Chicago hot dog chain Portillo’s has finally come to Dallas. The fast-casual restaurant concept known for Windy City-style street food debuts at 10:30 am Tuesday, March 31 at 13904 Dallas Pkwy., its first location inside Dallas city limits.
It is the 10th location of Portillo’s in Dallas-Fort Worth; the first opened at the Grandscape development in The Colony in January 2023. They’ve rapidly expanded since then, adding outposts in Allen, Arlington, Denton, Fort Worth, Grapevine, Mansfield, and Grand Prairie. They’re also headed to Frisco and opening a location at DFW Airport, inside Terminal, on May 21, the website says.
The new “Portillo’s North Dallas” sits at the intersection of Dallas North Tollway and Southern Boulevard, near Addison and Galleria Dallas. No more schlupping to the suburbs for hot dogs, Italian beef, and chocolate cake shakes for north Dallasites. Not as convenient for those who live anywhere else in Dallas. (Come on Portillo’s, how ’bout some downtown action?)…