Gurnee Portillo's announces opening date
Portillo's announced that it will open its Gurnee location on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
According to the website of the popular restaurant, the eatery will open at 10:30 a.m. at 6102 W. Grand Ave. on Ring Road, northeast of Bass Pro Shops at Gurnee Mills.
The Lake County location will be the 41st Portillo's in the United States and is the farthest north for the company. Founder Dick Portillo is scheduled to attend the opening.
While Portillo is still active with the company, he no longer owns it. He sold his restaurants to Boston-based Berkshire Partners, but he owns the real estate where the restaurants are located and collects rent from Berkshire.
Noodles & Co.'s former President and Chief Operating Officer Keith Kinsey was named as the new CEO of Oak Brook-based Portillo's Hot Dogs LLC earlier this summer.
Meanwhile, Gurnee announced it will invest up to $1.425 million to prepare the site for Portillo's, in what was described as a tenacious effort to lure the popular restaurant. The Gurnee village board approved an agreement to reimburse the Mall at Gurnee Mills LLC to develop the site at the mall.