Halsted Street Deli - Illinois Center

Sometimes Halsted is great, but other times when it's bad it is reeeeal bad. Here is my buffalo chicken wrap: no tomatoes, ranch or buffalo sauce (so...

I really enjoy sandwiches and often enough you get a fair price at Halsted Street, but this will be my last time there. Steer clear of the Corned Beef sandwich. Ordered one today and it was the biggest waste of money I've spent on a meal in a long time. Sandwich took maybe four bites to eat and left me still wanting more and the pickle was very sad; about the thinnest I've ever seen. To top it off it was $6.25 or so after taxes. It's pretty insulting to get such a terribly overpriced and underwhelming sandwich when right across the way you can get a McChicken for $1.00 and receive a more fulfilling meal. Just disappointed in how my last few experiences here have turned out.

I wanted the half sandwich/small soup combo, just told the man I didn't want the pop. He then proceeded to charge me for a half sandwich and small soup, and when i questioned him on that (seeing as it was a $1 more than the deal), I said your deal is 8.99 but he said it's correct. I went back to the ordering line and asked if it was more based on the sandwich you get. She said no and then the guy ringing up yelled across to me "SWEETIE I ASKED YOU IF YOU WANTED THE DEAL!". First of all, nobody should ever be yelling at me from across the room. Second, clearly i was confused...I didn't realize that i would be charged $1 more if I didn't take the damn pop. So how about you explain that to me...I didn't want the pop, but I could have just taken it and given it to someone else vs being charged more. MOST places will take $0.30-$0.40 cents off...but whatever. Also, I find it a little unnerving to call all female patrons sweetie. You are not my family, friend, or even an acquaintance.

Most sandwiches here are available in two sizes: regular or large. I ordered a regular pastrami sandwich for $7 after tax. This is half a sandwich, not a "regular" sandwich. The meat was delicious, but not the bread. The owner needs to revise the signage to be less ambiguous and please use better sandwich bread

I ordered the Baja. It's advertised to have Swiss cheese separated by carrots, avocado, sprouts, cucumbers, roasted red peppers, green peppers, onions, shredded lettuce, tomatoes and mayo served on multi-grain bread. It's seriously had dried up lettuce, lots of shredded carrots, one slice of tomato and two slices of cucumbers. No cheese, no sprouts, no avocado, no onions, no bell peppers, NOTHING. I asked the girl behind the counter if she had the sprouts as that's PURELY why I ordered it (I'm pregnant) and she said she had none. Well they should have told me they didn't have half the things they needed for the sandwichin the first place and I would have ordered something else. Didn't even offer me to get something else instead after I got literally a shredded carrot sandwich. Waste of my money!!! NEVER AGAIN!! First and last time I even step foot in there.

I ordered the Baja advertised as several layers of swiss cheese with avocado slices between the layers. Translation 2 slices of cheese and 2 very small slices of avocado on one half of the sandwich. The minuscule avocado and veggies were fresh. Probably would have been good if made as advertised.

This place is awesome. The service was amazing. I had never been here before but the owner/manager acted as if he'd known me forever. I got the French toast...

Good food, quick and at a decent price. Nice people too! What more do you need to know?