campione's taste of chicago

bestfriesever!. we've been eating at campione's since it opened and without a doubt theirfriesare the best we've ever tasted. krinkle cut nice and crispy with the right touch of salt and pepper. the rest of their food is great too--italian beef, chi-town dogs and sausage...the list goes the staff is friendly. this place is a gem. miracle ford loves campione's!!!

absolutly to die for!!!!. wow! i will never eat any where else for as long as i live. the food is truly authentic and the staff is all family. the place is spotless and everyone is well taken care of. this family treats everyone that comes in better than most treat their friends. they are warm and inviting with a strong beauty gene ;-). they even allow anyone to have rule over the remote to their 42 inch lg as you enjoy home made sauce and meatballs that only true italians could ever produce. i even saw one guy ask for sauce in a cup so he could just drink it?! the italian beef is to die for, and they've got true chicago style hot dogs complete with the poppy seed bun and creepy lime green chicago relish. everything (i mean everything) is brought in from the windy city, other than what they make. i would know because i recently moved to the area only six years ago. i definitely feel at home with chicago memorabilia all over the walls and the smell of fresh fontinini sausages and brat's on the grill with a fresh scoop of the bestfriesyou will ever eat. this is place is completely family friendly and unique. everyone must go no matter how far away you might be, because they literally save you the 500 mile trip to chicago. it is that good, trust me. but, save room for desert! their canolli's, cheese cake, and home made unique cakes are absolutely the best you will ever have.

say "camp-ee-own-eez"!. consistently great.
free wifi access.
hosts/owners with a personality! (eek!)
the only place we all agree on every time!

update: the bratwursts are great, too! (not all chunky/gristly like brats usually are in the south) ;^/

our little family loves campione's! the dogs are my wife and kids' choice, and they are picky about food; maybe the other folks who whined about the hotdogs are not used to "yankee"/old-fashioned 'dogs which tend to have more "bite"; i, personally, avoid most hotdogs; anyway i found the roast beef with mozz a winner. i get a half "samitch" (which is not printed on the menu but is on the wall menu there) and it barely leaves room for a cannolu (cannoli, singular, who knew). thefriesare the best i've ever eaten. i usually avoid fries, too, they just never taste good enough to warrant the fat grams, but i cannot help eating a half (large) order here. back to the cannoli: they are filled to order so the shell is crisp like it should be (but never is elsewhere) and the filling is about perfect (needs more candied orange peel and pistachios imho). my only complaint is that it's a bit too expensive for us to stop there every time the kids suggest it - not really because it's too pricey, but because we must get the $3 canolli (x4) and cokes (to cut the grease, every cheap eats expert knows coke is like dawn, except it gets grease out of your _colon_).
re: (reviewer) sushi nut's complaints; 1) i agree with his/her parenting policy regarding avoidance of kids' tv, and the disney channel experience would've made me mad too; but i have never seen anything but sports and cnn on the hd tvs there. i'm sure if one asked they'd at least turn it down, and these people are among the few who posses the required tact to take disney from children and leave the kids smiling!
2). i too sometimes have the campiones too-full-dummy-tummy ache from the rich food, but just take this as an affirmation of your normal (i.e., usually healthy) diet!
hey i just thought of campione's new slogan: you want the food? huh? you can't handle the food!

very delicious! the italian beef with the mozzarella is the best!frieswere really tasty as well. couldn't decide what to have for dinner and wanted to try some place we hadn't been. took a gamble using urban spoon and found this place. glad we did! will definitley go back.

too family friendly. went to campione's for the first time after our kid's baseball game. was looking forward to spending some time as a family and talking, but unfortunately there was a television with disney channel movie playing turned up very loud. of course all the kids, including ours, were hipnotized to the tv. now, this might be a good thing for some parents, but it was a dissapointment to us.

our kids had the hot dogs and my wife and i had the "deb's roast beef samich", or something like that. it was a philly steak style sandwich with mozzerella cheese. the wait time was especially long and we became very frustrated as several people who ordered after us got their food before us. the food was just ok. there was a sign advertising the "vienna" brand roast beef, which tells me it's from a food service distributer and not fresh. it does not taste fresh. none of our three kids actually ate their entire hot dog, which was shocking. i tasted one of them, and it really was not good. it was tough and greasy. on a good note, thefrieswere actually quite good. probably the best part of the meal.

the girl who waited on us was particularly friendly and helpful. she must have known that we had waited for a long time as she brought us a complementary piece of cheesecake and a canoli. the cheesecake tasted home made. it was fairly light and not too rich. the canoli, even though it is not made fresh, was quite good. all in all, we were there for a good hour and left with a bit of a stomach ache (including my 7 year old).

some other good points was that the resturant and bathrooms were very clean and i really like the chicago theme. even though we did not complain, the staff went the extra mile for us with the free deserts. unfortunately, it's probably not going to be enough for us to come back for a round two.