?> {"id":464,"date":"2009-06-14T21:08:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T01:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=464"},"modified":"2009-08-03T21:26:55","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T01:26:55","slug":"chicago-day-3-portillo%e2%80%99s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2009\/06\/chicago-day-3-portillo%e2%80%99s\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Day 3 – Portillo\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We had some time to kill before our early evening flight back to NY so we decided to drop our bags off at the airport and take the train into downtown Chicago. My original plan was to find Hot Doug\u2019s but unfortunately they\u2019re closed on Sundays. No duck fat fries for me, sadly, but I still wanted to try a Chicago style hot dog. The train ride from the airport into the city takes a while, so we had time to do some internet research on Josh\u2019s iphone (seriously, what did people do before iphones?). We found Portillo\u2019s, which is a chain restaurant but had good reviews and a branch that was conveniently located near a stop on the airport train.<\/p>\n
We’ve been to Chicago once before and luckily the area where we got off the train was near the hotel we stayed in the last time; we were able to find the restaurant without any trouble. This particular branch of Portillo’s was an homage to Maxwell Street. There were fake building facades and mannequins hanging about. There was also lively jazz music playing over the speakers, giving the place a festive atmosphere. It was kind of like dining at Disney World.<\/p>\n
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