Mr. Beef

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Mr. Beef
Mr. Beef Chicago Illinois.jpg
Mr. Beef from street level, as of September 2022.
Mr. Beef
Interactive map of Mr. Beef
Restaurant information
Established1979 (1979)
Previous ownerJoe Zucchero
Food type Italian beef
Location666 N Orleans St, Chicago, Illinois, 60654, USA

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

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The restaurant was founded 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. [4] [5] The restaurant survived financial troubles in 2009. [6]

The restaurant is most notable for being the inspiration and the storefront [7] for the television series The Bear , which is about an Italian beef restaurant in Chicago. [8] Christopher Storer, the producer of the show, cites Chris Zucchero, Joe Zucchero's son, as a friend. [8] The television series more than doubled business at the store, as they went from selling 300 sandwiches a day to over 800. [9] The owner of Mr. Beef, Joe Zucchero, died on March 1, 2023, [10] though the restaurant stayed open after his death. [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] The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , [15] and Rick Sebak's Sandwiches That You Will Like .

References

  1. 1 2 3 Slevarn, Ashok (2023). "The Founder of Mr. Beef, the Legendary Chicago Italian Beef Stand, Has Died". 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'". WGN . Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ Stern, Jane; Stern, Michael (2005). Roadfood (Revised and updated ed.). New York: Broadway Books. ISBN   9780767908092. OCLC   56318316.[ page needed ]
  4. ↑ Stern, Jane; Stern, Michael (2009). 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   9780547059075. OCLC   276340904.
  5. ↑ "The Original Mr. Beef Menu" . Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Save Mr. Beef!". Huffington Post. 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  7. ↑ Simon, Scott (2022). "How Chicago came to love the Italian beef sandwich". NPR. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Gordinier, Jeff (2022). "A Conversation with the Guy Who Created The Bear". Esquire. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  9. ↑ Sherman, Rachel. "Demand for Italian Beef Is Booming. Thank 'The Bear.'". New York Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Joseph Zucchero Obituary | Mar 1, 2023 | Park Ridge, IL". Cooney Funeral Home. Archived from the original on July 1, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024. Joseph Zachary Zucchero passed away unexpectedly on March 1, 2023 at the age of 69. [...] Joseph was born on February 21, 1954.
  11. ↑ "Joe Zucchero, longtime owner of Mr. Beef, dies at 69". CBS Chicago. March 6, 2023. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023. Joseph Zucchero, founder of the famous Mr. Beef Italian beef stand in River North, has died. Cooney Funeral Home said Zucchero passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday [March 1] of last week. He was 69.
  12. ↑ "Founder of Chicago's iconic Mr. Beef dies at 69". FOX 32 Chicago. Sun-Times Media Wire. March 6, 2023. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  13. ↑ Mitchell, Dan (2009). "Bank Hogties Chicago's Mr. Beef, a Leno Favorite". CBS News. 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". Thrillist. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  15. ↑ Riley, Marcus (2013). "Jimmy Fallon "Freaked Out" By Mr. Beef". NBC Chicago. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

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