Local Corner—Windy City Beefs ’n’ Pizza
9711 S. Eastern, 702-388-4300
After the closing of Chicago Dogs a few months ago, we began the search for a new best place for authentic Chicago-style hot dogs. Two candidates were Amore and Brando’s bar, but the Chicagoans we queried (including Frank Cullotta, subject of our book, Cullotta), almost all named Windy City, a restaurant with locations on both sides of town. Here we’re reviewing the east-side store, but the two are similar (except pizza is available only on the east side).
Windy City serves a Vienna hot dog on a poppy-seed bun topped with relish, onions, tomatoes, pickle, sport peppers, a dash of celery salt, and yellow mustard. They’re $5 and come with fries. It’s the classic Chicago dog we were looking for, but it might not be the best this place has to offer when you consider the Italian beef. We haven’t tried Italian beef sandwiches in a lot of places, but served dry, wet, or dipped and loaded with peppers for $7.50, we’d rate it Las Vegas’ best version of this other Chicago favorite. Plenty more on the menu includes burgers, wings, and pizza, plus Jays potato chips and O-Ke-Doke popcorn, both Chicago products.
A good time to go is during a game with any Chicago sports team, when they run different specials, like a bucket of five Goose Island beers for $10. During a recent Cubs game, beers were $1. There’s also a daily dining special, including a slice of pizza and a “pop” for $5 on Mondays, wings for 60¢ apiece on Tuesdays, and Italian beef for $5 on Thursdays (do it!). Hours are 11 am to 9 pm daily (10 pm on Fri. & Sat.). The west side Windy City Beefs ’n’ Dogs is located at 7500 W. Lake Mead.
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