice was soft and streamlined like fresh snow with the fresh lemon juice and a tiny bit of bitterness from the rind.
The line at noon it moves fast
I had the Combo Italian beef twice - the sandwiches included two large red hots and layers of beef. I like mine with sweet and hot peppers, 27 cents extra for each. Johnnie's is truly one of my favorites.
I had a really fun time at Joe Boston's Italian Beef located in the West Side. The place is recently featured on Food Network's "Best Thing I Ever Ate."
We were immediately greeted by Thomas, he was friendly and made us feel like long time regular customers. We shared a #1 $6.75 for Italian Beef Sandwich, fries and a soda INCLUDING tax. Ridiculously cheap.
The price did not reflect the beef, it was superior, very lean and flavorful and generously stacked. Thomas, a sweetheart made us a bigger sandwich since we were sharing. We ordered the beef dipped so it was oozing with beefy goodness.
Thomas is definitely a character, chatting with us for 15 mins about the neighborhood, life, family, and his Assyrian hertiage. His name translates to "twin" in Assyrian. Thomas is a manager at Joe Boston's for over 20 years. It is people like Thomas that brings character and emotionally ties to a place. I may not remember all my meals in my lifetime but I will never forget Thomas.
Joe Boston's Italian Beef
2932 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 486-9536
I had Al's Italian Beef two years ago and it was my first taste of an Italian Beef sandwich. At that point I was in love - the complex giardiniera and greasy beef. Since then Al's had been feature numerously on different food related TV shows. The chalk board sign behind the register advertises opportunities to franchise.
After eating at Johnnie's and Joe Boston's Italian Beef the spark at Al's had lost its luster. I am a bigger fan of the giardiniera than the beef. I like the chunkiness and herby flavor.
Of course, during the summer months Mario's Italian Ice (across the street) is open and there is nothing more refreshing than Italian ice for dessert. I had Mario's twice during my 6 day visit.
Al's No 1 Italian Beef
1079 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 226-4017
Mario's Italian Lemonade
1068 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60607
Italian Ice - My favorite thing in the entire world
Johnnie's Beef
7500 W North Ave
Elmwood Park, IL 60707
(708) 452-6000
Elmwood Park, IL 60707
(708) 452-6000
I had a really fun time at Joe Boston's Italian Beef located in the West Side. The place is recently featured on Food Network's "Best Thing I Ever Ate."
Thomas
We were immediately greeted by Thomas, he was friendly and made us feel like long time regular customers. We shared a #1 $6.75 for Italian Beef Sandwich, fries and a soda INCLUDING tax. Ridiculously cheap.
The price did not reflect the beef, it was superior, very lean and flavorful and generously stacked. Thomas, a sweetheart made us a bigger sandwich since we were sharing. We ordered the beef dipped so it was oozing with beefy goodness.
Thomas is definitely a character, chatting with us for 15 mins about the neighborhood, life, family, and his Assyrian hertiage. His name translates to "twin" in Assyrian. Thomas is a manager at Joe Boston's for over 20 years. It is people like Thomas that brings character and emotionally ties to a place. I may not remember all my meals in my lifetime but I will never forget Thomas.
Joe Boston's Italian Beef
2932 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 486-9536
I had Al's Italian Beef two years ago and it was my first taste of an Italian Beef sandwich. At that point I was in love - the complex giardiniera and greasy beef. Since then Al's had been feature numerously on different food related TV shows. The chalk board sign behind the register advertises opportunities to franchise.
After eating at Johnnie's and Joe Boston's Italian Beef the spark at Al's had lost its luster. I am a bigger fan of the giardiniera than the beef. I like the chunkiness and herby flavor.
Of course, during the summer months Mario's Italian Ice (across the street) is open and there is nothing more refreshing than Italian ice for dessert. I had Mario's twice during my 6 day visit.
Al's No 1 Italian Beef
1079 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 226-4017
Mario's Italian Lemonade
1068 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60607
3 comments:
I've never had an Italian beef sandwich :(
congratulations on your impressive badge, you are very rigorous in your research, no? Those all sound so good, but I'm craving the lemon icy thing most right now.
Foodhoe: I would love to have an Italian ice now. I wanted to go to Mr. Beef and Portillo's too but did not have any more stomach space.
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