Chain: Al’s Italian Beef

Pizza Vets Enter Fast Casual with Doughocracy

The Windy City may be renowned for its deep-dish style pizza, but Chicago Franchise Systems is flattening the iconic pie with its new concept Doughocracy Pizza + Brews. The restaurant group behind two other limited-service restaurants—Nancy’s Pizza and Al’s Italian Beef—will open two franchise locations this fall with the first debuting in Geneva, Illinois, next […]

Al’s Italian Beef Teams Up with Mike Ditka for Promos, LTO

In honor of National Hot Dog Month, Al’s Italian Beef, in collaboration with Mike Ditka, famed coach, football player, and television commentator, introduced the newest and biggest addition to its menu, the Spicy, Jumbo Ditka Dog. The new char-grilled hot dog is a third of a pound of Vienna Beef on a poppy seed bun—almost […]

Al’s Italian Beef Signs On for 30 Units in California

Al’s #1 Italian Beef is excited to announce an extensive 30-unit development deal in California. Al’s #1 Beef storefronts will be opening in L.A. County and San Bernardino County over the next eight years, with the first unit signed in January 2013. “We are so excited to be bringing Al’s Beef to L.A. and San […]