efrenchman wrote:I have to speak up for Freddie's. They serve an excellent breaded steak sandwich.

Hey, people were looking for you over here...

gleam wrote:

Snark wrote:How do you see Food Network in HD? My Comcast HD doesnt have FN in HD yet...though I would Love it!

fyi, Comcast users in boston just got Food HD (along with HGTV HD and A&E HD), so it'll probably roll out to the Chicago area in the next month or two.

Food Network HD should be available in Chicago on July 19th as well as A&E, National Geographic, and HGTV

Panther in the Den wrote:

gleam wrote:

Snark wrote:How do you see Food Network in HD? My Comcast HD doesnt have FN in HD yet...though I would Love it!

fyi, Comcast users in boston just got Food HD (along with HGTV HD and A&E HD), so it'll probably roll out to the Chicago area in the next month or two.

Food Network HD should be available in Chicago on July 19th as well as A&E, National Geographic, and HGTV

Thank god comcast made me right on my "next month or two" by two days. I was going to be pissed.

Breaded steak on great Italain bread normally dressed with lettuce, tomato, oregano, and oil. The steak is pounded thin and fried to a tender but crispy finish, and then layered on the bread. I ask for red gravy, onions, and giardanera as well. It is my second favorite sandwich in Chicago. My waistline however is less enamored.

Joe's Taylor Steet Sub Shop
2325 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 829-5980

Flip wrote:Dicskson,

In order to consider you requirements are you also eliminating veal Parm sandwiches? I've tried a few, and have found them much more tolerable than the fried carpet we sampled during the beefathon. Technically, the veal parm sammy would still be beef.

The ones I've enjoyed have been at this little deli off of Bloomingdale Rd & Lake street, but the name has slipped my mind.

Flip

Since this thread popped up again, I was rereading it and noticed I rudely failed to reply - sure, Flip.

Having read through this again, I have had yet another revelation - the two curses of the BSS would seem to be cook ahead, hold and reheat (guaranteeing a terribly overcooked piece of meat, even if it once was of acceptable quality), and oversaucing with lousy red sauce, resulting in a soggy mass.

Combine the two and you have something special .

Since most other breaded, fried sammies can only suffer one of these indignities, it makes sense that the BSS is more likely to be lousy.

You know, I can't reel in the ricobene obituary, but Italian Steak Sandwiches have certainly existed for a lot longer than 1976 in KC. Maybe they vacationed there and brought it back to you guys.

I just re-read the original post and removed this as it was clearly not on topic. I mis-read the original post.

Frank Ricobene Obit

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... 5279/print

[quote="Phil"]Frank Ricobene Obit

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... 5279/print[/quote]
thanks Phil.
I've had this long running thread that pops up about once a year on Roadfood.
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.as ... 16&#339870
I just found the date interesting, as I know they existed long before that in KC, having consumed many of them.

I think Ricobene's is so-so. Very thin beef and therefore what you are tasting is the breading that's been fried.

Try making one at home using standard grocery-store cube steak and a 3-step breading process: flour, egg wash, bread crumbs. Pan fry in olive oil and make your own crushed tomato marinara. It will be better than Ricobene's, and it'll be thicker with more steak taste. Plus the marinara will taste much more fresh.

I'm not sure where this post should go. Someone ordered Ricobene's pizza for lunch at work. Looking through the to-go menu I saw "Ricobene's Breaded Steak Pizza." Has anyone had this? Have you seen it in any other restaurant? Seems kind of weird, but in a BBQ Pizza kind of way, it could work (especially with the giardiniera).

I have to admit my thoughts on Ricobene's breaded steak sandwich have been tainted by this thread:

Subject: Ricobene's Breaded Steak Sandwich

Erik M. wrote:Ricobene's "Regular Size Breaded Steak" with Hot Gardiniera and Mozzarella Cheese


There were moments when I was absolutely convinced that I was eating breaded carpet padding.


Regards,
Erik M.

Ricobene’s
252 W. 26th Street
312.225.5555

jacketpotato wrote:I'm not sure where this post should go. Someone ordered Ricobene's pizza for lunch at work. Looking through the to-go menu I saw "Ricobene's Breaded Steak Pizza." Has anyone had this? Have you seen it in any other restaurant? Seems kind of weird, but in a BBQ Pizza kind of way, it could work (especially with the giardiniera).

I've had it before from a friend who ordered take out. If you really like breaded steak, it's not bad, but I personally think Ricobene's pizza is too thick.