Two Chicago kids and one believer built a real-deal beef stand on Riverside Drive — slow-roasted from the Salazar family recipe, dunked in jus, and piled onto a Turano roll shipped straight from Chicago.
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Dry, wet, or dipped — hot or mild giardiniera. The Chicago way.
Minestrone and a daily soup, made fresh every morning.
A cold one with your beef and the game on the TVs.
Trays, sides by the pan, soups. Same-day replies.
The full menu — every sandwich, side, and soup — lives on our online ordering page. Order ahead, skip the line, pay at the counter.
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Slow-roasted from Cesar's family recipe, sliced thin, rested in its own jus, and dunked to order. Hot giardiniera if you know what's good for you.
12.50$
The talk of Burger Week — shaved Italian beef stacked on a cheddar burger. Ask for it in the shop and something cool might come your way.
10$"Knuckles Deli brings Chicago-style Italian beef to Cincinnati."
BrittonCo-owner · Chicago kid, Xavier grad — half of the hallway friendship that started it all.
CesarCo-owner · the family recipe. The beef and jus are his, made from scratch every day.
Partner · bar-and-restaurant consultant who believed enough to get in the trenches.
Britton and Cesar grew up on Chicago beef and landed in the same hallway at Xavier. After years of running other people's restaurants, they teamed up with their longtime friend David and built Knuckles from the ground up in the old Emma wine-bar space — no shortcuts, no corporate concept, just three friends betting on themselves in historic Columbia Tusculum.
On the river in Cincinnati's historic East End — carryout, online ordering, and a full bar if you're staying. Feeding a crowd? Send the form and we'll build a spread around the beef.
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