To make a Chicago deep-dish pizza means having a buttery crust up to three inches tall at the edge. Add large amounts of cheese and chunky tomato sauce with the ‘deep dish’ crust serving as a large bowl. A pizza of this style is typically eaten with a knife and fork. Mangiamo!

Deep Dish Pizza

Thin slices of seasoned roast beef, dripping with juice, served on a dense, long Italian-style roll. Its history originates in Chicago during the depression, where shops began offering a sandwich they could sell cheaply. It just goes to prove, in this case, cheap is good especially if they are still selling the sandwich after all this time. E suona così bene!

Italian Beef - Sandwiches

Red hots, get your red hots … Chicago Style. Run it through the garden, but hold the ketchup. Select from a variety of Chicago’s finest, or see other creative ways you can prepare a hot dog. Who knew!

Hot Dogs

Potato Chips, you say? Well, did you know that Al Capone, a snack-food junkie, developed a taste for these delightful snacks, while playing the ponies in New York? He loved them so much he asked his supplier to start making them for his speakeasies in Chicago. Check out the variety of homemade potato chips you can prepare in your kitchen (no gangster required).

Potato Chips