Al's Beef on 95th in Oak Lawn.
It only took a day and a half this time. Operation Bridesmaid Pickup is in full swing and J, her mom, and the one out-of-town bridesmaid headed to the hotel to unload a bunch of stuff for this week. I was left at the future in-laws house to shower and run a couple errands. Of course, it was lunch time and of course, I wanted a beef.
Al’s Beef is a Chicago legend. They claim to be the inventors of the sandwich. In recent years, they’ve expanded quite a bit around Chicagoland with franchise locations. One of those franchises is in Oak Lawn not too far from where I was staying.
The Oak Lawn Al’s Beef is on 95th Street in a new strip mall in the downtown area. It’s actually a dual store with Nancy’s Pizza. The inside is missing the one major thing that makes Al’s Al’s. The counter. Actually, I was quite confused with the store. Not only did it have tables instead of stand up counters, but when I walked in the door, I had no clue where the order area was. You can’t see it at all from the doorway. There’s a wall that sort of leads you around to the counter, but I walked into the dining area before I finally saw where I was supposed to go. I had to go back to the entrance and walk inside the wall to get to the cash register. Read the rest of this entry »
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