Portillo's

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Portillo's brings Chicago street food to Palm Parkway in a loud, retro room dressed like a 50s diner, all red chrome and nostalgia. The Italian beef arrives dipped and dripping, the Chicago-style hot dog is the one guests call the best they have ever had, and the chocolate cake shake turns dessert into a drink. It reads as a taste of Chicago in Orlando, fast and generous, built for homesick Midwesterners.

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