Chicago’s specialty food scene goes well beyond the usual trio of Italian beef, pizza, and hot dogs, built instead around a deep mix of immigrant influences, working-class deli culture, and neighborhood food traditions. Deli-style and… 

The Chicago Italian beef sandwich is a product of the city’s early 20th-century Italian immigrant communities, especially those working in the Union Stock Yards and surrounding neighborhoods on the South and Southwest Sides of Chicago.… 

The Chicago-style hot dog has its roots in the early 20th century immigrant food culture of Chicago, when inexpensive, handheld meals became popular among working-class communities. German and Central European immigrants brought sausage-making traditions to… 

Chicago-style pizza, often associated with Chicago, developed in the early to mid-20th century as Italian-American pizza makers began adapting traditional Neapolitan pizza to local tastes and available ingredients. The most famous version, deep-dish pizza, is…