Location: 185 Baldwin Street, Toronto
Website: https://www.frankranallisitalianbeef.com/
I should note that this place is actually inside Woofdawg Hotdog in Kensington Market, so if you’re looking for Frank Ranalli’s signage, you won’t find it.
They serve Chicago-style Italian beef sandwiches here, which you can get topped with sweet or hot peppers.
This style of sandwich consists of a hearty amount of thinly-sliced roast beef topped with giardiniera (pickled veggies) and, since I ordered the spicy version, hot peppers. The thing that makes an Italian beef sandwich stand out is the fact that the bread is given a quick dunk in a beefy au jus sauce. It’s a sandwich that pretty much cannot be dry by default. It’s delightful.
They also serve this type of sandwich nearby at Marq’s Chicago Beef, and I’ll admit that I liked that one a bit better (it has a more satisfying beefy flavour), but the sandwich here was still thoroughly delicious.
Michael Eats 