Maxwell Street Polish

Maxwell Street Polish
Polish sausages, with the accompanying onions, on the grill with mustard and sport peppers in containers to add.
TypeSandwich
Place of originUnited States
Region or stateChicago
Main ingredientsBun, kielbasa, onions, yellow mustard, optional sport peppers
Jim's Original at its current location on Union Avenue, circa 2010.

A Maxwell Street Polish consists of a grilled or fried length of Polish sausage topped with grilled onions and yellow mustard and optional pickled whole, green sport peppers, served on a bun. The sandwich traces its origins to Chicago's Maxwell Street market, and has been called one of "the classic foods synonymous with Chicago".[1]

  1. ^ Clark, Sandy Thorne. (2006-6-26), "Getting a taste of Chicago: City's signature flavors have tourists and locals lining up for more, more, more", Chicago Sun-Times, S1.