Hours

Hours vary around Holidays
Stop by and try the winner of WGN's 2024 Chicago's Best Italian Beef!

BOB-O'S STYLE HOT DOGS
(Everything includes MUSTARD, RELISH, ONION) (SPORT PEPPER and CELERY SALT upon request)
Served with our Famous FRESH CUT FRENCH FRIES
Hot Dog                            $4.99 - DBL. $6.50
Char Dog.                         $4.99 - DBL. $6.50
Polish                                $5.99
Maxwell St. Polish          $5.99
Tamale on a Bun             $4.75

Sides

Fresh Cut Fries          $3.25
Bunch Tamale           $2.50


DESSERTS
Frozen Banana                                               $1.60
Homemade Italian Ice (Lemon)         10oz $2.60
                                                               16oz $3.80
                                                                32oz $7.60

BEVERAGES
Bottled Water          $1.25
Medium 16oz         $1.99
Large 32oz              $2.99  
(Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Barq's Root Beer, Orange Fanta, Minute Maid Lemonade, Raspberry Iced Tea)







CATERING
Bob-O's Famous Homemade Italian Beef w/ gravy (makes 3-4 sandwiches per #)
$15.00 per pound
Homemade Meatballs (1# = 8 balls)
1/2 Pan (2.5#/20 balls) $45.00
Full Pan (5#/40 balls) $90.00
Italian Sausage
1/2 Pan (serves 12) $30.00      Add Sweet Peppers +$5.00     Add Marinara +$5.00
Full Pan (serves 24) $60.00     Add Sweet Peppers +$5.00     Add Marinara +$5.00
BBQ Beef (buns included)
1/2 Pan     $35.00
Full Pan    $65.00
Mostaccioli or Rigatoni         
Marinara          Vodka Sauce          
Baked
$30.00                   $40.00                        +$10.00
$60.00                    $80.00                        +$20.00  
1/2 Pan (serves 10)        
‍Full Pan (Serves 20)                                           
Potato Salad
1/2 Pan (serves 15-20)          $30.00  
Full Pan (serves 20-30)         $60.00
Homemade Chili 32 oz       $11.50
French Bread 36" Loaf (makes 6/6" or 12/3")         $4.25
Pepper (Sweet or Hot)
8oz. Container     $4.00
16oz. Container   $8.00
32oz. Container   $16.00
Rice Pudding (cinnamon topping upon request)
1/2 Pan (4#)     $40.00
Full Pan (8#)    $80.00
Full Pan Fries  $20.00
Extra Juice (32oz.)         $4.00
Sterno Chafing Tray     $3.50

Delivery via Grubhub, Uber Eats, DoorDash

Check out our other locations!
       Rand Red Hots 1441 Rand Road, Des Plaines, IL                                        Bob-O's Hot Dogs 8258 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL


Our Story


Bobo opened his first hot dog location in the 1950s at 8258 W. Irving Park Road. He expanded by setting up mobile stands around Chicago but he always had his flagship store on the northwest side.

It was eventually taken over by Phyllis Bartell in the 1970s and it’s been a family owned operation ever since. She continued the tradition of creating authentic Chicago-style hotdogs along with serving other favorites. All of the menu items are homemade and cooked up daily including hand-cut French fries, meatballs, chili, and the beef sandwiches, which are cooked and sliced on-site. Not many places put in this extra effort into their food but we know you’ll be able to taste the difference.

The neighborhood may have looked different over the years but the source for an original Chicago-style hot dog has never changed. Saturdays are said to be reunions when many of the long-time customers stop in to catch up. August is also a time when Bob-O’s hosts a custom auto show where long-time customers from all over the country stop by to show off their vintage cars.
The Vienna Hot Dog Company elected Bob-O's to their Hall of Fame in 2006. They were awarded the Best Beef award by Chicago Magazine in 1978 and again by WGN in 2024. They were also featured on ABC 7's Hungry Hound and in the book, “Never Put Ketchup on a Hot Dog”.

Bob-O's would like to thank all of their loyal customers. We truly appreciate your support through all of these years. If you enjoyed your experience with us, please tell a friend. And for all of those who may have missed us before, stop in and taste a Chicago legend!