Portillos Looking To Sell?

[Mr70]

Uh oh...possibly looking for a new owner.
http://voices.suntimes.com/business-2/portillos-hot-dogs-on-the-menu/#.U2GwBfldVyV
Dick P. must be getting tired of constantly working & making money for 50 straight years,which is understandable as it's proven over & over again it's recession proof.As the last few years have proven.

Might soon be known as: <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif
McDontillos
PortillosKing
PortilloHut
Subtillosway
Lou Portillos
Ben &amp; Jerrys &amp; Portillos
PortillosBee
Buffalotillos Wings
California Portillo Kitchen
Portillo-fil-A
KFCtillo
PortilloBell
Portillo Changs China Bistro

[RPOLS3]

Heard that on the radio this morning as well.

I'd be afraid anyone that bought it would try and change something in the name of squeezing more money out of it and ruin it.

Jake

[Charley Lillard]

Oh Kwhizzz.....Go get the purse

[Salvatore]

yes, perfect for Mr. Tibor!

[Postsedan]

Kwizzillos <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif

Dan

[Xplantdad]

Paulette-tillos <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[StealthBird]

Been going to Portillo's for nearly 30 years now, and watched them spread into various Chicago suburbs. They seem to dictate where and how they will build new restaurants by how much the local politicians are willing to bend over. Portillo can do this because wherever he builds, their restaurant instantly becomes the most popular restaurant in the area, generates huge taxes, and employs a lot of workers. Various suburbs have elbowed each other trying to get Portillo to build in their town, so like an NFL team owner, he can dictate conditions.

Our Portillo's (Bolingbrook) has moved three times over the last couple decades, and by moving, they simply built a brand new restaurant across the street from the old restaurant!

After their first move, their old location dried up and the building went vacant, as if Portillo sucked up the soil and killed everything around them when they moved. Their second location (across the street, in a brand new building) lasted many years, but then Portillo decided he wanted an entire corner at a major intersection, so they packed up and moved about 100 yards down the street. Once again, another custom built building, and this time Portillo got the ENTIRE corner, as in a strip mall, adding a Honey-Jam Cafe (also owned by Portillo's) right behind his main restaurant.

I've probably downed 1000 Portillo's Italian Beefs over the decades. And over those years, I've also tried at least two dozen other beefs at various places where friends and/or co-workers said that THEIR Italian Beef was the best, and none of them compare.

But last summer, as much as I hate to admit it, I found a better Italian Beef at Bueno Beef. They changed their formula a few years ago, and now it's like Portillo's with a little spice to it. I've now had at least 4 other people that converted. I feel like I'm cheating on Portillo's when I eat a Bueno Beef, but darn it, it's actually better.

But Portillo's still has MUCH better french fries than Bueno Beef, along with their hamburgs and hot dogs. I hope they don't sell, but if they do, I hope they keep everything the same as it is now.

[Charley Lillard]

Now THAT...was a review.

[StealthBird]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now THAT...was a review. </div></div>

We Chicagoans take our Italian beef and deep dish pizzas quite seriously. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

[Postsedan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: StealthBird</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now THAT...was a review. </div></div>

We Chicagoans take our Italian beef and deep dish pizzas quite seriously. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif </div></div>

Mike,

In your review you failed to mention.....Portillo's very famous Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Cake Shake <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif

Dan

[StealthBird]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: StealthBird</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now THAT...was a review. </div></div>

We Chicagoans take our Italian beef and deep dish pizzas quite seriously. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif </div></div>

Mike,

In your review you failed to mention.....Portillo's very famous Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Cake Shake <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif

Dan </div></div>

Yes, GREAT chocolate cake! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

My brother's Akita swiped an entire Portillo's cake off their kitchen counter one day, wolfed it down in about 2 minutes while my brother's back was turned. That much chocolate could have killed a regular dog, but the vet said it was a good thing that puppy weighed 128 lbs. A smaller dog would have died.

I joked that his dog probably weighed 135 lbs after eating an entire Portillo's chocolate cake. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[Jack_Tar]

My aunt lives in the Chicago land area. She owns a bathtub and appliance refinishing company. I moved up there and worked for her for a few months after high school, summer 1993. I was introduced to the Chicago style pizzas which are awesome and eat at what everyone referred to as the Barretto King though I don't think that was the name, but I don't recall Portillo's. I'll have to check it out when I can get back up that way.

[Mr70]

DP just sold his home down the street from me.
Looks like he may have found a buyer for his business..

[Mr70]

Still looking for a new owner......the latest.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/b...0,4150711.story (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-portillos-crowdfund-ownership-20140507,0,4150711.story)

[novadude]

That place is a &quot;must stop&quot; for me everytime I go to Chicago area on business. Love the italian beef / sausage combo sandwhiches and chocolate cake shakes! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[MrsBillyBobcat]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Kwizzillos <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif

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I like this one <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[SOM2001SS]

I miss Portillos soooooooooooo much after moving to NC <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif

[Mr70]

SOLD for a B..
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140701/business/140709858/

[Xplantdad]

Is the Daily Herald the former Palatine Herald newspaper?

[SOM2001SS]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SOLD for a B..
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140701/business/140709858/ </div></div>
Wow! That would buy a lot of nice cars <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[Mr70]

Soon to be known as Warren Buffett-illo's.

[Norwood]

When we were kids there always was a coupon in the local paper that got you four with fries for a dollar. We would ride our bikes over to &quot;The Dog House&quot; were Dick was inside slaving over the steam table and serving up the best dogs around. They got water out to trailer with a garden hose hooked up to &quot;BIG R&quot; Discount Store. He later built the first restaurant out in the parking lot, its been rebuilt a couple of times but it still is in the original location. Now it just about takes a twenty dollar bill for my wife and I to go there, but we still do.

[Mr70]

Hey Illinois residents living near Tampa Fla. today. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif

http://www.portillos.com/its-brandon/