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| Crystal Lake Hoffy | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 12:56 pm | ||
Joined: Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:52 pm Posts: 12729 Location: My Pants pizza_Place: Geo's Pizza | T-Bone wrote: No one is asking the real hard hitting question? Do they have an app I can download where there are better deals on food and drinks? Bro _________________ The Original Spanky wrote: I don't like white rappers. | ||
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| Caller Bob | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 1:03 pm | ||
Joined: Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:15 pm Posts: 40350 Location: Small Fringe Minority pizza_Place: John's | The business is good shape, but the stock was heavily overpriced when it was above $50 | ||
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| Spaulding | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 11:06 pm |
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:46 pm Posts: 33148 pizza_Place: Gioacchino's | BigW72 wrote: Portillo's has average beef and average hot dogs, so calling it garbage is a bit unfair. I'll give you that. Had average beef that was better than good. It's not even good anymore. I thought the drive thur ran well. It's horrible now and they get stuff wrong - that never happened. The PE real estate thing...is that what happened to The Lob (Red Lobster)? Lots of restaurant closing announcements lately and the Crackle Barrel thing...I can't tell if it's normal change, leadership not getting it, or just not financially workable. |
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| a retard | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 5:54 am | ||
Joined: Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:08 am Posts: 6714 Location: Section 433 pizza_Place: 1. Homemade 2. Jewels | It has been decades since I have been to Portillos. I have a friend who recently started at Buona so going to meet him there next week. Although I have never been there either, my son swears by Mr. Beef. And yes, the restaurant business is especially tough these days. Inflation, wages, competition for staff, regulatory/anti-business environment (especially in Illinois). _________________ | ||
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| T-Bone | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 6:45 am | ||
Joined: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:35 pm Posts: 17972 Location: On the 1st tee box pizza_Place: Kaisers | a genius wrote: It has been decades since I have been to Portillos. I have a friend who recently started at Buona so going to meet him there next week. Although I have never been there either, my son swears by Mr. Beef. And yes, the restaurant business is especially tough these days. Inflation, wages, competition for staff, regulatory/anti-business environment (especially in Illinois). Just opened a Buona here just over the border in WI. Not sure how it is doing and I have not been there. They share space with something called Rainbow Cone. Occasionally where I work invites them in to give the building free ice cream but I have missed both opportunities to try it. The restaurant is on the opposite side of town from me so just not very convenient I guess. _________________ | ||
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| billypootons | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 8:29 am | ||
Joined: Fri May 17, 2013 6:09 pm Posts: 10798 pizza_Place: Generic Pizza Store | T-Bone wrote: No one is asking the real hard hitting question? Do they have an app I can download where there are better deals on food and drinks? i dont have the app anymore, but i dont believe it offered discounts. it did accept your order and give you a time the order would be ready. so you would get to the restaurant and wait 10-15 more minutes | ||
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| pittmike | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 8:31 am | ||
Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 4:29 pm Posts: 39887 Location: Everywhere pizza_Place: giordanos | My last couple of trips into the home town my family has provided Buona. Liked it quite a bit but that is perhaps skewed by the fact I can only get proper beefs a coupe times a year. We have run through them all in the last nearly 19 years from the true Chicago places to Pops, Portillos, Tommys, some independents. Buona currently works for me. _________________ | ||
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| Douchebag | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 8:51 am | ||
Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:03 pm Posts: 43097 | Buona is trash. Complain about Portillos all you want, but Buona Italian beef is absolute dogsh*t. _________________ Juice's Lecture Notes wrote: I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it? | ||
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| Tall Midget | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 9:03 am | |||
Joined: Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:55 pm Posts: 28033 pizza_Place: Zaffiro's | It's been a while since I've tried Buona, but in the past I found that--like Al's--the quality of the sandwiches varied quite a bit by location. The Buona spots in Lombard and the Mecca used to be quite good, while the Bloomingdale and Oak Park outposts were somewhat dismal. _________________ Antonio Gramsci wrote: The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear. | |||
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| pittmike | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 9:04 am | ||
Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 4:29 pm Posts: 39887 Location: Everywhere pizza_Place: giordanos | I do suppose locations can vary. The vast majority of my tastings are in the Palos and Crystal Lake area. _________________ | ||
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| billypootons | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 9:17 am | ||
Joined: Fri May 17, 2013 6:09 pm Posts: 10798 pizza_Place: Generic Pizza Store | There's a bouna right by my house. The kids will split a beef, but I like the chicken Cesar salad or the grilled chicken sandwiches. They did recently get rid of the daily deals | ||
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| Bagels | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 12:35 pm | ||
Joined: Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:10 pm Posts: 31610 pizza_Place: Milano's | a genius wrote: It has been decades since I have been to Portillos. I have a friend who recently started at Buona so going to meet him there next week. Although I have never been there either, my son swears by Mr. Beef. And yes, the restaurant business is especially tough these days. Inflation, wages, competition for staff, regulatory/anti-business environment (especially in Illinois). the real Mr. Beef in Homer Glen is the best. people don't seem to like the guy much tho bc he can be surly and he won't give you juice on the side. | ||
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| badrogue17 | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 12:42 pm | ||
Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 4:29 pm Posts: 38188 pizza_Place: Lou Malnatis | pittmike wrote: My last couple of trips into the home town my family has provided Buona. Liked it quite a bit but that is perhaps skewed by the fact I can only get proper beefs a coupe times a year. We have run through them all in the last nearly 19 years from the true Chicago places to Pops, Portillos, Tommys, some independents. Buona currently works for me. Yeah Pops is pretty good . I’m pretty much a chalk player with the beefs around the area. Al’s , Johnnies, Pops, Portillios are the go to’s . Not a fan of Buona. _________________ It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes. | ||
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| Frank Coztansa | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 12:46 pm | |||
Joined: Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:17 pm Posts: 102205 pizza_Place: Vito & Nick's | Pops can also vary by location. The one on 104th & Kedzie is the best. _________________ Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: It's more fun to be a victim Caller Bob wrote: There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway. | |||
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| good dolphin | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 1:11 pm | ||
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:35 pm Posts: 80449 | Portillo's is acceptable. I'd think their beef is great if I lived outside of the chicago area. Buona is the similar but a little worse. One of my friends from the river forest area used to swear by it. I don't know how it ever got footing with Johnnies nearby. _________________ | ||
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| Jaw Breaker | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 4:22 pm | ||
Joined: Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:40 pm Posts: 16025 pizza_Place: Boni Vino | billypootons wrote: T-Bone wrote: No one is asking the real hard hitting question? Do they have an app I can download where there are better deals on food and drinks? i dont have the app anymore, but i dont believe it offered discounts. it did accept your order and give you a time the order would be ready. so you would get to the restaurant and wait 10-15 more minutes That reminds me of another thing that pissed me off. A while back, I was in line and saw a chalk board that stated “Today’s Special: Italian Beef/Sausage Combo”. I asked the cashier what the special (price) was and they said, “it’s the regular price.. we’re just promoting it ‘ _________________ To IkeSouth, bigfan wrote: Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings? | ||
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| Bagels | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 4:23 pm | ||
Joined: Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:10 pm Posts: 31610 pizza_Place: Milano's | Jaw Breaker wrote: billypootons wrote: T-Bone wrote: No one is asking the real hard hitting question? Do they have an app I can download where there are better deals on food and drinks? i dont have the app anymore, but i dont believe it offered discounts. it did accept your order and give you a time the order would be ready. so you would get to the restaurant and wait 10-15 more minutes That reminds me of another thing that pissed me off. A while back, I was in line and saw a chalk board that stated “Today’s Special: Italian Beef/Sausage Combo”. I asked the cashier what the special (price) was and they said, “it’s the regular price.. we’re just promoting it ‘ much like product on grocery store end caps that isn't on sale | ||
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| Chet Coppock's Fur Coat | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 5:38 pm | ||
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:46 pm Posts: 9993 pizza_Place: Q's Hillside | Douchebag wrote: Buona is trash. Complain about Portillos all you want, but Buona Italian beef is absolute dogsh*t. Which is a shame because the original Buona on Harlem was pretty good back in the 80s before they started franchising. I haven't gotten beef or fries for myself at Portillo's for a couple of years. There was one a few blocks from where my dad lived in his final years, so I would go there a couple of times a month and pick up whatever he wanted and a jumbo hot dog for myself. Now if I want a beef sandwich while I am visiting Chicago, I go to the original Johnnies as it's not far from the cemetery. Portillo's is likely going to go the way of Five Guys when they expanded beyond northern Virginia. Lots of stores, outrageous prices, mediocre food. _________________ | ||
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| Bagels | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 5:54 pm | ||
Joined: Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:10 pm Posts: 31610 pizza_Place: Milano's | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Douchebag wrote: Buona is trash. Complain about Portillos all you want, but Buona Italian beef is absolute dogsh*t. Which is a shame because the original Buona on Harlem was pretty good back in the 80s before they started franchising. I haven't gotten beef or fries for myself at Portillo's for a couple of years. There was one a few blocks from where my dad lived in his final years, so I would go there a couple of times a month and pick up whatever he wanted and a jumbo hot dog for myself. Now if I want a beef sandwich while I am visiting Chicago, I go to the original Johnnies as it's not far from the cemetery. Portillo's is likely going to go the way of Five Guys when they expanded beyond northern Virginia. Lots of stores, outrageous prices, mediocre food. But you can always reheat the fries | ||
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| Chet Coppock's Fur Coat | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 11:15 pm | ||
Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:46 pm Posts: 9993 pizza_Place: Q's Hillside | Bagels wrote: Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Douchebag wrote: Buona is trash. Complain about Portillos all you want, but Buona Italian beef is absolute dogsh*t. Which is a shame because the original Buona on Harlem was pretty good back in the 80s before they started franchising. I haven't gotten beef or fries for myself at Portillo's for a couple of years. There was one a few blocks from where my dad lived in his final years, so I would go there a couple of times a month and pick up whatever he wanted and a jumbo hot dog for myself. Now if I want a beef sandwich while I am visiting Chicago, I go to the original Johnnies as it's not far from the cemetery. Portillo's is likely going to go the way of Five Guys when they expanded beyond northern Virginia. Lots of stores, outrageous prices, mediocre food. But you can always reheat the fries f*ck off... That was during the pandemic when my primary care physician didn't want me going out very much. Im tired of you and Frank bringing it up over and over again. Again, f*ck off. _________________ | ||
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| Spaulding | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 11:39 pm |
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:46 pm Posts: 33148 pizza_Place: Gioacchino's | Not a fan of Buona. |
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| W_Z | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 7:40 am | ||
Joined: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:56 pm Posts: 37255 Location: ... | good dolphin wrote: Portillo's is acceptable. I'd think their beef is great if I lived outside of the chicago area. we are spoiled here. my friend from high school has lived in portland for about 2 decades now and he longs for portillos when he comes to visit. telling him it sucks now means nothing. compared to what they have out there, it's heaven. same with pizza places. | ||
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| Warren Newson | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 7:43 am | ||
Joined: Wed Jul 04, 2018 9:43 am Posts: 2277 pizza_Place: Palermo's 95th | good dolphin wrote: Portillo's is acceptable. I'd think their beef is great if I lived outside of the chicago area. Buona is the similar but a little worse. One of my friends from the river forest area used to swear by it. I don't know how it ever got footing with Johnnies nearby. This. I also haven't detected a decrease in quality. | ||
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| Caller Bob | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 8:03 am | ||
Joined: Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:15 pm Posts: 40350 Location: Small Fringe Minority pizza_Place: John's | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Bagels wrote: Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Douchebag wrote: Buona is trash. Complain about Portillos all you want, but Buona Italian beef is absolute dogsh*t. Which is a shame because the original Buona on Harlem was pretty good back in the 80s before they started franchising. I haven't gotten beef or fries for myself at Portillo's for a couple of years. There was one a few blocks from where my dad lived in his final years, so I would go there a couple of times a month and pick up whatever he wanted and a jumbo hot dog for myself. Now if I want a beef sandwich while I am visiting Chicago, I go to the original Johnnies as it's not far from the cemetery. Portillo's is likely going to go the way of Five Guys when they expanded beyond northern Virginia. Lots of stores, outrageous prices, mediocre food. But you can always reheat the fries f*ck off... That was during the pandemic when my primary care physician didn't want me going out very much. Im tired of you and Frank bringing it up over and over again. Again, f*ck off. | ||
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| good dolphin | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 8:26 am | ||
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:35 pm Posts: 80449 | W_Z wrote: good dolphin wrote: Portillo's is acceptable. I'd think their beef is great if I lived outside of the chicago area. we are spoiled here. my friend from high school has lived in portland for about 2 decades now and he longs for portillos when he comes to visit. telling him it sucks now means nothing. compared to what they have out there, it's heaven. same with pizza places. I eat the philly cheesesteak from Jersey Mike's and am happy to have it (yes, I know Monti's is the real deal and not a huge hike). _________________ | ||
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| good dolphin | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 8:28 am | ||
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:35 pm Posts: 80449 | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Bagels wrote: Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Douchebag wrote: Buona is trash. Complain about Portillos all you want, but Buona Italian beef is absolute dogsh*t. Which is a shame because the original Buona on Harlem was pretty good back in the 80s before they started franchising. I haven't gotten beef or fries for myself at Portillo's for a couple of years. There was one a few blocks from where my dad lived in his final years, so I would go there a couple of times a month and pick up whatever he wanted and a jumbo hot dog for myself. Now if I want a beef sandwich while I am visiting Chicago, I go to the original Johnnies as it's not far from the cemetery. Portillo's is likely going to go the way of Five Guys when they expanded beyond northern Virginia. Lots of stores, outrageous prices, mediocre food. But you can always reheat the fries f*ck off... That was during the pandemic when my primary care physician didn't want me going out very much. Im tired of you and Frank bringing it up over and over again. Again, f*ck off. I reheat fries in the over at 350 for 10 minutes. My family thinks its strange but I think the resurrect fairly well and I'd rather have it then potato chips. _________________ | ||
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| This Ends in Antioch | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 8:45 am | ||
Joined: Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:05 pm Posts: 20886 pizza_Place: Pizanos | Caller Bob wrote: Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Bagels wrote: Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: Douchebag wrote: Buona is trash. Complain about Portillos all you want, but Buona Italian beef is absolute dogsh*t. Which is a shame because the original Buona on Harlem was pretty good back in the 80s before they started franchising. I haven't gotten beef or fries for myself at Portillo's for a couple of years. There was one a few blocks from where my dad lived in his final years, so I would go there a couple of times a month and pick up whatever he wanted and a jumbo hot dog for myself. Now if I want a beef sandwich while I am visiting Chicago, I go to the original Johnnies as it's not far from the cemetery. Portillo's is likely going to go the way of Five Guys when they expanded beyond northern Virginia. Lots of stores, outrageous prices, mediocre food. But you can always reheat the fries f*ck off... That was during the pandemic when my primary care physician didn't want me going out very much. Im tired of you and Frank bringing it up over and over again. Again, f*ck off.
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| KDdidit | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 8:47 am | ||
Joined: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:28 am Posts: 22729 Location: Boofoo Zoo pizza_Place: Chuck E Cheese | Chet's tired of your reheated jokes! | ||
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| IkeSouth | Post subject: Re: Portillo's Stock Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 8:49 am | ||
Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:25 pm Posts: 26864 | Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote: f*ck off... That was during the pandemic when my primary care physician didn't want me going out very much. Im tired of you and Frank bringing it up over and over again. Again, f*ck off. You listened to your doctor _________________ | ||
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