The site was previously home to Pete’s Hot Dog Shop for more than eight decades until the restaurant’s closure in 2023.

If you want to pass on the beef, you go to the other ... It was born as a hot dog stand. And though it’s now a proper restaurant where you order at the counter, and then grab a table inside ...

Although Buona and Columbus' Loops, a restaurant and food truck that specialize in Chicago-style food, give customers the option of cheese on their Italian beef, it's typically served without it.