What a great experience! It was definitely worth the trip from Milwaukee! The cheeseburger was delicious and the fries have a crispy coating, which i really enjoyed! Everything was very hot and fresh! The service also was very friendly! Another place to add to my list of places to return to! :-) read more

I always get the same order every time & it NEVER failsstaff is friendly & thank god for free extra sauce read more

Windy City Express - Sign outside on University Ave - Hot Dogs Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

The service was fast and friendly! The gentleman work in the drive-through was super nice. Even gave us an extra order of fries and a soda. On top of that I had a year old burger. It was very hot and very delicious. Everything was fresh. My fiancé and my mom each had the cheeseburger with fries. Everything was piping hot definitely would recommend! read more

The most delicious Philly steak sandwich I've had in my lifetime so far and I'm over 50. (Hubby agrees!) Wow. Just WOW. Great service, even smiled at our kitty who travels with us! It is $10.99 instead the $6.99 it says on the old picture someone posted of the menu but I would have given $15.99 and still feel it was worth it. YUM. We will probably travel back this way someday just to swing through for another sandwich!!! read more

Every week, Windy City is there for me. I order the same thing, 3 chicken wings and fries with lemon pepper. I like the consistency and convenience, while always being served with kindness. As for ambiance, I like the drive through. read more

I order from here all the time. The service is great each time. I always ask for extra lemon pepper and they get it just right! I would recommend coming here for some good and fast chicken. read more

Food is Great!! Options on food items is fantastic! Fast and food is always piping hot,which my family loves this! Prices are not so bad! The one thing that really stands out from this business is the way the Crew Members treat me! Always with a hello,how are you today? And a sweet farewell too! I like going back where I'am treated with a friendly smile and good mood! My family and friends can't get enough of from Windy City! Keep going back so often! Windy City? You have my vote: 10!!! read more

I got food poisoning twice from the lemon pepper chicken wings and now I only eat the fries.... Service is good and very nice read more

Your front counter employee was extremely rude and short kept getting attitude with me after I tried to order explaining to him that I have never been to this place before My wife asked what came on a sandwich and the dude exhales in disgust says great now your going to make me talk I said thank you after my encounter returns with nothing after he hands the food over I once again say thanks and nothing again I doubt I'll be back to this place at least on night shift read more

Came in for lunch when in town and ordered a gyro value mean (gyro with fries and drink) for a few cents shy of $10. Food- The gyro was blah. The meat had very little to no flavor, and they barely put any tomatoes or onion. The sauce was pretty blaise too. The fries were crisp and hot, so that was a plus. Service- This is going to be short. Service was terrible. Nothing more needs to be said. Atmosphere/Cleanliness- place was moderately clean, but the floors were sticky like they hadn't been mopped in awhile. This place looks like it used to be an old Long John Silver, Wendy's, or Hardee's, so you can guess the type of interior. Warning- On the way out, saw sign for Health Inspector where they had violations recently for cross contamination and time and temperature, so that was that. I wasn't expecting a lot, but oh well. read more

Man this is the spot, when me and my friends want a spot to meet we always agree here. You can tell the food is going to slap when you first walk in and see THE guy. They got a lot on the menu but there's only one thing you should be ordering, there jumbo chicken with extra lemon pepper.... read more

A friend recommended me to this place, and I was excited to try because I love a good piece of fish. But they're Selling perch as catfish!! Disgusting behavior. Mild sauce good tho read more

i've been going here since i was like 13,14 i'm now 23, i only get one thing here and one thing only and that's the Jumbo chicken fingers, With extra extra lemon pepper! and sometimes i'll throw in extra fries, hush puppies or a plain hotdog. always capitalize on the Thursday special you get 4 fingers, and a drink for a good price. i always swap the cup with a can of ginger ale. i'm such a regular here where all i gotta do is raise my fingers on how many fingers in feeling and they know. I will be sad if it ever gets taken down. read more

Best Italian Beef in town, as far as I'm concerned. Awesome fries - they're those lightly battered crispy fries. Serve yourself soft drink refills (which is always a plus for me in a counter service place). I don't know what Skip B is talking about with regard to being dirty. I found this place exceptionally clean. Even the window sills were free from dust. As for the dining room being empty, they seem to have quite a bit of drive through traffic at lunch time. Besides my husband and myself, there were also four other tables full of guys - mainly construction/manual labor type guys. All in all, it was exactly what I was looking for - a great beef sandwich in CU. YUM! read more

Windy City Express - Italian Beef (served dipped with hot giardiniera) and Fries with a drink. Monday's lunch special. - Hot Dogs Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

Restaurant review There goes my waist... I've work at the hospital for about a year and was wondering if there was any grease joints around. I'm completely surprised that this is located one street away from the hospital as it has classic Chicago foods including hamburgers, fried fish, hot dogs, and gyros. The food is made fresh to order so you do have to wait a little bit. The owners quite friendly and proud of his food. The first time I went I got a philly cheese steak. It was cooked perfectly and use quality ingredients. There was ample amount of fries with my combo and free refills while you eat in-house. The second time I came was on the weekend and I had their fried chicken and fish special. The chicken tenders are quite heavenly with their own dipping sauce. I went with the honey mustard and left the tribe the barbecue sauce. The food coming out very hot it takes a while to cool off, but you know that the food is fresh. What is surprising about this combo is that you can pick the type of fish you want. This includes tilapia and I believe walleye. My only concern about the fried fish was that it seemed to be over seasoned with the lemon salt. This was served over a bed of fries which was a little bit too much food for me. I may have found my new favorite grease joint in Champaign. Pros: Cheap inexpensive and fresh food although not the healthiest Cons: Long wait times especially for their busy Hidden deals: Their daily meal deals please check out my photos for details Health code rating: B to C. I don't want to believe the health code rating but they seem to have issues with food temperature http://champaign.il.gegov.com/champaign/estab.cfm?facilityID=1478 read more

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We've had the beef and sausage, the gyro, the chicken tenders, hush puppies, EVERYTHING has been delicious!!

Was very good. 4 star not 5 simply because it's fast food! Most important they need to fix or replace their drive-thru speaker they can't hear you and it's difficult to hear them! Gyros were very good, I like that they grill the meat before placing on pita makes it a tad crispy. Fries were good no potato skin, large size hot salty and greasy (healthy eaters avoid). Hot dogs are small but have good flavor, might be Vienna? The chicken gyros on pita was not the chicken gyros you get up in Chicago. It was breaded fried chicken breast with Tzatziki sauce on it. Chicken breast was tasty although the edges were chewy. Their Tzatziki sauce is spot on very good. Will definitely return for gyros want to try beef sandwich next. They were busy so can't be all that bad. read more

The location doesn't look like much, but don't let that stop you. Great service and awesome food. We came looking for good Chicago dogs and happened to come on the right day for a daily special. So glad we did. *Edit: RE: Previous reviews stating they didn't get real Chicago dogs, with the exception of the bun, this had all the right veggies and condiments and an all beef dog. It was the real deal. read more

Windy City Express - french fries in a paper bag - Hot Dogs Near Me - Urbana, Illinois

If you like to eat grease then this is your kind of place. I had the catfish dinner and it was a greasy mess , they place the deep fried fish on top of the fries and they soak up all the grease from the fish , then the bottom of all 4 fillets were hard and ,more like fish jerky. It added up I threw away the total of 1 fillets . read more

The food and fries were pretty tasty is I tried a variety of food items including the various sausage and gyroso's. The dried through though is very slow as they don't allow seeding at this time hearing this appears to be about ad ubiquitous as a Fast food independent business as you can find. The menu is extensive but the food is a big greasy read more

Suprisingly good gyros and fries. Reasonable prices good service. I'll be back. Doesn't look like much but you might be surprised

My order: double gyro burger w/ fries, mozzarella sticks I am VERY satisfied with the quantity and price of the food. My burger was humongous. I didn't expect gourmet and I was very pleased with the taste and quality of everything. Loads of food for an affordable cost. Don't knock it until you try it. read more

Gooder than a Mfa...would definitely go there again best thing other than fast food and everything is hot and fresh cooked to order

They served me old chicken dumped back in the grease to pass off as fresh chicken. They have 0 respect for the customer or the money customers spend. read more

Love this place, food is great. Beware when ordering "a meal" for any item. The place only gives you fries, they never include the drink. When mentioning this to the staff, they say it's just fries even though the sign says drink too. Might as well just get a side of fries instead of the meal and save some money. read more

This is one of my favorite places in town. The fish and chicken wings are especially good and their fries are a few steps above most. It's not "fast" food, since everything is cooked to order, but if you want fried food that is significantly better than any chain restaurant in the area, this is probably your best bet. I'd generally skip the drive through altogether since it does take a while to prepare everything, but the dining room is a fine place to hang out. It's a little rough around the edges, but I happen to find that sort of thing charming. read more

I came by a week ago after an intense work out on my bike and had a wonderful experience! I was still on my bike so I decided to wait in the drive through. The employees recognized me regardless of my alternative mode of transportation and helped me quickly - possibly more quickly than those in motorized vehicles! I ordered the chicken sandwich based on a recommendation. Its basically a big mac or whopper with fried chicken instead of a beef patty and boy did it hit the spot! I will confess that this meal was very greasy. I was craving grease at the moment so it worked out but I don't eat greasy food that often so I did have a bit of a grease induced upset stomach later that night. If you're not craving fat and unhealthy food then I'd probably avoid this place but even us fitness junkies get cravings for unhealthy food from time to time and when that happens, I'd definitely come here. read more

Been going to this restaurant for years. The last couple times I ate here the price was the same but today they charged me a extra 3-4 dollars and I asked him about it and he got an attitude with me and hung up the phone after coming here many times. It was hard to understand him because of an accident .Horrible customer service. I won't be coming here again. read more

For a charburger place, the food is pretty much lame. The burger did not have any tomatoes on it. The chili cheese fries had some sort of disgusting artificial cheese mixed into it. My digestive tract was quite furious with me for subjecting it to such an egregious punishment. read more

Best Philly Cheese Steak EVER!! Better than Penn Station and Niro's Gyros!! Mab!! I also tried their wings, nice crunch, you gotta ask for Buffalo sauce, which I did not know, so I got plain fried chicken. Which was good, so I imagine their hot sauce is good too. If you order 3, you actually get 6 cuz they give you the whole wing and tip. Fries were good, nice crunch. Personally I would have liked more salt, but that is just me. Can't wait to try some of the dishes!! read more

@ Skip B. I read the inspection report from 1/24/11 and didn't see anything too serious on there. There were 5 critical items mentioned. One was for no date on portioned salad dressings. I assume "portioned" refers to when you pour dressing from the main container into a secondary container for daily use. The second was for putting fish and fries at convenient locations during lunch rush. The third was something about the ice drain line, fourth was some air gap issue with the drive through window, and the last was for a bag of ice melt being stored on the same shelf as food. When I see a score of 31 I expect there to be spoiled food, dirty/sick employees, rodent infestations and the like. These are hardly reasons for me to stop enjoying my guilty cheap burger and fry pleasure. With the previous rant review addressed this place is the best alternative to fast food burger chains. I have had their burgers, chicken fries, fried okra (!), and fish. Their fish is surprisingly yummy and burgers should be ordered doubled and split with a friend. My biggest complaint is that they don't have root beer or ginger ale. As a result I never order a drink. read more

Had this place the other day and really couldn't complain about anything. Had a gyro and fries which is straight forward but a lot of places down here don't get it right, and the Niro's locations vary so much. This gyro was the best I've had in town, lots of thick slices juicy gyro meat. Fries were the best kind, battered and fried to order. Ended up spending somewhere around $10 or $11 which is maybe a little pricey for the kind of food but I was stuffed so really I can't complain. Really made me feel like I was back home in Chicago and this is the only restaurant in Champaign-Urbana that does that. I'll be back! read more

I placed an order for wings with lemon pepper. When I got across town to my home I discovered that there wasn't any lemon pepper on any of my wings. It was a very large order so I call the restaurant back to let them know. They informed me that they don't typically put it on their wings and that is exactly why I asked that it be placed on that when I put placed the order. They didn't try to rectify the matter instead they said they did not make a mistake. But they did make a mistake because the food was not prepared as ordered. When I asked to speak to the manager he said that I was speaking to the manager. The point is when a customer places an order then the food should be made as ordered! And they shouldn't try to minimize it. read more

You know those days when you just crave some good, greasy, Chicago-style food?? Windy City Express is definitely the place to go! I've tried their gyros (yum~), philly cheesesteak, hot dog, and chicken fingers and they are all delicious! generous portions too. read more

Is the food here good for you? No. Obviously. But is the food here *good*? Yessss. Best thing on the menu, for me, is the lemon pepper catfish. Love that stuff. I also dig the Italian beef and the Philly cheesesteak, and the chicken's pretty good too, not to mention the delicious heap of meat that is the gyro burger. They've even got good fries. (Ask 'em to add the lemon pepper seasoning to those, too. So good.) read more

Placed a large order for wings and asked for lemon pepper seasoning to be added and and order of shrimp. Got my food home and to my surprise..... no lemon pepper seasoning! Called in to the restaurant and they knew they'd made a mistake but didn't feel that my order was wrong in any way!!!! The manager instead of listening tried to argue and justify!!! Horrible service tonight read more

Italian beef is a tad dry but still really decent. The chicken tenders. . . Overcooked to a point they're basically chicken flavored sponges. read more

After placing an order for wings with lemon pepper seasoning and getting home to find that there was none on the wings, we called the establishment back. We were told that yes they made a mistake but the order was correct. If they made a mistake leaving something out of my order then how can the order be correct? read more

This place is my guilty pleasure. The food is not really healthy but it tastes so good. I try to stay away from this place but I can't. I have probably tried 3/4 of the menu and I haven't had anything I didn't like. Chicken fingers, Italian beef, hamburgers, fish, cheese sticks, shrimp, Philly cheese steak are all great. Mild sauce is just like Chicago. The fries are good too, lightly battered and crispy. Prices are very good. Highly recommended. read more

My fellow yelpers writing these review are definitely not eatting at 410N Race st.in Urbana or they own or work for it. This place is real bad, really need big house keeping improvments dinning room is dirty. Still gave it a shot, dying for a Chicago dog. The girl taking my and two other costomers order seemed to really have something better to do then wait on us. This is at 12:30 I should have known something was wrong only me and one other guy in the place at lunch time. Seem to be on a down hill slide here. Chicago dog in Urbana 2 hours+or - from Chicago should not be all that hard, but for this place it is impossible. A Chicago hot dog is 1 all beef dog, 1 poppyseed bun, 1 tablespoon yellow mustard, 1 tablespoon sweet green pickle relish, 1 tablespoon chopped onion, 4 tomato wedges, 1 dill pickle spear, 2 sport peppers, 1 dash celery salt.Thats not that hard. Windy city you get the dollar a pack who knows what kind of meat hot dogs you buy at the discount store, and you get it on the 59 cents a package hot dog buns that you also got well you were there. Then you put a few of the things that should be there on, if you get 3 out of 7 you will be lucky.I did ok I at least got 1 little sport pepper on both dogs. One was good, the dog was only about twice its size, so you don't need a lot of them. Once you put half give or take of the stuff that is on a Chicago hot dog on them, you wrap them up let the bun get soggy, and let it all get really cold. Now brake out the onion rings you got at Save Alot, at least they were hot. This place way bad don't even think about it, the cheap dosn't even come close to making up for the bad. So I am a former North Chicago resident living in Champaign county looking for a good dog that will not make me go to campus town. WOW need more reasons not to eat here go to cu-citizenaccess.org and read the Champaign - Urbana Public Health District report on this place. read more