do they sell Italian Beef sandwiches in your town?

[LSK]

:9

[XemaSab]

1. Mmmmm

Italian Beef Sandwich....

Oh wait, were you talking about food? Or sex?

[LSK]

2. well I could have asked about this

[XemaSab]

3. Oh, it'sa spicy!

:o

[jobycom]

4. Damn! Poor Italian!

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. ROFL!

:rofl: :hi:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

6. NO!

And I'm hopping mad about it...

I left Illinois for NYC and have discovered that they don't do:

1. Italian Beef
2. Chicago Dogs
3. Deep dish pizza

I've nearly cried myself to sleep every night for the past 4 years on account...

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

7. I love deepdish pizza

and Chicago Dogs. . .

[Benfea]

22. How could you fail to mention saganaki?

Yeah, it's not from Greece, it's from Chicago, and how can you possibly go wrong with fried goat cheese set on fire at the table?

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

30. I'm afraid I've never had it.

[KamaAina]

14. Wasn't there a guy around 23rd St. that had Chicago dogs?

Ordered the dogs from Chi-town and everything.

Clearly you're not defining the franchised Uno as "deep dish pizza"; there's one on Columbus opposite the museum, and doubtless others around.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

17. Uno's does not count

I believe there is one place with Chicago Dogs...but it's on like 34th or someplace, and I work way downtown so it's not really convenient.

I've also heard rumors that there is a place with something like Italian Beef waaaaaayyyy out in Brooklyn...but I haven't had to the time to go on an expedition like that since I heard of it. (Plus, if I'm gonna travel for like 2 hours to get some Italian Beef, I might as well just fly back to Chicago!)

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

18. Whoever says NYC Delis are the best is full of shit.

But that's typically the case for anyone who says anything of NYC is the best.

[Benfea]

21. My condolences.

I also heard that those heathen infidel New Yorkers pie cut their thin crust pizzas instead of a proper square cut. What is wrong with some people?

[Silver Swan]

8. You want sweet or hot?

We have Italian beef--but then this is the Chicago area.

I never had Italian beef anywhere else.

[LSK]

10. i like it sweet

[Benfea]

19. Sweet peppers are for sissies!

Chicago style hot giardinierra is the most godlike substance ever created by man.

[bif]

9. Sweet or hot? Wet or dry?

I hunt down Italian beef everytime I hit Chicago. They don't do it here in Detroit that I know of.

[AngryAmish]

11. Yes.

[Benfea]

24. What town would that be? -NT

[AngryAmish]

25. Chicago

[Benfea]

26. That explains THAT!

I'm out here in the suburbs, so I have to get my Italian beef from *gasp* Portillo's.

[LSK]

28. there are plenty of places around the suburbs that sell it too

Although I like Portillo's beef as well.

[AngryAmish]

29. I also like Portillos

Johnnies beef on North in Elmwood Park is #1, tho

[elehhhhna]

12. NO and it's frikkin HOUSTON. Not Mayberry, except foodwise.

[HEyHEY]

13. Yup

[HEyHEY]

15. I think that sandwich just gave me herpes

[m_welby]

16. What the heck is that?

steak? (or is is Roast Beef?)
Roasted peppers and ?

It must not be actually italian because they'd make it in every kitchen in North Providence, and I'd have heard of it around here.

[Benfea]

20. It's a Chicago specialty.

The beef is "wet roasted" in an au jus with Italian seasonings, then the beef is thinly sliced and cooked some more in the Italian au jus. Then you take an Italian white bread (although I have Italian friends who insist that French bagettes work better), cut it open, give it a quick dunk in the au jus, the slobber the beef on. The piece de resistence is either sweet peppers (bell peppers cooked in the same au jus) or hot peppers (a Chicago style giardinierra with serrano chile peppers).

It's pretty much a heart attack on a plate (as are most Chicago specialty foods.... saganaki, anyone?), but it tastes so good!

[underpants]

23. No... SEX.... THREADS

She looks familiar

:evilgrin: :puke:

[Placebo]

27. Oh fuck yes, FUCK YES!!!

It's one of my favourite fucking foods. Man, I could go for one right now!!!!!!! With some greasy french fries and a cold beer. I want. I want!!! :9

[Benfea]

31. What I want to know is: does anyone from outside Chicago make these?

And no, Chicago suburbs don't count.

[LSK]

32. that was the original intent of this thread