A Maxwell Street Polish consists of a grilled all-beef Polish sausage topped with grilled onions and yellow mustard and the optional sport peppers, on a bun. The sandwich was first created by Jimmy Stefanovic, a Macedonian immigrant, who took over his aunt and uncle's hot-dog stand (now Jim's Original) in Chicago's Maxwell Street marketplace in 1939.
The Maxwell Street Polish soon grew to be one of Chicago's most popular local sandwiches, along with the Chicago hot-dog and Italian Beef. It is served by restaurants around the city, and is common at sporting events. Many small vendors specialize in the Maxwell Street Polish along with the pork-chop sandwich.
Some variations exist. For example, some hot-dog vendors offer a "Maxwell Street hot dog" in which a hot dog is substituted for the Polish sausage.
Due to UIC's South Campus development, the two famous Maxwell Street Polish stands, Jim's Original and Maxwell St. Express Grill, both of which coexisted side by side for decades at Halsted and Maxwell streets, have now relocated a half block east to Union Avenue, adjacent to the Dan Ryan Expressway on-ramp at Roosevelt Road.
The Maxwell Street Polish soon grew to be one of Chicago's most popular local sandwiches, along with the Chicago hot-dog and Italian Beef. It is served by restaurants around the city, and is common at sporting events. Many small vendors specialize in the Maxwell Street Polish along with the pork-chop sandwich.
Some variations exist. For example, some hot-dog vendors offer a "Maxwell Street hot dog" in which a hot dog is substituted for the Polish sausage.
Due to UIC's South Campus development, the two famous Maxwell Street Polish stands, Jim's Original and Maxwell St. Express Grill, both of which coexisted side by side for decades at Halsted and Maxwell streets, have now relocated a half block east to Union Avenue, adjacent to the Dan Ryan Expressway on-ramp at Roosevelt Road.
by FatJoker February 24, 2008
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by bichlasagnabich June 19, 2020
I walked down the alley last night and saw Tenisha swallowing Shaun's maxwell street polish. Loose-ass heffa!
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by HelloGoodPeople213 March 03, 2023
Maxwell Heights SS is the high school u go to if you want a good yet great future it’s full of potheads vape gods and alcoholics. people will deny this but we all know it’s true. Maxwell is mostly white people who play hockey and a large 40 person black people group
Kevin: yo do you go to Maxwell?
Jacob: Yeah it’s taken over by shit heads though
Kevin: Maxwell Heights SS right?
Jacob: yessir
Jacob: Yeah it’s taken over by shit heads though
Kevin: Maxwell Heights SS right?
Jacob: yessir
by VenomOfSeas November 21, 2019
bro your such a alexandra catherine maxwell
by Butt the hut December 19, 2022
me hiddenpicture (@robloxistheworc): BRO HAS AIRPOD SHOTTY! MAXWELL SAVE ME IM SORRY
baller (@crocstu): dang it imma get -not going to put name- a couple times to upgrade
me: oh god I home maxwell the carryable cat can cave me
baller: *airpod aa12*
baller (@crocstu): dang it imma get -not going to put name- a couple times to upgrade
me: oh god I home maxwell the carryable cat can cave me
baller: *airpod aa12*
by talkplaymore April 30, 2023