Al´s Italian Beef

Address:
  169 West Ontario Street
  Chicago, IL 60654

Phone: 312-943-3222

Website: www.alsbeef.com

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Very few restaurants have foods with flavors so distinctive and unique that they are featured as one of Esquire magazine´s current picks for best sandwiches in America. Only one, Al´s Beef, offers its customers Chicago´s and America´s #1 Italian beef sandwich, the one and only, the authentic sandwich invented 70 years ago at the now legendary Taylor Street beef stand in Chicago!

From its humble beginning back in 1938, brother Al Ferreri and his sister and brother-in-law, Frances and Chris Pacelli, Sr. began developing what is known today as one of the "Top 10 Sandwiches in America," a "Chicago Food Legend" and "Chicago´s #1 Italian Beef Sandwich," an honor bestowed upon it by Chicago magazine.

The first official Al´s Beef stand began as a small, curbside, outdoor, wooden neighborhood food stand with countertop service located on Laflin and Harrison Street, in Chicago´s “Little Italy” neighborhood. This is where the Italian beef simmered and the newly added Italian sausage grilled over flaming charcoal. The beef stand gradually grew and moved to its present location at 1079 W. Taylor Street, still in Chicago´s "Little Italy." It was here that they added Chicago hot dogs, fresh, homemade, hand-cut French fries, and Polish sausage to the menu.

Al´s Beef is totally dedicated to preserving what this country has come to recognize as a true food icon. When the History Channel produced their 2-hour "History of Food in America" documentary, Al´s Beef was the only Chicago restaurant featured. When Gourmet magazine decided to do a story on the new Italian beef sensation, it was Al´s Beef that was featured in a 4-page spread. And when Travel and Leisure magazine ran their "Top 10 Sandwiches in America"… you guessed it, it was Al´s Beef that was picked. In March of 2008, Esquire Magazine named the Al´s Italian Beef sandwich as one of “the Best Sandwiches in America.” It´s these and so many more awards and recognitions that have kept us focused on the tradition: keeping our eye on the beef. We have a lot to be proud of and a great legacy to grow and preserve.