Big Al’s

This place was decent a year ago or so ago, before they started screwing up orders. The food isn’t bad, but all I’m going to say is, if you decide to order from here, be sure to double check your food before you leave.

Good food. Greasy spoon quality. Only have one complaint. It was just about what I was told by the cashier one day and has stuck with me ever since. It went a little something like this,
Me: I love this place because it’s close to me job so I can walk here for lunch. Plus, there aren’t many of these kind of places around here. Please don’t ever leave guys lol
Cashier: (Being friendly) Yeah the only other fast food places like this are a little farther south. But that’s by all the black people so you never know what could happen there. So, we definitely have this area wrapped up because people are too scared to go by the blacks for this food lol
Me: *Awkward weird half smile/​half mouth just hanging open a bit*
I turn to my coworker who happens to be white and she said she couldn’t believe what she said either.
Now I myself am Black. I’m light skinned and constantly get confused for Puerto Rican or Dominican, especially in this area which is predominantly Hispanic/​Latino.
Maybe she didn’t realize who she was talking to but that’s besides the point. It was racist, and rude. And because of that reason, I can’t give this place the complete 5 stars it deserves for the quality of it’s food. An employee can represent the company it works for, With that in mind, one can ASSUME this is how everybody in there thinks…

I’ve ordered several times from this place and not one complaint from me yet. Everytime I have gotten something different so I don’t get stuck on one thing. Recently I got the steak fries minus the cheese which I don’t like and O couldn’t stop eating them. Personally I would of prefer the fries to be thicker like before but I still enjoyed them regardless. My husband likes the torta al pastor. My fave has been the burger… Will continue to go back to this place.

This is a legit fastfood burger joint. Everything is made after you order, so its all warm. You can tell they kinda cut corners with ingredients, but if you want food its your best bet over McDonalds. Burgers and sandwiches come with fries.
I’ve really only had their burger, gyro, and Italian beef.
Staff is meh. They greet you, take your order, then ignore you till the food is done.

Great place for some all-​round great tasting chicago food. Cheese steak fries are the best. You can get an awesome burger for a great price. They are open all night and they even have bananna splits! Good customer service and for the time it takes, and what it costs your getting high quality food! A must try!

This place is awesome! Food is great, real deal chicago. The polish is real maxwell, and the burgers are delicious, same price as fast food, but better quality and flavor, and the portion is big too. The best part is that everything comes with fries! Freshly made too. I recommend coming here, it definitely beats the tastee freeze that used to be here by a longshot!

I shouldn’t have done it.
Pros:
Open late
WiFi
takes credit
Coke in a glass bottle
Cons:
the food
They serve everything from Italian beefs, to 5 packs of hot dogs, tacos, burritos, wings, etc. To their credit the place seems very clean with bright signs and plenty of security cameras.
Stopped by for some late night eats, ordered a chicken burrito which didn’t taste very good at all. The flour tortilla tasted very processed, the chicken tasted frozen and processed. Anyone who frequents fast food knows that none of this should be a surprise but the appeal of fast food is that something should make up for the fact that you know it’s bad for you (like the taste, the place, etc.). The taste of Big Al’s food made it quite obvious I was wrecking my body. Hopefully it will improve one day.
I didn’t know the burrito came with fries. Those were ‘meh.’