Ha! Joey's of Chicago is a total 5 star place to grab a fantastic Italian beef sandwich! Despite what you may read in a few of the other reviews this place is a reliable 4 to 5 star experience. You can count on it! What the heck! who goes to a Chicago style restaurant that is known for the hotdogs and Italian beef and orders a hamburger?? (Although I heard their hamburgers are burger-licious too)!
This place is locally owned by some very nice folks transplanted from the burbs of Chicago. At least I know one of them is from Schaumburg, grew up there, at least that's what I heard while eavesdropping :-) Seriously these folks are from Chicago and they know how to cook some great Chicago style hot dogs and some DELISH hot Italian beef! It good enough to make to folks at Portillo's proud to have some respectable competition!
Oh but this not Portillo's, for their Italian beef is a little different but in a good way! I had their Italian roast beef sandwich with hot peppers covered with melted provolone cheese dry with a side of dip. (Don't call it ausue... Haha, that's what the peeps from Arizona called it. In Chicago it's simply called dipping sauce :-) Anyways, my sandwich was DELISH! The folks with me also had the same thing but they had the sandwich dipped and the other got their's wet. I don't care for soggy bread but they seemed to like it all the same.
Hungry for a fantastic italian beef sandwich or a super chicago style hotdog Joey's is a great place! It's almost guaranteed you'll meet some other folks from the Chicago area dinning here. I'm not from Chicago but I travel there all the time and I know you'll have a 4 to 5 star experience. I hope to see you there!