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Portillo's Restaurant Group, Inc. [4] is an American fast casual restaurant chain based in the Chicago area that specializes in serving Chicago-style food such as hot dogs, Maxwell Street Polish, and Italian beef. The company was founded by Dick Portillo on April 9, 1963, in Villa Park, Illinois, under the name "The Dog House".
After 2005, the company contracted their locations to exclusively within the Chicago metropolitan area. Former company president Frank Portillo is the brother of Dick Portillo, founder and former owner of The Portillo Restaurant Group, which was sold to Berkshire Partners in 2014. According to the company's website, there are 22 restaurants in ...
Dick Portillo founded Portillo’s in 1963. The chain has grown to more than 80 locations across 10 states.It also has a catering arm that ships food to all 50 states.
Founded Headquarters Number of U.S. locations Areas served Notes Hot Dog on a Stick: Santa Monica, California: 1946 Carlsbad, California: 80 West James Coney Island: Houston, Texas: 1923 Houston, Texas: 9 Texas Nathan's Famous: Brooklyn, New York: 1916 Jericho, New York: 213 Nationwide Portillo's Restaurants: Villa Park, Illinois: 1963 Oak ...
Portillo’s began as a Villa Park, Illinois, hot dog stand in 1963 but has grown to a major restaurant chain. The new restaurant in The Colony has a 180-seat dining room plus 80 seats on two patios.
Portillo’s, known for Chicago dogs but also for Italian beef and Italian sausage sandwiches, shakes and desserts, opened its first Tarrant County location last year at 4200 S. Cooper St., Arlington.
As part of the agreement, Liautaud, as the company's founder and largest individual shareholder, continued as chairman of the board. [11] [12] In his 2018 book, Dick Portillo of Portillo's Restaurants called Liautaud his "good friend" and relayed that Liautaud tried to buy Portillo's before it was ultimately sold to Berkshire Partners. [13]
The restaurant chain saw same-store sales drop just as expansion plans kicked into gear.