Barraco's

Reviews about Barraco's

• 3 / 5

  By Linda Heppeler
  Ordered delivery the other night. I had a taste for a good Beef Sandwich & my husband wanted pizza. Well, he liked his thin crust pepperoni but the beef was HORRIBLE!. I could have soled my shoes with it. It was the driest rubberiest beef I have ever had (and sliced too thick too). I ended up throwing out the beef and just eating the bread with the juice which wasn't even flavorful. I don't get it? Don't the owners/managers ever eat their own food to check what the cooks are putting out? Maybe their beef is good but you would never know by the time it is served. The problem??? Leaving the beef sit in the juice on the steam table all night. I worked as a short order cook at Falco's Pizzeria in Chicago many years ago so I know from where I speak. To serve beef properly - have the juice hot . . . then just DIP the beef in for about 30 seconds . . . heats it up, takes away any pinkness of the meat, and coats it with the juice. . . . never overcooked then. I should have called and complained but didn't. In 40 years, the best beef I've ever had (and still is) is at TONY'S BEEF on 70th Pulaski. They are a family owned business that has been around forever and is a landmark! I used to buy it by the pound for my holiday parties. Best Beef on the South Side!!! . . . tender & juicy, not a speck of fat, and flavorful au jus
  April 15, 2017