Portillo's the Colony

Chicago-Style Hot Dogs Come to Dallas | Eater Dallas

"Folks have been lining up around DFW to taste Portillo’s Chicago-style hot dogs—even in an extreme heat wave, Axios Dallas reported a five-hour line downtown on Friday. Started as a hot dog stand in the ’60s, Portillo’s will open its first Texas outpost in The Colony at Grandscape later this year, and ahead of that it’s been drumming up interest by serving Chicago-style hot dogs to Dallasites. The Chicago-style dogs include a pickle wedge, tomato, onions, and banana peppers served in a poppy seed bun, and the piece questions whether a “Keller’s effect” or Dallas’s fondness for poppy seeds helps explain the craze. If that doesn’t sound like your cup of tea, the menu also includes several other types of hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, salads, pasta, and beef and sausage sandwiches that should appeal to fans of The Bear." - Courtney E. Smith