![]() “Other than that, just high-end fast food, Chicago products.” “We’ll have Chicago dogs, Maxwell Street polish, Italian beef, we’re going to do great burgers, fries, we make soup and chili, so there’ll be soup and chili,” McGlade said. It will feature a full line of Vienna Beef products, available to take away or eat at the restaurant or a new outdoor space the company is building. The restaurant will be similar to the one previously housed in the former factory, McGlade said. ![]() “We’ll be keeping the outside, with the exception of putting a brand new roof on, and really starting from scratch with spaces that’ll be very unique to this part of Chicago.” “We will be gutting the entire inside,” McGlade said. Now, the hot dog maker is returning to a building it’s called home since the 1970s - with some significant changes. The Bucktown site was then slated to become a Drive Shack driving range, a project which fell through during the pandemic, Vienna Beef vice president Tom McGlade said Tuesday. The company shifted production operations to a facility in Bridgeport in 2015. The move comes three years after Vienna Beef closed its store and cafe in the building and moved its corporate offices to the West Loop. ![]() Damen Ave., to become “Vienna Beef Plaza.” The complex will feature offices and the restaurant as well as a factory store and additional retail space for other companies. The company announced Tuesday work is underway on a $20 million redevelopment of its former factory space, 2501 N. BUCKTOWN - Iconic Chicago hot dog and sausage maker Vienna Beef is revamping its former factory space in Bucktown to once again house its corporate headquarters, a restaurant and more.
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