Mile High corned beef sandwich with cheese and horseradish cream sauce on rye bread at Al & Joe’s

Founded in 1960 by Italian neighborhood boyhood friends Aldo Conforti, a former elevator operator aka vertical engineer, and Joseph Gapastione, a former bricklayer

Revitalized by a new generation led by Joe’s son, the late Joseph Gapastione, who died in 2023

Just sold by his family to a new owner, who also owns a birria restaurant and plans to keep everyone and everything the same

In Franklin Park near Chicago, under the expressway over by O’Hare

Free link in my profile @louisachu1
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