A large white sign with the words "Mr. Beef" and a Coca-cola logo hangs over a sidewalk. The building of the restaurant is brick with a glass window in the front.
Mr. Beef from street level, as of September 2022.

Mr. Beef is an Italian beef restaurant located in River North, Chicago, United States.[1][2][3][4]

Information

The restaurant is owned by Joe Zucchero and originally started out as a stand in 1979.[1] The restaurant features Italian beef sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries and pizza puffs.[5][6] The restaurant survived financial troubles in 2009.[7]

The restaurant is most notable for being the inspiration and the storefront[8] for the television series, The Bear, which is about an Italian beef restaurant in Chicago.[9] Christopher Storer, the producer of the show, cites Chris Zucchero, Joe Zucchero's son, as a friend.[9] The television series more than doubled business at the store, as they went from selling 300 sandwiches a day to over 800.[10] The owner of Mr. Beef, Joe Zucchero, died in March 2023, though the restaurant will stay open.[1][11][12]

Along with being featured on The Bear, the restaurant was featured on Food Wars, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno[13][14] and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Slevarn, Ashok (2023), The Founder of Mr. Beef, the Legendary Chicago Italian Beef Stand, Has Died, web: Eater Chicago, archived from the original on March 13, 2023, retrieved March 13, 2023
  2. ↑ Fierro, Iridian (2022), Mr. Beef co-owner Chris Zucchero on how popularity of Italian Beef has skyrocketed due to Hulu series ‘The Bear’, web: Eater Chicago, archived from the original on March 7, 2023, retrieved March 13, 2023
  3. ↑ Roadfood, publisher: Broadway Books, published: 2005
  4. ↑ Top 10 Chicago, publisher: DK Publishing, published: 2014
  5. ↑ 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late, publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published: 2009
  6. ↑ "Mr. Beef on Orleans". Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  7. ↑ Save Mr. Beef!, web: Huffington Post, 2017, archived from the original on March 7, 2023, retrieved March 13, 2023
  8. ↑ Simon, Scott (2022), How Chicago came to love the Italian beef sandwich, web: NPR, archived from the original on November 14, 2022, retrieved March 13, 2023
  9. 1 2 Gordinier, Jeff (2022), A Conversation with the Guy Who Created The Bear, web: Esquire, archived from the original on March 15, 2023, retrieved March 13, 2023
  10. ↑ "Demand for Italian Beef Is Booming. Thank 'The Bear.'". Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  11. ↑ Joe Zucchero, longtime owner of Mr. Beef, dies at 69, web: CBS Chicago, 2023, archived from the original on March 8, 2023, retrieved March 13, 2023
  12. ↑ "Founder of Chicago's iconic Mr. Beef dies at 69". Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  13. ↑ Bank Hogties Chicago's Mr. Beef, a Leno Favorite, web: CBS News, 2009, archived from the original on March 7, 2023, retrieved March 13, 2023
  14. ↑ Gentile, Jay (2016), How the Italian Beef Became the Iconic Sloppy Sandwich of Chicago, web: Thrillist, archived from the original on March 14, 2023, retrieved March 13, 2023
  15. ↑ Riley, Marcus (2013), Jimmy Fallon “Freaked Out” By Mr. Beef, web: NBC Chicago, archived from the original on March 7, 2023, retrieved March 13, 2023

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