The Original Maxwell Street — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

If you want a good, Chicago Street Food fix, this place which calls itself the Original Maxwell Street might be for you. I'm a Maxwell Street Polish Sausage fan, so I'm willing to go to this gritty, Westside spot. The fries are good, sometimes soggy, crispy or greasy and greatly compliment everything (except maybe the burritos and tacos on the menu). Service is quick and friendly. The area is not for everyone. If you are waiting in line, you can expect some kind of hustle. I don't like being panhandled at all anytime, especially when waiting to order food. Sometimes it's one person, maybe sitting on the ground looking up at you; or it could be a shirtless dude asking to buy him a pop, or a barefoot guy drinking E&J asking for a dollar. I just nod my head No and stay focused on the prize. Many people would avoid this, but if you can shrug it off it beats the drive to University Village where the real, original Maxwell Street Polish is found. The price here is right and the junk...

Every time I go, you always have people on the outside Begging you for change. They don't always have fish, that fish is really good. I recommend it highly so I went there tonight and I always My policy was Mustang on it. I hate onions and I hate peppers but I highly recommend that the police are mean to fit the fish Sandwich maybe just they just don't be working good but anyway it's a good place to go but you get tired of people on outside. I always begging you and the fifth sandwiches are good but I just can't deal with the people begging me all the time for the ambience. I give it one star. They need security out there to keep them people away. When you place in your order, that's not good business. Anyway, that's just my...

In the past, this was a go-to place for me, but a place to go no more! The fries were hard and not fresh at all. The polish has gotten quite smaller. The taste of the polish has lost a lot of unique flavor. There was no snap or break at the polish casing as you bite in. The texture seemed one similar to boiled meat and then placed on a flat grill. The onions were not of a nice caramelized presentation. It's more like onions that stayed underneath all the fresh grilled onions one batch after the other.. that's just my opinion, someone else might find this place off the chain and good, but for me none of the food was on point..... sad because it was very...