Buona, maker of Chicago’s Original Italian Beef, has today announced its continued national expansion with plans to target additional U.S. high-growth markets. The regional Chicago icon will target Florida, Texas and Arizona for new franchise locations in the coming year, as well as added expansion in key Midwestern cities. In addition to booming growth, the […]

Iconic Chicago restaurant brands Buona and The Original Rainbow Cone have announced today the first Buona/Rainbow Cone dual-concept locations outside of Chicago. Led by experienced entrepreneurs and real estate developers Jesse Alvarez, Chicago native now residing in the Nashville metro area and Tony Vendramin, the new Buona /Rainbow Cone locations will bring the classic Chicago […]

The Buona Companies, owner and operator of family-owned Buona, announced that it will be opening a new location in Countryside, Illinois in early June of 2021. This location will be the 25th Buona restaurant across the greater-Chicago area and will be located at the corner of South LaGrange Road and Plainfield Road. To celebrate the […]

Buona announced today the opening of its newest in Chicago’s West Loop at 804 West Washington Blvd on Saturday, November 24. The new restaurant is the second to open in downtown Chicago, and the family-owned group’s 24th location. To celebrate, Buona is giving a free Italian beef sandwich to anyone who is in line at the West […]

Buona, The Original Italian Beef, announced the opening of its first location outside of Illinois at 324 US 41, Schererville, Indiana, 46375 on March 27. The opening represents a significant milestone for the family-owned business, as it signals its intent to spread the “national” sandwich of Chicago beyond Illinois’ borders. The restaurant will be the […]

Buona, The Original Italian Beef, announced the opening of its newest restaurant location in Oak Lawn, Illinois. The last of the family-owned Italian beef restaurant groups will officially open its 21st location on Wednesday, December 6 at 6235 95th Street in Oak Lawn. The restaurant marks the group’s third new opening in 2017, a year […]

Buona, The Original Italian Beef, opened its newest location to over 1,000 new customers at 613 North McClurg Court on Saturday November 4—hundreds of whom waited in line before they opened their doors. The family-owned business, which has preserved the city’s great Italian beef traditions, is pleased to bring its take on Chicago’s iconic sandwich […]

Buona, the original Italian beef, is uniting a city with divided loyalties, as the family-owned brand is now the official Italian beef of both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. While Buona’s Italian beef and meatball sandwiches were served in both Wrigley and Guaranteed Rate Fields in 2016, 2017 marks the first year […]

May is National Beef Month and Buona, The Original Italian Beef, is celebrating with its second annual National Beef Day. Meat lovers can celebrate with Buona's Italian sandwiches—ordered in classic Chicago style—with hot giardiniera or sweet peppers, and just the right amount of gravy—a little (dipped), a lot (baptized), or somewhere in between. In 2015, […]

Buona is honored to announce its partnership with Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo to help raise funds for his foundation, the Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation. The family-owned restaurant group has worked with Rizzo to develop "The Rizzo Way" of preparing three classic sandwiches: the original Italian Beef, Sausage, and Italian Beef and Sausage Combo. […]