1. Portillo's
9.0
100 W Ontario St (at Clark St), Chicago, IL
Hot Dog Joint · River North · 667 tips and reviews
Tony Mueller: Italian Beef, Dipped with Sweet Peppers... best i've ever had. We need a Portillo's in St. Louis!
Joe Payawal: Outside of your traditional Chicago style hot dog and Italian beef, try the Penne Al'aribiatta from the Barnelli's side. You can get it with chicken or sausage and has a real spicy kick.
David Park: Italian beef and sausage combo sandwich!! Add the hot peppers and get a side of red sauce to dip it in.
2. Al's #1 Italian Beef
8.4
169 W Ontario St (at Wells), Chicago, IL
Sandwich Spot · River North · 85 tips and reviews
Ghostly International: Great set up for eating. Italian beef is delicious, try the spicier of the two. Not too hot and full of flavor.
Lina Gonzo: Get the Italian Beef with Peppers, fries, and a drink. Sounds simple? It is. The taste is incredible!
Jim Anderson: Try the Dipped Italian Beef Sandwich - Wow! The dipped Italian beef & peppers @alsitalianbeef is awesome! AND they're playing A-ha's "take on Me!" (via @Foodspotting)
3. Mr. Beef
8.0
666 N Orleans St (at Huron St.), Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · River North · 46 tips and reviews
Ghostly International: The Italian beef at Mr. Beef is super tasty - moist but not too juicy. Their fries are delicious, too. Italian beef sandwich, fries and a fountain coke.
Bob DeGraff: The best Italian beef sandwich in the Loop. Great fresh cut fries.
Smokkee Singleton: Ok. You know with a name like Mr Beef you can’t go wrong with an Italian beef or Italian combo. The burgers & polish are just as good. My new favorite thing here is the grilled steak sandwich.
4. Al's Italian Beef
8.6
1079 W Taylor St (btwn S May St & S Morgan St), Chicago, IL
Sandwich Spot · University Village - Little Italy · 51 tips and reviews
William Brandt: This is still the best Italian Beef.
Redeye Chicago: Get the now-iconic Italian beef sandwich: thinly sliced, marinated beef, peppers and spicy giardiniera on a soak-it-all-up roll ($5.50 for a regular; $7.70 for a large) Read more.
Symone Rae' Lewis: The Italian beef and french fries are very good. I loved it! I will definitely try to be back soon.
5. Portillo's
8.6
520 W Taylor St (btwn Canal St & Clinton St), Chicago, IL
Hot Dog Joint · South Loop · 37 tips and reviews
Steve: Italian beef is best in the region. This South Loop location is mobbed at lunch time, making it a risky pick if someone back at the office is monitoring how long you're at lunch.
ᴡ Norment: The Chicago dogs and Italian beefs are always my favorites!
Pius Uzamere: The Italian Beef and Maxwell Street Polish are both excellent. Great food, reasonable prices, and friendly waitstaff make this a winner in my book.
6. Jay's Beef
8.6
4418 N Narragansett Ave, Harwood Heights, IL
Fast Food Restaurant · 19 tips and reviews
Manny Hernandez: Try ordering the Italian beef sandwich, juicy, and hot (or sweet peppers)
Ernie Karamitsos: Awesome Italian Beef
Robert Flor: best Italian beef on the northwest side,homemade guardiniera.tons of fries
8. Wolfy's
8.3
2734 W Peterson Ave (at N California Ave), Chicago, IL
Hot Dog Joint · West Ridge · 32 tips and reviews
Ashley Pelasky: Everything here is greasy goodness! Try the Italian beef!
Dave Straub: Great Italian Beef. Really good real chicken tenders, great place, always stopping by The Wolfy's!
Bob DeGraff: They serve a difficult to beat Italian beef. Tender thinly cut meat. Great flavor. Fresh bread that holds the juice perfectly. Perfectly prepared sweet peppers. Underwhelming french fries though.
9. Flo & Santos
8.8
1310 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
Pizzeria · South Loop · 109 tips and reviews
Spencer Huang: Love the flatbreads. Favorite is Italian Beef.
Michelle Harrison: Delicious!! Had the Italian beef pizza. Mmmmm.... Will definitely become my new neighborhood go to spot!
Jason Silverman: The Italian beef sandwich is great! Get it with cheese and hot peppers. Great beer list, but check what is available with your server as things seem to rotate faster than the menu can keep up with.
15. Patio
7.4
1503 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL
Hot Dog Joint · University Village - Little Italy · 13 tips and reviews
Rob Rickard: Get an Italian Beef - the best on Taylor. (yes, possibly even better than Als) Also a better price/size for the sloppy sandwich than others.
Serious Eats: The thick-sliced beef on the Italian Beef is absolutely delicious and the unique giardiniera is hot but has some kind of pickling action going on that will blow you away.
Dan Kim: Get that Italian beef dipped. Pass on the ketchup on fries.