Portillo’s Chicago-style hot dog chain eyes 3rd area restaurant

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Illinois-based Portillo’s Inc. Chicago-style hot dog chain, which has a cult following, plans to debut another location in east Orlando’s Waterford Lakes area.

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The restaurant chain — which serves hot dogs, beef sandwiches, chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, burgers, ribs, salads, pastas and its famous chocolate cake shakes — filed a development plan with Orange County on May 30 seeking approval for its third Central Florida eatery.

County documents say the plan is to “demolish the existing Duffy’s Sports Bar and construct a ... Portillo’s restaurant with a drive-thru on 1.86 acres.”

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