I've given them lots of business over the years, but I will never give them another dime. Their food is good, but the staff were so insanely unprofessional with me. I worked in restaurants for 10 years and never heard of a manager/owner treating someone like I was treated. You might get a good hotdog if you're lucky, but it is hit or miss they will treat you with any respect. They cater to drunk college kids, not adults who want decent service. read more

Absolutely beyond disgusting...I ordered the polish that didn't even taste like real meat. It was beyond horrible and disgusting that I can't even articulate into words. read more

Their falafel burger is so good ??? I'm a vegetarian so I don't have an opinion on their hotdogs, but since an item that isn't their specialty is so good I trust they're also amazing. Food was prepared very quickly and was topped with very fresh tomoato and lettuce (like, it's October. Where'd they get that gold if a tomato??) Employees (at least the ones I regularly see) also speak Spanish and English which is great because we have a diverse community here. read more

order over 30 dollars of food and didn't get my full order. kinda fucked but it was still good!

Food was mediocre. I wrote special delivery instructions to tell me a joke. Was I told a joke? No, I was not. I am very displeased with the service and will not be ordering from them again. In addition I asked for the ketchup on my cheeseburger to be put on in the shape of a smiley face. Did that happen? No, it did not happen. This is one of the worst days of my life. And I completely blame Windy City Wieners. Do not eat there You will be very disappointed and unhappy for the rest of the day. Also- they mixed up our drink order. P.S. AOPI OR DIE read more

Windy City Wieners - This is the order instructions - American Near Me - Normal, Illinois

Dry gyros. Asked for tzatziki sauce but they wouldn't give me any extra without paying again. Too many employees in the kitchen making noise and disturbing the customer environment. read more

Go jumbo ! Good Chicago style dogs ! Nice snap when u bite into the dog ! Great relish and love sport peppers! Mustard all the way ! Delivery is quick ! 20 to 30 mins and you will be eating a dog! The fries are their weakness ! The fries are a bad imitation of mcdonalds fries ! read more

When I ordered here I had high hopes I had heard nothing but good things about this restaurant, as soon as I called I noticed the worker "Michelle " had a bad attitude, now I know working at a fast food restaurant Can be very stressful but it definitely made my experience very bad . I do not recommend and the food tasted like cardboard . read more

Solid Chicago Style Hot Dog, for being outside of Chicago. The dining area is perfect for those that want a dog, to eat it, and to go on about their day. It's not every day you can eat with Michael Jordan (he's on the wall), so if you can't make it into the hot dog shop then call them for delivery. read more

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Windy City is definitely a popular place in Blono. I've always enjoyed their food whether it is their hot dogs or their italian beef. Their chicken tenders are very good as well, as they should be. The reason for the 3 stars is that on more than one occasion I have not received my food as ordered. Never has been a huge deal, I'll still eat it because it is good but I always check the bag before I leave the restaurant now. One final comment is I think the prices are slightly higher than college students are looking to spend. I could imagine the locals may think the same thing as well. Overall a good place restaurant for a town that is lacking the Chicago style food. read more

So, I've started eating meat again. And, man.... I'm glad! I've tried more than a few of the menu items on Windy City's menu! Here's the deal: the Italian beef is amazing. It's fantastically spiced, well cooked and superbly topped. Same goes for my Chicago Dog exclamation, I haven't had an Italian Beef as good as this since I ate at Al's in Chicago. It was fantastic. The Gyros at this place are decent, not the best, but I greatly enjoy them. For a quick Gyro in Uptown Normal, you can't beat it. It's a great place to try to almost any "Chicago Style" food. Highly recommended. read more

On a friend's recommendation, I picked up a burger and a few chili dogs last night, and brought them home to share with my wife. It was remarkably good for what it was - yes, the burgers were frozen, but they were prepared just about perfectly. And the chili dogs had a good casing on them - they snapped, instead of smooshed. That makes them probably the best dogs in town - which is kinda like being the best igloo in hell, but take it for what it's worth! We liked it enough that we went back today, and it was just as good or maybe a little better. I had a double cheeseburger this time. I would have gone with a gyro, but frankly, without feta (aka "as God intended a gyro to be"), it's not worth it. For burgers and dogs, it's a worthwhile replacement for Big Mouth's, and a good addition to downtown Normal. We'll be back again, for certain. Maybe this week! read more

Cruising up Old Rte 66 and passed through Atlanta, Illinois on a Saturday morning and there was this 20' big statue of a guy holding a hot dog. It was completely out of context. But I developed this incredible Chicago hot dog jones. Searching for a Chicago dog in Central Illinois is a challenge. But ecstatic to find Windy City Wieners in Bloomington. So I wandered through a rather deserted downtown Bloomington unable to find the Windy City Wieners although the nearby street signs were Front & Center and I thought that might be a clue. But I gave up. Undefeated, I found the other Windy City Wieners in nearby Normal. I love that town's name. Normal. And there in the heart of the Illinois State University campus was WCW. Parking is tight on the street but I found a spot nearby which was OK because all the college shops are novel and interesting and worth a walk-by. Well, this is anti-climatic, but a loaded (no ketchup) Chicago hot dog on a sesame seed bun with fries was right on the money. Fresh bun, crispy & hot fries. The only thing I was missing was the Green River. But for Central Illinois I was not complaining. read more

Great service, hot food served fast. No complaints and the dining room is cute and cozy. Ordered Chicago dogs and they were on point. Fries were served perfectly....will definitely come again. read more

I went here while I was visiting ISU, my friends & I decided to go here to get some good hot dogs. I ended up ordering a chili cheese dog & my friends ordered chicago dogs & corn dogs. We waited over 10 minutes before any of our hot dogs were done. Mine came out colder than room temperature, the actual hot dog itself & the chili, which made it gross to me. There's no reason it should have been so cold when we were the only customers in there at the time. The staff also seems very unprofessional, the girl up front has a huge attitude towards every customer & we all noticed that they seem to talk rude about the customers, which we could all obviously hear. I do not recommend this place even if you're just looking for drunk food, because you'll still be disappointed. read more

Meh!!! Being new in town I wanted to try this place out. Had a Jumbo Dog, Fries, ad a Drink. Nothing special about it. Still hungry I decided to try the buffalo chicken sandwich. Bun fell apart and it was basically the equivalent of eating deep-fried cardboard. Simply put these folks are serving food that should be cheap, tasty, and original. What they are in fact doing is serving food that is bland, expensive, and original in the sole aspect of its mediocrity. Once was enough. read more

I'd love to start a review but I never made it to front window. Black girl on phone with friends(?) and made me wait 10 minutes. Left. No wait otherwise. I guess that's a good sign. read more

05 /09/2014 11am my sister and I stopped in and ordered a Italian beef and sausage sandwich with fries and drink, for both of us it was under 20 dollars. It was great lots of food great taste we will be stopping on again . Really great food and friendly people read more

My first trip this place was probably around 4 years ago. I remember being very pleased with the fact that I could get a very convincing Chicago style dog hours away from the heart of the city itself. 2 Days ago I was eager to revisit this establishment and have another taste, in fact it was all I could think about on my way to Normal in lue of some other business I had to take care of. I should preface this review by saying that I worked at a Subway for 7 years straight at one point in my life, so i'm no stranger to the needs and complaints of customers at a shop like this. We spotted the storefront and parked about one block down in midst of all the other shops and stores in the college stretch. As we walked in I noticed someone curiously standing in the lobby presumably waiting for service. After about 2 minutes someone emerged from the back looking completely high and surprised to see people waiting to be helped and said, "Oh, we can't take any orders, our system is down, the people in the back won't be able to see what's being ordered." Are you serious? It's a hot dog shop. Write the order down on a piece of paper, ring me up at your cash register (which appeared to be a non-computer POS) and walk the order to the back yourself while you take another bong hit you loadie. Disgusting. I can only assume they do better business during the academic semesters, but I won't be going back ever again. read more

I am from Chicago and every time I have gotten food here it was bland and just not good. This is nothing like Chicago. I don't think the fries are good either. As in previous reviews, nothing there is fresh. I have also gotten delivery from here and it makes the food even worse. The buns were soggy, it was cold, all of our drink orders were wrong, the pop was really watered down, and it took almost 2 hours to get the food. Just look at the pictures you can even see how soggy their buns are.. I have had their food three times now and would not recommend it. The Chicago style dog was the "best" thing I've had from there. I also tried the gyro and Italian beef. Ew. read more

Always down for a bomb brat, but upon delivery I received a cold unappealing cased meat. I understand I ordered late in the night, but I expected more than the basic "this kid is drunk he wont even notice" I noticed bruh, and the sport peppers weren't foolin any one it was an over mustered disgrace. Also got ranch instead on marinara with my "cheese balls" and ranch is not dank, it is the opposite of dank, whatever that word may be. Onion rings were coochie, but no ketchup is lame. Even as a drunken 21 year old it was hard to swallow. -lil b It's not based to serve mediocre food. I expected more, despite the mild humor involved in this post, head my word and avoid this place unless you want cold sausage in your mouth. read more

When they opened up they were great, but now it seems like the staff really just doesn't care. The food is almost always wrong, and I don't mean prepared wrong, I mean flat out missing. They would rather argue than fix it and this issue has happened more than once. The first time I was forgiving, but fool me twice. The fries are nothing special, the hot dogs are the saving grace since they are real Vienna Beef franks, but not much else here is better than mediocre. read more

I have given this place far too many chances, I should've given up after a few mistakes. I have ordered delivery from the Normal location quite a few times and I never recieve everything I ordered. I have called to complain multiple times and even still they don't get it right! Their most recent excuse was something like they have too many cooks so they can't pinpoint who is messing up the orders. Won't be ordering from this place anymore! read more

I really hate it when places do not include prices or even a description of the menu on here or their website.

I've been to this establishment several times but this was my first time getting food delivered. Every time I stop by, the food is amazing and the workers are nice. Today however was my worst experience with Windy City Wieners. I ordered an Italian beef meal for my friend who is visiting from out of town because I wanted her to try it for herself just to see how amazing it was. I ordered a burger for myself. When my order arrived at my apartment my friend and I were too eager to eat. I opened the bag & noticed her fries for her meal were not there. I called WCW to ask what had happened and was placed on hold twice just to figure out what had happened to my fries. The guy who answered the phone proceeded to ask me what my order number was (as if I was lying about the fact that I ordered some fries) and then told me I never ordered any fries. I had screenshotted my order on my phone and told him that on there, my Italian beef MEAL with FRIES and a drink was listed & he proceeded to try to tell me what I did and did not order. He then told me there was nothing he could do for me because I had not paid for the fries. While I understood that maybe whoever rang up my order messed up on the fries, I did not want to go ahead and re-order them because I would have been charged for the delivery. It was not my fault. The worker was rude & incompetent. By far the worst experience I have ever had with WCW. read more

The food is always amazing. I order online and have it delivered and the orders are always correct, fast and hot. The delivery staff is always polite and quick. I live in a secured building so I have to go down to meet them and they never fail to call to let me know they are on their way. I will order from Windy City Wieners again for sure. read more

When it's good, it's good. Will always give them a chance but 9/10 times they forget something we ordered. We usually do delivery... Wait time is usually what they say and the drivers are generally pretty good. But when I order something, I expect to get just that and they generally don't get it exactly right. read more

I had the Italian sausage, which was a little smaller than I was expecting, but it's super cheap here so I didn't complain. The fries are pretty tasty too. The atmosphere is perfect for any ISU student in that it looks like a frat house, but I think that's what they're going for. The reason I won't be back is the apathetic college kids that run and work in this place. No one here seems to care about the customers or having a good attitude. They look at customers the same way they look at boring professors after a two-hour lecture. read more

This 1-star review is for DELIVERY only. Whatever you do, don't order delivery from Windy City Weiners. If you order delivery from Windy City Weiners, you're gonna have a bad time. My car was in the shop, so I made the unfortunate decision of ordering delivery. I had heard the horror stories of their horrendous delivery, but I did it anyway. Biggest mistake I have made all day. Let me give you a run down of what happened. The food took 1 hour and 15 minutes to arrive. A FREAKING HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES! Their estimated time was 45 minutes. Do not believe that estimated time. Your food will take forever to arrive. If you order delivery from WCW, cancel all your plans because you will be there all day. I was literally 10 minutes away from calling them up and saying, "Screw it, I'm not even hungry anymore". But then the food arrived. This is everything I received. - 2 Burnt Polish Sausages that were pressed down. - A Burger that was dry and smashed down - Stale Garlic Fries, so bad I threw them out - Lemonade with no straw! - A chocolate chip cookie that was school-cafeteria-esque If you order delivery from Windy City Weiners, you may as well be flushing your money down the toilet. DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY FROM WINDY CITY WEINERS. I should mention that if you order pickup, WCW is actually very good. Tasty and fast. I wanted to write 2 reviews, one for delivery and one for pickup, but Yelp won't let me. read more

Food is normally good but be warned THEY WILL REFUSE TO ACCEPT YOUR COUPON FOR DELIVERY. This is something I feel they should make clear ahead of time instead of making me waste my money. They also refused to give me a refund for the voucher. The food does not justify the bad customer service here. After I use my coupon I will not go back read more

Horrible service we came in 15-20 minutes before close and they refused to serve us because we they had a bunch of online orders and they were "frustrated"! This is ridiculous and very unprofessional. read more

Have you ever wanted to give in to horrible desires to gorge on delicious food then hate yourself later? Well this is the place to eat. Delicious food at a cheap price. You'll eat so much bc it's so good. read more

Last week went in to pick up an order just to go home to find out they didn't put the sandwich in the bag. The lady made me go all the way back to pick up the order I payed for then only gave me a coupon for a free fry or drink WITH ANY PURCHASE. So I go in this week and when I handed them the coupon the lady behind the counter gave me the rudest look and responded "what is this?". Had to explain to her at her own job what it was. Then went home just to find out they messed up the order again. Bad quality food and awful staff. read more

If you are drunk at 12 am and want a wiener, then look no further. Windy City comes in clutch to cater to your intoxicated tase-buds. Bonus star for being one of the last delivery places open. If you get the dog with everything on it hold the tomato's, they make the bun more soggy than add anything to it. Gotchya back . read more

I work nearby and get carryout for lunch twice a month. The Chicago style dogs are good, but what keeps me coming back is the buffalo chicken wrap. It is 1,000 times better than what you'll get at BWW and it's huge. I rarely order fries or anything with it because the wrap fills me up. Service is always kind and efficient. read more

Just ordered dinner to be delivered. Food arrived quickly, was nice and hot and tasted amazing! We had the super nachos, onion rings, cheese fries, chicken strips, Philly cheesesteak and the BBQ bacon burger. Happy kids and happy Momma! Can't wait to order again! read more

Several places in BloNo have come and gone, but Windy City has never faltered. Easily the best place to get a Chicago dog in the area, it's my go to. read more

Windy City Wieners - American Near Me - Normal, Illinois

Order was wrong, driver was rude. Asked them to call and not ring the doorbell...ignored. Got the salad order wrong. Gyro tasted a day old. NEVER AGAIN. read more

I've been to WCW many times, and I have an admission. I've never once gotten a hot dog there. That's because their burger is one of the best in b/n. They grill the burgers fresh to order, giving them that backyard over the fire taste. They aren't fancy. Cheese and basic toppings. Sometimes beauty is found in simplicity. Their fries are always hot. Good good stuff. I'm guessing their dogs are good, too. I wouldn't know. I can't steer away from the burger, which is easily one of the top 5 in town. read more

Great, friendly staff. Great food, weekday lunch specials, and random specials going on all the time! Not to mention being right by campus and across the street from a great one cream place and the Children's Discovery Museum! read more