Poochie’s - Skokie

Always a great experience. I’m there at least weekly.

First time in Chicago, so we wanted to try some Chicago style food for us and the teens. Someone suggested Portillo 's, but in looking that up, we came across Poochie 's, which had similar Chicago style menu options, and the name sounded fun, so we came here instead. So glad we did! The gal at the register was super helpful since this place was new to us. Most items came as a special, which meant it came with their hand cut fries and a 20 oz drink. One teen got the Chicago dog with ALL the toppings, and substituted onion rings for the fries; two others got the bacon cheeseburger specials; my son got the double cheeseburger special and substituted an oreo shake for the drink for an extra charge. My hubby went with the Italian beef sandwich, fries and a chocolate malt. I did the polish sausage special, Chicago style. The cool thing was, when your sandwich was ready, the grillmaster called you up to the counter to put on the toppings you wanted. It was kind of like Subway! Note: a serving of fries was huge you may want to share. The food was excellent, the service great. On our way out, we discovered that, unlike the Portillos chain, this was a single location eatery. We 're glad we stopped in!!

My first time eating from this restaurant and I am not giving a full breakdown because I've only had the opportunity to try one meal but judged from the Char Turkey Burger with Fries the Turkey burger meat had a strange flavor and taste as if it was old or not seasoned or something, And they serve fresh cut fries but they are overcooked until they are crunchy (which some may prefer) but they should be somewhat soft and I couldn't believe that even the fountain Pop was bad. It did not have the right amount of flavor. Now being open-minded maybe I ordered the wrong thing from there and a lot of other items are very good but my first experience wasn't a good one. I would try a different item to be sure one day.

By far the best food in that area , the marinated chicken is Devine !!! Salami Sammy is epic , highly highly recommended, I'd give 10 stars if aloud

I have been there with my teenagers, and they love their burgers and hot dogs. The French fries are good too.The staff is super friendly.