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. […]

Buona is pleased to announce a three-year partnership with Chicago's Major League Baseball teams. As part of the sponsorships, Buona has exclusive rights within the Italian Beef category for stadium sales for the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. Additionally, the company has penned an agreement with Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo to help […]

Buona, The Original Italian Beef, announces its first official location within Chicago's city limits. The restaurant group, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, opens its 17th location on Tuesday, March 22, at 10659 S. Western Ave in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood. To celebrate Chicago's first Buona restaurant, any Buona beef lovers can post a selfie […]

Buona, The Original Italian Beef, celebrates 35 years of serving up its famous beef to all of Chicagoland on January 21. Joe Buonavolanto, Sr. opened the first Buona restaurant in 1981 in Berwyn, Illinois, bringing Italian beef to the suburbs. Buonavolanto was among a group of Italian immigrants who made the now-famous sandwich a staple […]