I'm also adamant about the sandwich being properly soggy -- a feature, not a failure, of a good Italian beef. The places I chose are ones I've visited while living in Chicago and remember fondly ...

Starting April 15, Portillo's will open five of its Chicago-area locations at 6:30 a.m. instead of their typical 10 a.m.

Italian beef is "still considered a Chicago-style food," said Joe Buonavolanto III. His family's Buona restaurant chain hopes ...

It’s a Chicago superfan’s dream come true. Portillo’s Italian beef, Polish sausage, cheese sauce and more are now available ...

The chip company, Local Style, is a second act for former Foxtrot exec Laura Gardner. Want a deep-dish pizza chip? She’s got ...

New breakfast items include a chocolate cake donut, chocolate cake iced coffee and three types of breakfast sandwiches.

The thin-cut beef is perfectly seasoned with hints ... The pastas would be at home at Spiaggia, one of the best Italian restaurants in Chicago before it closed, where Flamm cut his teeth.

When Portillo’s does something, you gotta listen, because they’re always ahead of the crowd,” says superfan and breakfast ...

Sandwiches are made to be tidy, forgettable and an easy no-fuss meal. Italian beef sandwiches are the opposite. They’re loud, ...

We took pizza and made it ours in Columbus. We took peanut butter and chocolate and gave it a non-Reese's name of our own. But there's no Columbus-style Italian beef sandwich. Slow-roasted, thin ...

Italian beef, Chicago-style hot dogs and deep-dish pizza are so omnipresent in Chicago’s cultural discourse, innumerably copied at restaurants here and beyond, it’s a wonder the city’s most ...