| Mr. Beef | |
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| State | Illinois |
Mr. Beef is an Italian beef restaurant located in River North, Chicago, United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Mr. Beef | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| City | Chicago |
| State | Illinois |
Mr. Beef is an Italian beef restaurant located in River North, Chicago, United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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. [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]
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