For years, Chicago’s iconic food scene was known for two main attractions: deep-dish pizza and hot dogs. Italian beef ...

Chicago Legends Collaborate for the Third Year in a Row on Legendary Italian Beef Deep Dish Pizza, Exclusively Available on TastesofChicago.com Portillo’s Teams up with Coca-Cola on Italian Beef ...

Last fall, famous Chicago food joints Lou Malnati’s and Portillo’s combined forces and debuted a specialty Italian Beef deep dish pizza in an effort to make “the most iconic Chicago-style ...

At last, the Italian beef is having a moment. While deep-dish and Chicago-style hot dogs long ago achieved national fame, the Italian beef was one of those dishes with only limited appeal outside ...

Lou’s and Portillo’s didn’t discover Italian beef pizza, and several Chicago institutions are reminding people of the facts. For locals who don’t want to ship a frozen pizza to themselves ...

When the beef is ready to come out of the freezer, unwrap it and set it on a large, sturdy cutting board. Using a clean, well ...

Photograph: Keni Rosales Beef sandwich at Stefani's Bottega Italiana at Time Out Market Chicago. “ It’s the greatest beef that you will ever taste,” Mauro told WBBM . “And I guarantee that.

Italian beef is "still considered a Chicago-style food," said Joe Buonavolanto III. His family's Buona restaurant chain hopes to change that.