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  • Chicago Pizza Tours: One of the best ways to experience Chicago

    Chicago Pizza Tours: One of the best ways to experience Chicago
    Jul 16 2025
    When you have out-of-town company visiting the Chicago area, what’s the one thing you make sure is part of their experience? If your answer isn’t “pizza”, you’re a bad host and you need to fix that. Taking them on the original Chicago Pizza Tour is a great way to do so. Chicago Pizza Tours founder […]
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  • The winner of the 2025 Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament is…

    The winner of the 2025 Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament is…
    Jun 26 2025
    After 3 weeks of voting on 64 Chicago area “Mom & Pop” Italian Beef places, we finally have a new champion of our annual Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament, sponsored by Turano Baking Company and Caruso Provisions. John Williams was joined by Chicago’s Very Own Eats podcast cohost / WGN Radio bracketologist Michael Piff to call […]
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  • Why Chicago rolls with Turano Baking Company

    Why Chicago rolls with Turano Baking Company
    Jun 25 2025
    For the three years that we’ve held our annual Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament, Turano Baking Company has been gracious enough to support it as a sponsor. Mario and Giancarlo Turano joined Kevin Powell and Michael Piff on the Chicago’s Very Own Eats podcast to talk about this year’s tournament, the history of their family’s business, […]
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  • How Caruso Provisions giardiniera ‘elevates everything’

    How Caruso Provisions giardiniera ‘elevates everything’
    Jun 18 2025
    What’s the Chicago version of peanut butter and jelly? Well, Italian Beef and giardiniera, of course! But even as a co-sponsor of our 2025 Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament, Caruso Provisions aims to be more than a condiment for your dipped sandwich. Peter Caruso, co-owner of Caruso Provisions, joined Kevin Powell and Michael Piff on the […]
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  • Bob-O’s is ready to defend their Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament title

    Bob-O’s is ready to defend their Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament title
    Jun 3 2025
    Before the 2025 Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament kicks off on Thursday, Rich Bartell from Bob-O’s joined Kevin Powell and Michael Piff on the Chicago’s Very Own Eats podcast to talk about defending their championship title. Rich shared with Kevin and Michael what it was like from a business owner’s perspective being on the competing end […]
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  • Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament returns for Year 3

    Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament returns for Year 3
    May 30 2025
    WGN Radio’s Senior Digital Strategist and co-host of the Chicago’s Very Own Eats podcast Michael Piff joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to talk about the third edition of WGN’s ‘Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament’, sponsored by Turano Baking Company and Caruso Provisions. Michael details this year’s bracket which features 64 mom-and-pop restaurants from the […]
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  • National Italian Beef Month: A history lesson with Joe Buonavolanto Jr. and behind-the-scenes look at Buona in Berwyn

    National Italian Beef Month: A history lesson with Joe Buonavolanto Jr. and behind-the-scenes look at Buona in Berwyn
    May 15 2025
    What began as a day to celebrate “the most Chicago food item of all,” has now expanded into a month-long celebration. The family behind the winner of our inaugural Chicago’s Best Beef Tournament, the Buonavolantos, joined forces with the Scalas and Pacellis (from Al’s Beef) to petition for a National Italian Beef Day, and this […]
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  • Why you should go to Uncle Jerry’s for National Deep Dish Day (and beyond)

    Why you should go to Uncle Jerry’s for National Deep Dish Day (and beyond)
    Apr 4 2025
    Like many of us pizza lovers, Jerry and Nancy Czerwinski had “Pizza Fridays” with their family, picking up Lou Malnati’s and Pequod’s every week. When they moved to Cary, Jerry bought a 25-pound bag of flour, and began making his own pizzas at home, which slowly well known throughout the community. Located in the heart […]
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