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Portillo'S Inc.

A fast-casual restaurant chain famous for Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, and chocolate cake shakes. Dick Portillo opened the first stand in 1963 in Villa Park, Illinois, as a tiny trailer called "The Dog House" that had no running water — he ran a 250-foot garden hose from a nearby building to supply it. The stand was renamed Portillo's in 1967 when it moved into a permanent building, and the chain now spans more than a dozen states.