This Italian is the second-best Italian I have ever eaten second to Monica's when they lost control of the meat slicer. Each city's behemoth varies in its degrees of excellence. The Graziano Italian features beautifully-sliced, quality meats and cheese along with an adequate amount of crisp lettuce. Yet where Monica offers a chewier bread with a spectacular crust, Graziano's bread is very soft enveloped in a magically crispy crust. Their oil and vinegar dressing atop the lettuce is well-balanced and tangy, but the star of the show is the hot giardiniera. Chicago's iconic accoutrement of pickled vegetables is spicy, tart, crunchy and a delicious cousin of the hots we know here in Boston. Each bite of the sub was spectacular, and I left satisfied, impressed, and proud of the Italian immigrants who ended up in the bleak, midwest to slang submarine sunshine to those living in the Land of Big Shoulders.
J.P. Graziano Grocery & Sub Shop
901 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL, 60607
https://www.jpgraziano.com
9.4/10
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