Gino’s Steaks Truck

Chicago, United States

3.2

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20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 708-557-7411
Website:
www.ginossteakstruck.com
Address:
120 S Wacker, Chicago, IL, 60606
b/t Court Pl & Adams St
Portage Park
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
230 ftMontrose & Narragansett EB
310 ftMontrose & Narragansett WB
550 ftNarragnasett & Wright College
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Good For
Lunch
Bike Parking
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Divey, Casual
Noise Level
Quiet
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
No
Waiter Service
No
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Open now
Local time (Chicago) 14:54 Friday, 29 November 2024

Business hours

Monday 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Tuesday 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Wednesday 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Thursday 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Friday 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Saturday 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Sunday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm

Description

Specialties

One hell of a great Steaks Truck serving the greatest city in the world, Chicago! We offer the best steak, chicken, and vegetable griddle sandwiches!

Our perfectly seasoned, juicy steaks play off our REAL melted cheddar, white american or our hand-​shredded provolone cheeses (your choice of cheese) and I integrate a French demi-​glacé sauce. all on freshly baked bread. The bread is purchased daily and has the right crisp and the right chew to intertwine our steak, cheese, grilled yellow onions, green bell peppers, mayonnaise, romaine lettuce, roma tomatoes and a dash of oregano… this will only entice you to take another bite — before you finish your first one! Just a warning, our steak by itself is seriously addicting. The texture is mouth-​watering and light. Enjoy your meal «Chicago style» for $ 1.00! Add cheese and meat to your fries and prepare to be bedazzled!

Our fries are handmade on the truck and I add FRESH herbs to it bistro-​style.

Look for our yellow truck, so bright… you can probably see us from space!

History

Established in 2012.

Two restaurant guys got together with the single mission of making the most delicious fresh and tasty sandwiches and fresh fries. The name «Gino“comes from the father and mentor who taught these guys «Dah business». Sadly, one founder moved on, but the team moved forward.

You are going to love it!

Gino’s Steaks Truck

Meet the Business Owner

Rafael G.

Business Owner

Hola! My friends call me Chef. 15 years in the business.

My start: I got the opportunity at a Westin Hotel in Mexico to make a variety a foods with italian, french, moroccan, mexican influences. I’ve made food for Julia Roberts. Katherine Zeta Jones ordered my steak and Antonio Banderas has enjoyed my «anti-​pasta».

A few tidbits about me:

I became a chef under famous chef Renzo Melimanca in Mexico City, Mexico.

I like making contemporary fusion cuisine.

I can cut an apple to make it look like a rose or bird

Why we named it «Gino’s» Steaks?

One of the founding owner’s father (named Gino) was a well-​known and appreciated Sicilian baker. We honor Gino’s legacy by having the same mentality with the meals we create on our food truck. Fresh, flavorful ingredients are the foundation to any great meal!

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20 reviews of Gino’s Steaks Truck

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Place rating: 5
Lombard, IL
Loved it. The steak sandwich is philly style, but the ingredients are way better than anything you’d get in philly. The bread was fresh and it absorbed all of the delicious flavors of the steak and provolone cheese. I had mine «Chicago style» with tomatoes, sliced pickles, and lettuce. I would highly recommend this option. Great sandwich. The cheese fries were exactly what you would hope for, made from fresh potatoes, I requested mine «extra crispy.» Next time I’m going to order the chicken sandwich, and by the looks on the faces of the patrons eating those, I won’t be disappointed.
Place rating: 1
Chicago, IL
This truck is not a respectful neighbor when parked in the loop. The people who work the truck holler at the passersby all day long. It is incredibly disruptive and rude to the many people who work in this area. For that reason, I will not even consider patronizing this truck.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Not only is the food great, Gino’s saved my ass!
After the previously scheduled food truck canceled two hours prior to the event start, I called Gino’s and they saved the day! Gino’s showed up on a moment’s noticed, and we had a great event with great food!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
The food is very good ! I’d recommend White american cheese because it has the most flavor.
The bread was fresh and the steak was chopped small. Fries were fresh and crispy serving sizes fit the prices.
If you see the truck give them a try
Place rating: 1
Chicago, IL
The truck was located in the Daley Plaza today so I decided to try it.
I ordered the chicken/​steak fries with lettuce and tomatoes. The cook put peppers on my food even though I said no peppers.
There was a dead bug on my lettuce and it was just plain disgusting. The meat was so bland didn’t taste well at all. Went right in the garbage! Waste of money.
I will never try them again!
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
My boyfriend and I decided to get dinner here while sipping some summer beer at Imperial Oak brewery. I was a little put off because they were running late and I get getting hungry. My boyfriend on the other hand was getting hangry. I ordered a cheese steak while he had the chicken thing with cheese and we shared a cheese fry. I saw when I checked in on Unilocal that you could get a free fry if you ordered «a fatty.» I however could never order such a sandwich no matter how amazing it sounds because I could never bring myself to order something called «fatty.» I think it might be because I’m an overly self conscious girl. But whatever. I thought the food was good. It was a little pricey for what you got but good enough. If you happen to run into them at Imperial Oak you should give them a try.
Place rating: 1
Lansing, IL
We should have taken a clue that we were in for a bad time when we were ordering and noticed that the woman at the grill was in pajama pants.
My sister and I went to see a performance in Chicago, and had some time to kill before we got on our train. We stumbled across a food truck near Millennium Park, and we couldn’t resist. It smelled amazing, and who can say no to a food truck?
We paid $ 9 for a standard steak and cheese to share, and paid an extra buck (I think?) for it to be «Chicago style». That is, adding mayo, pickles, lettuce and tomato. It was served up pretty quick, and we continued on our way, then sat to eat.
The bread-​to-​meat ratio was horrible. It pretty much seemed like they gave us a side order of meat to go with our loaf of bread. The meat was warm, but absolutely tasteless. If you had blindfolded me and asked me to say what kind of sandwich it was, I could have only identified provolone and pickles. That’s all it tasted like: a basic Subway cheese sub.
For less than the $ 10 I paid here, I could have gotten a footlong, drink, and some cookies at Subway or Jimmy John’s. At least then it would have had flavor.
Thankfully, we only bought one to split, because if we would have spent $ 20 on two bad sandwiches, we would have been even less happy.
Place rating: 4
Washington, DC
We passed by their truck on the way to millennium park as we walked north on Michigan avenue in my beautiful hometown Chicago. We asked if they were open and they said yes. Unfortunately Unilocal said I was too far away to check in so sucks for me but didn’t stop me from taking pictures of the experience. Pros and cons list begin!
Pros:
1. Takes cash and credit
2. Free fry with the fatty sandwich as per Unilocal!
3. Delicious food for any occasion
4. You can share a fatty
5. They also sell bottled water
6. They were generous with napkins and forks
7. Fries, sauce and toppings were good.
Cons:
1. Large sandwich that you can’t hold in your hands without making a mess
2. $ 12 sandwich. Well $ 13 something with tax
3. The girl inside the truck wasn’t wearing a hair net to my naked eye
4. Heavy!
The fatty comes with cheese sauce, fries, steak, peppers, lettuce, tomatoes and onions. It was actually very good.
I liked it a lot and think it’s worth a visit or two!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
2 o’clock in the morning I was on my way home and I saw this truck and decided to check it out. I am from the east coast originally and thought I’d give it a shot because I’m a pretty rough critic when it comes to steak and cheese. The owner seems like a really cool guy and he recommended his homemade doritos which I thought «hmm interesting concept philly steak with homemade doritos I’ll give it a try». I will tell you I was shocked at how they both were so tasty. I don’t think it could have made my night better getting a juicy philly steak at 2am that was definitely on par with the ones in Philadelphia.
Place rating: 1
Chicago, IL
Got food with my husband on 7⁄21 and I have to say that this was so poorly executed. The hubby ordered a steak sandwich and I got steak and cheese fries. I really wish I had gone to one of the other food trucks but its hard for me to resist something like steak and cheese fries. So how did they screw up? Well the orders were wrong. My fries should have had the steak, peppers, onions, and tomatoes. There was only steak and a sparse amount of onions (big chunk cut pieces) on my fries. They also got my husband’s sandwich wrong. He asked for steak cheese and onions. Well there was only lettuce and cheese on it. How they got lettuce from onions, you tell me. This truck wasn’t even busy so I don’t know what the cook was thinking.
Here is the real gripe, this steak had to be the most flavorless steak ever. I don’t know it anyone is familiar but It is similar to a steak-​umm. I don’t consider that steak at all. It didn’t taste like anything but bland, greasy, fake steak. The fries were also lacking any seasoning. The only thing with taste was the grease and cheese. These fries are $ 9 dollars so I expect real steak meat. Even at greasy spoon restaurants the steak meat is steak. It might be fatty but its steak. My stomach felt like there was a brick resting in it for at least 3 hours after eating. The only thing that made this worth nine dollars was the amount of nasty food they give you. It was definitely a good portion. Any other place is better then this. Just keep walking because this truck will only bring disappointment.
Place rating: 5
Lake Zurich, IL
Hanging out with the Gino’s truck guys at Copper Fiddle. The cheesesteak was great and they come to you!
Place rating: 2
Chicago, IL
$ 10 down the drain for a completely flavorless cheesesteak. I considered rating 1 star, but the toppings were all very fresh. Great Steak, Philly’s Best. .even Baba’s (for my hood folks) are all far superior. Spend your sawbuck at one of the other food trucks.
Place rating: 3
Westmont, IL
Decent size sandwich for $ 9. I got the steak with American cheese. The fries were good but a bit too greasy.
Place rating: 3
Woodridge, IL
Had these guys while at a local brewery (Imperial Oak) and ordered a cheese steak and fries.
Cheese steak was really tasty, with fresh lettuce, tomato, and cucumbers on it, which was a nice twist, but the portion was super small, not much cheese or beef.
The portion was more like a kids sized menu item, and that is why I only gave them 3 stars, if taste was the only criteria, they would be 4 stars.
Ordered some fries which tasted fresh cut, but a bit too greasy for my tastes.
If I’m having a drink at the brewery and they are there, I will pry get another sandwich, but I would not seek them out.
Place rating: 3
Riverside, IL
We ordered sammiches here when they were at a local brewery. There weren’t a lot of other customers around but the service was quick and seemed friendly. I’m not sure if they called our names when our order was ready and maybe we didn’t hear them, but they brought our food over to where we were sitting, which was nice. My veggie sandwich was not bad. It had a lot of mushrooms on it, which I’m not a huge fan of but that’s my issue. It had some pickles and cheese and various other things on it. (I should mention that I do appreciate a steak truck even offering a veg sandwich!) My husband had a chicken sandwich, which he thought was good. We split an order of fries, which were tasty. All in all, it was decent. We probably wouldn’t hunt them down, but if they were going to be at the brewery again, we’d place another order.
Place rating: 2
Lemont, IL
Overpriced and underserved. Got the Steak sandwich for $ 10. What a disappointment. The sandwich was very average, definitely not worth $ 10. The serving size was like something off of a kids menu, about 4 bites of sandwich. Definitely will avoid this truck at all costs
Place rating: 1
Chicago, IL
Bug in my fries. Bought the chicken cheese fries got back to the office and saw a little bug wandering around my lunch. waste of $ 10.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
Love this damn truck.
Awesome food, really cool staff, and the owner Sal has gotta be one of the coolest guys to chat with.
Apparently he studied under the Big and Little’s masterminds so you know he does it right!
Place rating: 5
Oak Park, IL
Okay *munch*…OMG *munch*…this is AMAZING! Screw Philly, the Chicago style is THE BIZ! And the cheese fry?! Look. All I’m saying is, if you’re going to have a cheat day, THIS is what you get! They also sell this OKF Aloe drink. It’s like grape Kool-​Aid, but au naturale! Lol
Place rating: 3
Des Plaines, IL
I have ordered from the truck 3 – 4 times in the past 2 months in the south Loop. One of those visits I didn’t get what I ordered; however when I mentioned it next time, they made up for their goof.
The sandwiches are LARGE and I would say worth the $ 9. Fries are $ 3 but easily two servings. They aren’t Philly’s Best, but hey, I am not near Belmont!
I ordered beef with provolone– will try cheddar next.