What’s behind the push to make the Italian Beef Illinois’ official sandwich? Thank ‘The Bear.’
- Posted on May 22, 2026
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What’s behind the push to make the Italian Beef Illinois’ official sandwich? Thank ‘The Bear.’
State Rep. Rick Ryan, D-Evergreen Park, who held a press conference Wednesday to mark the bill that waits for a Senate vote, said his team dug through records and found that Illinois never had a state sandwich before.