The best sandwich
in Chicago.
House-roasted Black Angus beef, hand-rolled meatballs, delicious filled cannoli and homemade soups — don’t forget our homemade Eggplant and Chicken Parm sandwiches — made from the recipes our family’s perfected since 1968, along with imported Italian meats and cheeses. And don’t forget the delicious bread, brought in fresh daily from D’Amato’s Bakery in Chicago.
Ordering here puts you on our own menu, at shop prices — the delivery apps charge more.
- House-roasted daily
- Catering for any crowd
- Keto bowls & gluten-free
Two neighborhood shops
Order online for pickup or delivery
Same recipes, same family, two locations. Choose your shop to start your order.
Logan Square
Chicago
2610 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL
Mon–Sat 10:30 AM–6 PM · Sun 11 AM–5 PM
Northwest Suburbs
Schaumburg
Catering only — office lunches, game days & parties · 24 hours' notice
Our Story
It started in a Chicago bakery.
“The house always smelled wonderful from that homemade goodness.”
Rosie and Papa Joe opened their bakery on the northwest side in 1968, and Freddy grew up in it — Mama Rosie’s little sidekick. He opened his own shop in Ukrainian Village in 2013, moved it to Logan Square in 2015 where it became Rosie’s Sidekick Sandwich Shop, and ran the shop and the bakery side by side for years. The bakery closed in 2022. The recipes didn’t.
Made from scratch, start to finish. We roast our own Black Angus beef, hand-roll Mama Rosie’s meatballs, grill our Italian sausage, simmer the Sicilian basil marinara and soups, bread the eggplant and chicken parm to order, and fill the cannoli fresh. As for the bread? That arrives fresh every day from D’Amato’s Bakery in Chicago.
Family favorites
A few that built our name
A taste of the menu. Full lineup — hot subs, deli classics, keto bowls, pizza bread & dessert — is one tap away.
Italian Beef
House-roasted Black Angus beef, sweet peppers and hot or mild giardiniera. Dry, juicy, or drenched — you tell us.
The Couch
Rosie’s meatballs, house-roasted beef, provolone, marinara and giardiniera. Our coziest, heartiest hot sandwich.
The Original Muffuletta
Mortadella, Genoa salami, capicola and olive medley on D’Amato’s muffuletta bread. Big enough for two.
Eggplant Parm
Fresh-baked eggplant topped with Rosie’s marinara sauce and Italian provolone. A vegetarian heavyweight.
Build-Your-Own Keto Bowl
Skip the bread — take any sandwich and make it a gluten-free, low-carb bowl. All the flavor, none of the loaf.
Cannoli
Finish like an Italian. House cannoli, tiramisu, brownies, cookie boxes and Eli’s cheesecake.
Catering
Feed the whole crowd, Sicilian-style.
From office lunches and game-day spreads to weddings and holidays — we bring dependable catering with a little Sicilian swagger.
- Sandwich boxes & build-your-own platters
- Pasta trays, salads & hot entrées
- Weddings, corporate, sports parties & holidays
Quick catering inquiry
Rosie’s Rewards
Every sandwich earns you the next one.
Join Rosie’s Rewards through SpotOn and rack up points on every order — pickup, delivery or catering. It’s free, and it’s delicious.
News
Fresh from the shop
New sandwiches, catering ideas and a little Italian food history.
Not Your Average Tomato Soup: Why Rosie’s Homemade Tomato Basil Soup is So Much Better!
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Do You Love Italian Food? Chicagoland – Rosie’s Sidekick Sandwich Shop Has What You Want!
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Rosie’s Sidekick Sandwich Shop: Authentic Sicilian and Italian Catering in Chicagoland
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Sandwiches, on repeat
New sandwiches, the specials board and the odd collab — see what’s coming over the counter this week.
