Portillo’s, famous Chicago Italian-beef restaurant, brings its ‘Beef Bus’ to Texas
Fort Worth and Arlington don’t have a Portillo’s yet, but we’re about to get a taste.
Chicago-based Portillo’s, known for Italian beef and hot dogs, will bring its rolling “Beef Bus” to an AT&T Stadium event July 15-16 to promote the national chain, opening its first Texas restaurant later this year in The Colony.
Real estate maps in north Fort Worth also show a Portillo’s coming to the Presidio-area development, but it’s never been more than a sales pitch. The only confirmed Portillo’s will open at 5752 Grandscape Blvd., The Colony.
The “Beef Bus” made a short stop at that Grandscape address at 1:30 p.m. July 11. Next comes Arlington inside the Summer Truckin Nationals, a $20 event.
The Portillo’s food truck will serve Portllo’s Italian beef sandwiches; hot dogs Chicago-style, with celery salt and sport peppers; Polish sausage; and “Maxwell Street” sausages with grilled onions.
From Arlington, the “bus” will roll at 4 p.m. July 19 to Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, then return to Grandscape at 11 a.m July 21, at the Truck Yard patio restaurant in the Colony at 11 a.m. July 22 and to Harvest House in Denton at 4 p.m. July 23.
Portillo’s began as a Villa Park, Illinois, hot dog stand in 1963 but has grown to a major restaurant chain.
The new restaurant in The Colony is promoted as having a 180-seat dining room plus 80 seats on two patios.
To follow the Beef Bus, see @beefbusofficial on Instagram.
This story was originally published June 30, 2022 at 10:47 AM.
