If you love the minimalist style of dogs we feature a round up of on here like I do, they sell their natural casing wieners at the store too and they're so easy to replicate at home. Vienna Beef owns Chipico (Chicago Pickle Company) which makes those juicy pickles and other condiments that make a dog real deal Chicago style. Thru July 3rd if you head over there you'll find some great deals on tubed meats and the condiments they also make. They have large outdoor tent sales throughout summer and one of them is going on now. In fact with the 4th of July coming up it's no coincidence I chose to post about Vienna Beef and their factory store and cafe on this day. These are a staple on Bears gameday.Ĭhicago-Green Bay Truce Dog: Char Grilled w/ Merkt's cheese & Sport Peppers The trick is to cut slits into each end making both the first and last bite the best. In fact my favorite type of sausage from anywhere is Vienna Beef's natural casing Polish which they sell by the tube at the deli counter inside. This is where I go to get my grilling needs when it comes to hot dogs and Polish sausage. The reason it's well worth the drive even if you're coming in from the suburbs is the fact that not only is this their factory where they have a cafeteria open to the public but they also sell most everything they make inside at the little store within the Cafe. This my friends is why Chicago is the center of the hot dog universe. She is something isn't she? Centerfold material, the playdog of the millennium. Just take a look at this beauty below made with one of their larger natural casing wieners. What do you think the best thing on their menu is? When you want as authentic of a Chicago style hot dog as you can find, you'll find it here. But lets be real, this is the Vienna Beef Cafeteria located at the factory where their famous hot dogs are made. They make some fun things with their hot dogs too like the mac & cheese seen up above. Mac & Cheese with wieners and giardineria However there's just something special about eating them at the place they're made and that's what were going to do today. These days you can find their hot dogs all over the globe. Whether you want to make your own and get them in the grocery store or you're at a baseball game on the north or south side or you just want to visit one of 1000's of stands that serve them in Chicagoland, VB is always there and ready when you need them. They cut their meat from brisket as seen above and turn it into some top notch tubes of wieners and sausage. Vienna uses 100% beef in their dogs and not the scraps and pieces and parts nobody else wants. We take our hot dogs seriously in Chicago because that's what Vienna Beef does. Inside the factory, briskets getting cut up (Pic from LTHforum) I still have never taken the tour and considered asking them if they would show me around for this but time crept up and before I knew it summer was here. It's a locally owned company who gives back to the city (jobs, opportunity) and they're always here for us when were hungry and need something cheap and quick but not the fast food shit that floods America. When you ask people whats "Pure Chicago" to them? I'm betting many would say Vienna Beef. The cafeteria for their workers, open to public Then in 1972 they took up residence on the Northside where they still sit today. By the 1960's Vienna Beef was being distributed not just in it's hometown of Chicago but around the country as well. It was there to help the people eat cheap during the Great Depression. Then as Chicago started to rapidly expand so did Vienna Beef. By 1900 Vienna started to market its product and sell it to other stores. It was the following year they would open their first store on the 400 block of south Halsted. Vienna Beef started sometime around 1893 when a couple of Austrian-Hungarian immigrants brought their Vienna beef style hot dog to the Chicago's Worlds Fair. The Vienna Beef Factory located at Fullerton and Damen This is the factory where it all begins for each Vienna Beef sponsored hot dog stand in Chicagoland and beyond. Anyone who's driven by the three corners has surely seen the empty hatchback from the truck that sits at Fullerton and Damen. Located on Damen just off Fullerton and Elston is the holy grail of Chicago Hot Dogs, the home to Chicago's hot dog - Vienna Beef. Because today we head on over to one of the most annoying corners for traffic in the city but we don't care, that doesn't keep us away from the greats. It could of been the first post ever here on the site and that would of been alright. It's what we deal with winter each year for.
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