Portillo's to host Texas pop-ups ahead of first restaurant opening in state
If you're a filthy Midwestern transplant like myself, you know the panicked joy of seeing a sign for Portillo's at a highway exit and sweeping two ...
If you're a filthy Midwestern transplant like myself, you know the panicked joy of seeing a sign for Portillo's at a highway exit and sweeping two lanes of traffic for an impromptu second lunch. The Chicago-based restaurant chain specializing in Italian beef and hot dogs continues to branch out into new locales, extending its reach into such exotic locales as "Indiana" and "near the Indiana border" (I know there are also a few in California and Florida, relax). For its latest conquest, however, the beef chain has set its sights on North Texas as a possible point of mass expansion, beginning with the opening of a brick-and-mortar location at Dallas-area township The Colony in late 2022.