Joseph Zucchero, who opened Mr. Beef, known for its Italian beef sandwiches and most recently the model for the TV show 'The Bear,' in the River North neighborhood in 1979, has died. He was 69.
Mr. Beef co-owner Joseph Zucchero slices beef at his restaurant on Feb. 12, 2009.
Born in Chicago, Zucchero grew up in Norwood Park and attended Taft High School. As a young man he worked for a carpet company and in the meat department at a North Side Dominick’s grocery.At 25, with his own savings and some help from his father-in-law, Zucchero decided to open an Italian beef restaurant, his son said. It was 1979 and he chose a location at 666 N. Orleans St. in River North, which was not yet a gentrified neighborhood.
Leno told the Tribune in 1989 that Mr. Beef is “a straightforward place, one of those places that’s uniquely Chicago.” At the restaurant, Zucchero “thrived,” his son said, on the relationships he had with his customers and employees.
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