Portillo's

Chicago's favourite hot dog and Italian beef stand in River North, in a lively restaurant themed on the city of the 1930s and '40s.

Portillo's is where many Chicagoans go for the city's street-food classics, and its River North restaurant on Ontario Street brings them to the heart of downtown. The dining room, shared with its sister brand Barnelli's, is themed on Prohibition-era Chicago of the 1930s and '40s, and the counter turns out Chicago-style hot dogs and Italian beef sandwiches at a brisk pace. It is quick, cheerful and genuinely local, and open late every day.