Pops Italian Beef & Sausage - Tinley Park

Food Was Delicious ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger

Was here yesterday for Lunch 09/25/2024. Let me start by saying the owners of this franchise are nice and are an asset to Tinley Park. i really want to like this Pops! Unfortunately, my experience yesterday mirrors visits I've had the last 90 days.

First, the hot dog. ordered with everything and sports peppers. The pics show these were not sports peppers. I think they were pickled Serrano that tasted nasty like the tin can they came in. The bun has no poppy seeds and was hard as a rock. The dog itself was a skinless, limp, luke warm, and tasteless dog. The dog had too much mustard, a small blob of relish, hardly any onions, no celery salt and no sports peppers. All in all this was an awful Chicago dog

As for the beef, my standard order: Hot, sweet, and wet. First it was DRY and the beef was stringy with little or no taste. The Pops Giandinara had few jalapenos, mostly celery and was not hot at all. The franchise owner needs to review the video on Channel 9 to see how it's supposed to be made. This was not worth the upcharge for hot giard. As for the one small sliver of sweet pepper, enough said, Huge ripoff due to the upcharge for sweet.

Pops has never been known for their hot dogs and is known for their beef and hot giard. Yesterday was a horrible experience. Would have brought back, but, I took it to go and just couldnt get back. My advice is to drive a little farther to the original Palos store!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

First time here I got a Ruben, and there was no sauerkraut on it. Today was my second time here, hoping they'd redeem themselves with my polish and the "grilled" onions are completely black.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 3

Food is awesome! Favorite Italian beef in the area.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pop's beef, dipped, with mozzarella, sweet peppers and hot gardinera,, and fries, what's better?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French Fries and Fries, Italian Beef Sandwich, Sweet Peppers

It was our first time eating there and the food was delicious. I had the Italian beef and my husband had the hot dog- both so good. We will definitely be going back there, 10/10.

Very nice, fast, good service, good food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Always excellent

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Got a fish sandwich if it was kind of burnt

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Classic pops great food, decent prices, family service. Pops still has our favorite fries.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wonderful place! It's me and my girlfriend's favorite fast food restaurant to go to and it really hits that spot! I wish there was one closer to me so I could go more frequently!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Onion Rings, Large Fry, Double Cheeseburger

Cant go wrong with the beef sammich dipped with sweet and hot peppers.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

We made up our own food tour and stopped in here July 2017. Delicious!

It was "OK".

I have been away from Chicago area for a while so wanted some good "Chicago Food" and never tried Pop's even after living here for 20 years.

The sandwich was OK but wouldn't go back. Had the combo and Sausage was good but the beef had an odd flavor. The best way I can explain it is like cheap dry beef, almost like it was old.

Asked for hot peppers and instead of getting the delicious giardiniera peppers with the oil dripping down I got a few jalapenos on top with a few cut up celery pieces. That really ruined it as I miss that spicy oil and peppers of the giardiniera.....

Onion rings were fairly good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Good Italian beef here. Good stuff. Nice location. They have a following. You can sit outside for your meal. Like I said....Good stuff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Italian Beef Sandwich, Onion Rings, Maxwell Polish with Fries, Gyro Sandwich, Grilled Polish, Steak Sandwich, Gyro Plate, Shrimp Dinner, Sweet Peppers