As a Chicago native, i dunno what psychopath told you to get the beef dipped for your first try. Anyone with a brain in their skull gets the sandwich dry with gravy on the side to dip or pour at your own rate, otherwise your sandwich will literally melt in a mater of seconds.
I was about to say, me and the fam get portillo's whenever we're in Chicago, and I've never had a wet beef Though I will have to try it next time. Always love a good, messy eat
To Pat's point about "But America" for US pronunciation of things, St. Louis has tons of french street names that are absolutely not pronounced the way they're supposed to be. Gravois is "Grav-oy" instead of "Grav-wa", Carondelet ends with a hard T instead of a Y, Chouteau is "show-tow", etc. etc. And I'm pretty sure he's right, you pronounce the L in Portillo's, even if you aren't supposed to.
@@gatfatf it's named after a guy, who was Egregiously Italian-American They're going to mangle the name, sort of like how capicola gets turned into Gabagool
I like to imagine Pat’s child unlocking their mustard gene like Dante getting his devil trigger, shirtless in the rain, impaled with the mustard bottle.
As a Chicagoan I am deeply offended at the lack of description woolie was given on these foods and how they differ from say “a Philly cheesesteak.” Sounds like that hot dog had a lot of wet on it. Must’ve opened a new container of peppers and pickles. Secondly, too many pizza toppings. Especially if they leach water.
I never understood people calling Chicago Style pizza “lasagna”. Lasagna has layers of pasta while Chicago Style is just a basin of mozzarella It’s absolutely delicious but it’s nothing like lasagna at all
go to the art institute, do the scene from Ferris Bueller where Joey looks at Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte and has a death of personality, then go to millennium park and realize that the bean is closed until 2025
@hambor12 the parks still a nice place aside from the bean but yeah some tourist is going to crack their head open trying to get a photo from over the fence
Don't know why he didn't ask us natives were to do. Granted you have people who move here and only go to commercial places and not the mom and pops. So he's doing a 50/50 if he asks I guess
It seems that usually it's pronounced "-iyo" given it's a spanish surname, but i assume Dick and Frank (or more likely their parents) probably "americanized" their name at some point
There's a car dealership owned by an Italian man not far away from where I live named after the owner. His name is Carbone but he goes out of his way to pronounce the business "Car-Bone". Also Chef Boyardee canned foods is actually named after a man named Boiardi, but they changed the spelling of the product to ensure the mostly American market wound pronounce the name correctly
In my experience New Yorkers are way shittier about deep dish then Chicagoans are about New York style pizza, like I haven’t really seen many people from Chicago who are like “ew New York style sucks, deep dish is better” mainly because deep dish isn’t the main type of pizza that’s eaten here, that’s thin-crust bar pies, deep dish is a some times thing, you don’t get deep dish if you want pizza, you get deep dish if you want deep dish, were as New York style is THE main type of pizza and they’ve made it like part of their personality and see it as a personal insult when people do it differently
Man, I’m about a few years before I moved out of Chicago. Portillo started going way downhill and their quality control that cheddar beef croissant was amazing and lately or the last time I was there it just was a pale shadow of an imitation of what it used to be.
@@mfenn7325 that's for the tourists and a pizza puff is $2-3 and takes 5 minutes to eat. The Pizza Puff is like the gyro sandwich. Every Chicago hotdog place and grocery store sells them. I grew near Byron's hotdogs near Irving Park and even they sold pizza puffs.
Welcome to another episode of Woolie excitedly talking about trying new food interjected occasionally with grumpy comments by Pat. Good show, not bad not bad.
I love Italian beef sandwichs, but I hate the places that just dip the whole thing. Just give me a cup of au jus on the side for dipping. Also "Italian beef is like a cheesesteak but no cheese and different meat and more spicy" so nothing like a cheesesteak? Woolie really is a journalist.
Man, I don’t know who told you to go to Portillo’s for the dog but they fucking lied to you, man. You go to Portillo’s for the chocolate cake. Also if you go back to Chicago for any reason hit up Billy Goat Tavern and get a burger. I haven’t been to Chicago in 10 years and I still think about that thing. Best burger I’ve ever had.
As a native to Chicago, I always ate my deep dish pie as if it was a normal Pizza. However if you're someone new to it,I would suggest using silverware
Also tavern style pizza is great too, in Chicago, there’s a place called Ricobene’s, has the best pizza in the whole city. Cops are always there for lunch.
remember one time I ate Instant mashed potatoes from a Hungry man microwave dinner by accident while it was literally Boiling hot. Burnt all the skin off the inside of my mouth and couldn't feel anything for days.
As a down-state Illinoisan, I don't get Portillos either. Expensive as hell for mid food. Dipped Italian beef is something you unwrap as you eat, otherwise you're in for a bad time. "Gravy" makes me thing of something thick, it's just au jus; the texture isn't bad at all. 2 slices of deep dish? That's adventurous, "waking up full" is correct lol.
First exposure to sourness induces Paige mmm yummy reaction, first exposure to having a thing taken away from you induces Pat flail and scream and cry reaction.
woolie is incorrect about deep dish for sitting around and watching a game, incidentally. however, it requires a large living room, a seat for all involved parties, plenty of plastic tableware, and- and this part is critical -the certain knowledge nobody plans to rise from their seats for an hour or so
I agree about the default portillos actually, they go WAY too ham with the relish and the giant dill pickle and whatnot. They are way better toned down. Gotta find a way to expose Pat to all of this now.
At least we sent him to pequods if hes going to have the deep dish. Get you some tavern style next time. Id suggest morettis but the one in schaumburg is typically kinda slow service
As a life long native, this hurts to hear because it could've been so much better curtailed to a newcomer to the city. I hope if Woolie ever comes again he finds a guide that takes that into consideration.
You cannot judge a Chicago dog by Portillos, I get that it'll come up often because it's a chain but that's like judging Seattle's spanish food by Taco Time, you need a good food guide while you're there dude. Right call on the beef, though, it's a wet sandwich but fucking delicious. As for the pizza, it ain't for everyone but good call on the joint, Peqoids is amazing.
As a Chicagoan, I just want New Yorkers to stop calling their skinny, limp pies "pizza". They're welcome to enjoy that thin, weak mess all they want, but using the name "pizza" is an insult to the real thing. A real pizza should be thicc and powerful and explode with flavor in your mouth. (This is not a serious comment and should not be taken seriously.)
I highly recommend against eating food from any street vendors. I had a really bad experience once and never again for me. Only eat from places that you can sue from in case something bad happens.
Aw shit Woolie talking about Chicago food. Before I watch I hope he goes to Lou Manaltis and gets a Ceaser. Best salad I ever had. Italian Beef and Gyros are in every local sandwich place. Tavern style pizza is what we eat deep dish is for tourists. Chicago dogs are a mouthful and might awaken something in you due to oral skills required to eat. Popcorn everywhere for snacks. Seriously though deep dish is not our pizza Tavern is
Pat, the eternal Gringo, insisting that the correct pronunciation of a Spanish word is Poor Till O's, because the chain is in America, a way more diverse place than anywhere he has ever lived as a Canadian, is a STRONG bit. To the point where Woolie actually accepts his pronunciation sends it into the stratosphere.
whoever took you on this food tour wanted you to have a bad time wtf. FYI you don't HAVE to dip your italian beef. Ive been eating italian beefs my whole life and i think only psychos dip their entire sandwich.
Incorrect referring to the place or the name? Because if you're talking about the name it 100% is a "y" sound, if the place americanized it then maybe it could be an "L" sound
