Officially a stalker of Portillo's. Officially. My friend, who is a Chicagoan, brought me here a couple weeks ago to pop my Chicago Dog cherry. It was completely and utterly worth the drive! \n\nI am a fairly plain hot dog type of person...ketchup, mustard, relish, that's it. But I am one of those when in Rome type folks. So, I went balls to the wall and got the full on Chicago dog with all the toppings. Tomatoes. Pickle. Green relish. Sport peppers. Onions. Steamed poppy seed bun. BEST HOT DOG EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE! These aren't anything like stadium hot dogs, Wienerschnitzel dogs, or those hot dogs that have buns that fall apart at family barbeques. No siree bob. I only wish I would have ordered two. They make a mean Arnold Palmer. Having to wipe the drool off my keyboard here.\n\nI shared an order of their cheese fries with my friend as well. Their fries are of the crinkle variety and are in no way soggy or lacking in flavor. Perfectly salty. Perfectly crispy. Mmmmm mmmmm goooooood. I could lick that cup of cheese sauce clean well after the fries are gone too. \n\nI've already been back for a second trip (only 2 weeks later) and had myself their Italian Beef dipped with hot peppers. While it was also tasty, I am most definitely a Chicago Dog kind of gal. This time, I also had their famous chocolate cake. At first glance, this slice of cake looks like something like that would make the roof of your mouth stick to your tongue. But it is moist, not too overly sweet, it's perfectly chocolatey, and I didn't even need a glass of milk to go with it. Apparently, they use mayonnaise in their batter. \n\nI WILL be back for more and I am completely in trouble if a Portillo's makes its way out to the west valley...but I wouldn't be torn up if it did either.
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