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Jim's Original

CTL-PL-0040 · Place

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Combined Graph record U-00557 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0040. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Maxwell Street Polish

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Maxwell Street Polish

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Jim's Original is a Chicago hot dog and Polish sausage stand in business since 1939; per its own official site it created the original Maxwell Street Polish Sausage sandwich (in 1943, per the site) and, after relocation from Maxwell Street in 2001/2005, now stands at Union Avenue and James Rochford Street (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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