Italian beef

An Italian beef is a sandwich of Chicago origin made from thin slices of roast beef simmered and served with a thin gravy on French bread. Common toppings are a choice between spicy giardiniera (called "hot") or mild bell peppers (called "sweet"). The entire sandwich may be dipped in the juice the meat is cooked in before serving with a side of French fries. The sandwich traces back to Italian-American immigrants in Chicago as early as the 1930s, but the exact origin is unknown. The sandwich gradually grew in popularity and was widely eaten in the city by the 1970s and 1980s. The sandwich saw a substantial rise in popularity with the 2020s television show The Bear, set in a fictional Chicago restaurant that specializes in the sandwich.

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