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Portillo’s

2001 Spring Rd, Ste 400, Oak Brook, IL 60523-3930

Track This Company Profile reviewed October 2026

Approximately 95-100% of the Portillo’s restaurant locations are linked in the Atlas Research Platform.

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(US & CAN)

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~110 Restaurant locations
~$1B System sales (US & CAN)
24+ C-suite connections

Cuisines

2 of 2 shown
Hot Dog Sandwich

States & Provinces

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Summary

Portillo's is an Oak Brook, Illinois fast casual restaurant company headquartered at 2001 Spring Rd. The business dates to 1963, when Dick Portillo invested $1,100 in a small trailer hot dog stand in Villa Park called The Dog House, using savings and a loan to serve Chicago-style hot dogs without running water. The stand grew into a Chicago restaurant chain serving Italian beef, char-grilled sausages and chocolate cake, and the company later moved into public markets, trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker PTLO. Portillo's operates its restaurants as a company-run brand rather than through franchising, which lets the chain keep control over its recipes, high-volume kitchens and themed dining rooms. From its Chicago-area base the brand has expanded well beyond the Midwest, building a growing presence across the Sun Belt in the South and Southwest along with a foothold on the West Coast. Restaurants are fast casual and serve lunch and dinner with Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, burgers, salads and shakes, with busy double drive-thru lanes at many sites. Typical units seat about 100 guests in roughly 3,000 square feet, reflecting high-throughput restaurants built for dine-in, carryout and drive-thru traffic.

Recent Portillo’s Development Activity

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October 23, 2026

October Week 4 · Source file: October Week 3, 2026

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Location
Portillo’s: Lutz, Florida, Hillsborough County

26000 Sr 56 · Lutz, FL 33559

Projected openingNovember 2026
Evidencealcohol-license filing

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