Portillo's is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

1. Portillo's

9.0
100 W Ontario St (at Clark St), Chicago, IL
Hot Dog Joint · River North · 667 tips and reviews

Tony M.Tony Mueller: Italian Beef, Dipped with Sweet Peppers... best i've ever had. We need a Portillo's in St. Louis!

Joe P.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 P.David Park: Italian beef and sausage combo sandwich!! Add the hot peppers and get a side of red sauce to dip it in.

Al's #1 Italian Beef is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

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 InternationalGhostly International: Great set up for eating. Italian beef is delicious, try the spicier of the two. Not too hot and full of flavor.

Lina G.Lina Gonzo: Get the Italian Beef with Peppers, fries, and a drink. Sounds simple? It is. The taste is incredible!

Jim A.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)

Mr. Beef is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

3. Mr. Beef

8.0
666 N Orleans St (at Huron St.), Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · River North · 46 tips and reviews

Ghostly InternationalGhostly 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 D.Bob DeGraff: The best Italian beef sandwich in the Loop. Great fresh cut fries.

Smokkee S.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.

Al's Italian Beef is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

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 B.William Brandt: This is still the best Italian Beef.

Redeye ChicagoRedeye 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' L.Symone Rae' Lewis: The Italian beef and french fries are very good. I loved it! I will definitely try to be back soon.

Portillo's is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

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

SteveSteve: 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 N.ᴡ Norment: The Chicago dogs and Italian beefs are always my favorites!

Pius U.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.

Jay's Beef is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

6. Jay's Beef

8.6
4418 N Narragansett Ave, Harwood Heights, IL
Fast Food Restaurant · 19 tips and reviews

Manny H.Manny Hernandez: Try ordering the Italian beef sandwich, juicy, and hot (or sweet peppers)

Ernie K.Ernie Karamitsos: Awesome Italian Beef

Robert F.Robert Flor: best Italian beef on the northwest side,homemade guardiniera.tons of fries

Mr. Beef is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

7. Mr. Beef

8.2
3917 N Harlem Ave, Chicago, IL
Fast Food Restaurant · Dunning · 18 tips and reviews

Laura L.Laura Lange: Their Italian beef is the best here!!! Yum!!

Nate V.Nate VanBuskirk: Best Italian beef ever. Great staff.

Adriana C.Adriana Cedeño: Best Italian beef ever!!!!

Wolfy's is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

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 P.Ashley Pelasky: Everything here is greasy goodness! Try the Italian beef!

Dave S.Dave Straub: Great Italian Beef. Really good real chicken tenders, great place, always stopping by The Wolfy's!

Bob D.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.

Flo & Santos is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

9. Flo & Santos

8.8
1310 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
Pizzeria · South Loop · 109 tips and reviews

Spencer H.Spencer Huang: Love the flatbreads. Favorite is Italian Beef.

Michelle H.Michelle Harrison: Delicious!! Had the Italian beef pizza. Mmmmm.... Will definitely become my new neighborhood go to spot!

Jason S.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.

Al's #1 Italian Beef is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

10. Al's #1 Italian Beef

8.1
3420 N Clark St (at N Sheffield Ave), Chicago, IL
Sandwich Spot · Lakeview · 21 tips and reviews

Esko104Esko104: the Italian Beef is a must! Best in the city!

Rick C.Rick Cummings: BEST Italian Beef in the City.....and they deliver too!

Serious EatsSerious Eats: This is the franchise version of Al's #1, but it still dishes out a totally solid Italian beef.

Bari is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

11. Bari

9.2
1120 W Grand Ave (at N May St), Chicago, IL
Sandwich Spot · West Town · 65 tips and reviews

Chris B.Chris Brandt: Very tasty Italian Beef.

Smokkee S.Smokkee Singleton: I still stand by my earlier tip but now you can get that Italian sausage with Italian beef too & I since I tried the meatball, it's my new personal favorite here!

ben m.ben m: Italian sausage and/or Italian beef with hot giardiniera are my favorites but you can't go wrong.

Buona is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

12. Buona

8.5
10633 South Western Avenue (107th St.), Beverly, IL
Italian Restaurant · 9 tips and reviews

Naywri W.Naywri Wright: I'm here @ the new Chicago location. I had the 5" dipped Italian Beef and Ghirardelli Chocolate Mint Milkshake. Everything was great!

Darryl L.Darryl Lawrence: I only eat the Italian beef

Pierre W.Pierre Walker: Italian Beef!!!

Patio Beef is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

13. Patio Beef

8.5
6022 N Broadway St (at W Norwood St), Chicago, IL
Hot Dog Joint · Edgewater · 23 tips and reviews

Independent S.Independent Spirits, Inc.: Best Italian Beef in Chicago.

Chris K.Chris Kruger: Pizza puff is fried and delicious. Dipped Italian beef with hot peppers is ridiculously perfect.

Autumn C.Autumn Choi: Fresh fries and good Italian beef

Tony's Italian Beef is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

14. Tony's Italian Beef

8.4
7007 S Pulaski Rd (at W 70th St), Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · West Lawn · 17 tips and reviews

Lance H.Lance H: Friendly staff and a scrumptious Italian beef sandwich. They've been in business for 37 years.

Andre "Chronic Winter" H.Andre "Chronic Winter" H.B.: Pretty good Italian beef ... Tony is a nice guy and the cooks are hospitable... I order from this place a lot.

Tiffany P.Tiffany Price: From the Italian beef to the chicken salad everything is fantastic you definitely cannot go wrong on anything on their menu.

Patio is one of The 15 Best Places for Italian Beef in Chicago.

15. Patio

7.4
1503 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL
Hot Dog Joint · University Village - Little Italy · 13 tips and reviews

Rob R.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 EatsSerious 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 K.Dan Kim: Get that Italian beef dipped. Pass on the ketchup on fries.