First visit to the famed hot dog stand born in Chicago. Monday night after 9:30pm and it didn't appear super busy. I tried the Italian Beef sandwich which was more than plenty of food for me, but then I saw that they have tamales and I had to try one of those. Price was fair. Added an iced tea and a chocolate shake and totaled $13 and change.
We were dining in and watched many employees in the kitchen area. Seemed to be a lot going on, but not a lot really being accomplished. It certainly wasn't fast food.
I would have preferred to be sipping my iced tea and sitting at a table while one of those employees brought our order to the table. I'm thinking of Culver's method. Culver's food is usually much faster than this place.
That said: the Italian Beef was spot on fantastic and the tamale was absolutely amazing. Nothing like it here in C-U. I will be back, even though I don't like the waiting. They do have online ordering. Perhaps that will help get a faster food turnout.