Al's Beef

Al's Beef is located at 5441 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago, IL. This location is in the Washington Park neighborhood. This business specializes in Restaurants.

Carnivores get their "fix" at this "classic" Chicago fast-foodery, a "tradition" for "wet, juicy", "drip-down-the-forearm" Italian beef plus "good, greasy fries", sausages and other low-priced eats; the "dive-ish" atmosphere comes with the territory, but service is "quick" and hey, "you don't go there for the decor."

Al's Beef is known today as one of the top 10 sandwiches in America and consistently ranked the #1 Italian Beef franchise in the Chicagoland area.

The original idea for the Italian beef sandwich was formed out of necessity, as many great ideas are. In the great depression era, meat was scarce. Chris and Al would go to family weddings and in order to make the meat go around, the family sliced it thinly and made sandwiches.