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USA Today
5 hours ago
- Business
- USA Today
Portillo's opening new locations in 2025, including first in Georgia
Portillo's opening new locations in 2025, including first in Georgia Show Caption Hide Caption How to take your hot dog to the next level Hot dogs don't have to be boring. Here are 5 ways to upgrade the classic American staple. ProblemSolved, Reviewed Portillo's, known for its Chicago-style hot dogs, announced its plans to expand as the year nears its halfway point. The fast-casual restaurant chain, which also serves beef and sausage sandwiches and pasta, will have opened up 12 new locations by the end of the year. Among the new restaurants, most will be in Texas and, for the first time, in Georgia. The location in Kennesaw, Georgia, will open during the latter half of 2025, Sara Wirth, the director of PR, IR and internal communications at Portillo's, told USA TODAY. Wirth said Portillo's fiscal 2025 is focused on restaurant growth outside Chicagoland, where the chain already has a presence. The chain's current focus is the Sunbelt, primarily in Texas, but there are plans to enter the Atlanta and San Antonio markets in the second half of 2025, she added. In addition to the new locations, Wirth said Portillo's plans to open its first walk-up restaurant format later this year. Although Portillo's has plans set, Wirth stated that the chain will "continue to fill-in existing markets, including Chicagoland and adjacent markets as opportunities come available." What is Portillo's? The 62-year-old company opened its first hot dog stand called "The Dog House" in 1963 in Villa Park, Illinois. The company began as a trailer with no bathroom and no running water. Owner Dick Portillo spent $1,100 on the trailer, running a 250-foot garden hose from a nearby building into the trailer for water, the company said on its website. Four years after opening 'The Dog House,' the company was renamed Portillo's and moved into a new building. In 2000, the company began shipping nationwide, and five years later, expanded outside of Illinois with a location in Buena Park, California. The company has continued to open new restaurants in states such as Indiana, Arizona, and Florida. The company welcomed new customers this year at three locations in Orland Park, Illinois, and in Katy and Willowbrook, Texas, Wirth said. Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY's NOW team. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – the 757. Email her at sdmartin@
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Portillo's opening new locations in 2025, including first in Georgia
Portillo's, known for its Chicago-style hot dogs, announced its plans to expand as the year nears its halfway point. The fast-casual restaurant chain, which also serves beef and sausage sandwiches and pasta, will have opened up 12 new locations by the end of the year. Among the new restaurants, most will be in Texas and, for the first time, in Georgia. The location in Kennesaw, Georgia, will open during the latter half of 2025, Sara Wirth, the director of PR, IR and internal communications at Portillo's, told USA TODAY. Wirth said Portillo's fiscal 2025 is focused on restaurant growth outside Chicagoland, where the chain already has a presence. The chain's current focus is the Sunbelt, primarily in Texas, but there are plans to enter the Atlanta and San Antonio markets in the second half of 2025, she added. In addition to the new locations, Wirth said Portillo's plans to open its first walk-up restaurant format later this year. Although Portillo's has plans set, Wirth stated that the chain will "continue to fill-in existing markets, including Chicagoland and adjacent markets as opportunities come available." The 62-year-old company opened its first hot dog stand called "The Dog House" in 1963 in Villa Park, Illinois. The company began as a trailer with no bathroom and no running water. Owner Dick Portillo spent $1,100 on the trailer, running a 250-foot garden hose from a nearby building into the trailer for water, the company said on its website. Four years after opening 'The Dog House,' the company was renamed Portillo's and moved into a new building. In 2000, the company began shipping nationwide, and five years later, expanded outside of Illinois with a location in Buena Park, California. The company has continued to open new restaurants in states such as Indiana, Arizona, and Florida. The company welcomed new customers this year at three locations in Orland Park, Illinois, and in Katy and Willowbrook, Texas, Wirth said. Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY's NOW team. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – the 757. Email her at sdmartin@ This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Portillo's opening new locations in 2025: See where Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Toronto Sun
a day ago
- Toronto Sun
WARMINGTON: Miracle no one was killed at bullet-riddled Piper Arms pub
Scarborough establishment sits empty since March mass shooting, but there may be plans to reopen Get the latest from Joe Warmington straight to your inbox The Piper Arms pub in Scarborough, Ont., sits vacant on Thursday, June 5, 2025, after a shooting damaged the historic building earlier this year. Photo by Joe Warmington / Toronto Sun You can still see the bullet holes in a door, the wall and bar through the locked front door of the popular Piper Arms pub in Scarborough. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Although it has been abandoned since the March 7 shooting of a nine people, with four more struck by flying debris, the lights on the draft beer tap handles are still lit up the way they were the night three gunmen entered and sprayed the place with bullets in a 1930s Chicago-style ambush. Police said the alleged plan at this historic old house-turned-pub was to see the murder of two dozen people. If they had been successful, it would have been right there with the Nova Scotia massacre that saw 22 people killed and three others injured in the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history. An inch here, an inch there and this could have been a catastrophe heard around the world. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It was a miracle no one was killed at the Piper Arms. But will the popular pub ever serve suds again? Scarborough Councillor Michael Thompson says, yes, they will. 'The owners are planning to reopen once their insurance company gives them the green light to start the renovation,' Thompson told the Toronto Sun on Thursday. 'The owners are definitely planning to reopen and I'm 100% in support of the reopening.' It's a beautiful old stone house that was home of the Piper Arms pub until evil gunmen came in March 7 and riddled the place in a hail of bullets — hitting 9 and 4 others with debris. The place has been closed since. But the bar lights are still on and bullet holes still on wall — Joe Warmington (@joe_warmington) June 5, 2025 Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The group that owns Piper Arms has not commented so far. But if they can make a comeback, it will certainly be welcomed. There's no way such heinous violence should win. Chief Myron Demkiw and his Toronto Police investigative team did an outstanding job on the case as they tracked down 10 suspects — including three boys — who have been charged with crimes and retrieved four guns. Some 200 charges have been laid and this includes 24 counts of attempted murder. As Toronto Sun crime reporter Chris Doucette reported Thursday, officers involved with Project Nighthawk — focused on the GTA's tow-truck war – also said they are searching for one more suspect in this disturbing shooting of innocent people at this historic stone house at 520 Progress Ave., which was built in 1841 by the Scott family on what was once farmland. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A historic plaque at the Piper Arms pub in Scarborough, Ont., on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The building has been vacant since a shooting damaged it earlier this year. Photo by Joe Warmington / Toronto Sun Torontonians have heard about this shooting, but when police released a 22-second security video Wednesday of what transpired inside the pub, it was shocking to see. Three gunmen charge into the establishment with guns ablaze like something out of Al Capone's reign of terror in Chicago. While the weapons were not Tommy guns, the video shows what looks like semi-automatic, assault-style rifles firing bullets everywhere. 'All people could do was duck,' said Thompson. 'It was horrifying.' Bullet holes puncture a door near the bar at the Piper Arms pub in Scarborough, Ont., on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The building has been vacant since a shooting damaged it earlier this year. Photo by Joe Warmington / Toronto Sun The councillor has stayed in touch with many of the victims, who he said like the pub and are still struggling physically and emotionally. 'Some of them are still in need of surgeries,' said Thompson. 'One of the victims was shot six times and is still struggling. One woman was shot in the arm.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Most of the victims are 'unable to work and pay their bills and mortgages,' said Thompson. 'We are trying to find ways to help them.' He added 'none of these people had anything to do with the reason for the shooting and yet are living with the fallout from it.' RELATED VIDEO Police are still trying to work out a motive and while the other incidents connected to Project Nighthawk were linked to the tow-truck industry, the Piper Arms shooting has not been. From speaking to some of the victims, Thompson said they were 'just in the wrong place at the wrong time.' Two of the people who were badly hurt are 'DJs who were only there to meet the manager to check out to see if it would be a good place to hold a summer party,' he said. 'They were shot as soon as they walked in there.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. On the night of the shooting, Doucette and photographer Jack Boland said it was one of the most chaotic scenes they have witnessed over decades of covering Toronto crime. There have been other disturbing shootings like this one in Toronto, but throw in the setting and that the gunmen seemed not to care who they hit, it's a sign that we're in dangerous times. 'Whatever their definition, the thugs are intent on terrifying their targets and have no regard for the lives of innocent bystanders,' said Thompson, urging the public to help police with the case. This case can't be glossed over as just another gangland shooting. It needs to be a wakeup call that criminals in Toronto are not only packing heat, but will shoot at will. When they clean the place up, it might be a good idea to leave some of those bullet holes as a reminder of just how precious life is and how there are people prepared to take it away. A visit to this bullet-riddled pub shows just how close Toronto came to another two dozen people being murdered in cold blood. Read More World Olympics Toronto & GTA Columnists Music
Eater
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
The 12 Best Deals This Week (Including Paris Park Chair Dupes)
In the words of someone's dad, it's go time. Summer is here and Father's Day is just one extra-charred bratwurst away (so, a week-ish), which means there are all kinds of unfurling kitchen and food deals from brands designed to soup up the occasion. Granted, they orbit around the ooga-booga markers of 'manliness,' such as flasks and bouquets of meat, but I'm eager for any opportunity to buy a knife sharpener at 30 percent off. Last week, we cleared Goldbelly's shelves of Chicago-style hot dog kits and other summertime treats, scooped up the best heritage cookware brand items from Nordstrom's Half-Yearly sale, and browsed REI's camping kitchen sale. This week, the outdoorsy vibe continues with deals from Yeti on durable, I-dropped-it-on-a-rock-by-the-creek barware sets; aesthetic designer glassware from SSENSE's (always intriguing but right now up to 60 percent off) sale; and coffee-lover gifts from Bespoke Post's Father's Day sale section. Slip into something more comfortable (this leather oven mitt, perchance?) and let's shop. Score 20% off barware sets at Yeti Unsurprisingly, Yeti — the brand beloved for its classic, rugged coolers — makes durable, camping-ready barware sets. You can get up to 20 percent off barware sets for Father's Day, including flasks, shot glasses, and cocktail shakers that are made out of 18/8 stainless steel, making them dishwasher-safe and resistant to corrosion. For taking shots and flasks on the camping trip | Yeti Prices taken at time of publishing. Take lowballs on-the-go | Yeti Prices taken at time of publishing. Aesthetic kitchen items and drinkware are up to 60% off at SSENSE SSENSE, home to apparel and accessories by rising and established designers such as Collina Strada, Rick Owens, and Chopova Lowena, is also the keeper of some incredible designer glassware, cookware, and kitchen items. There's a 60 percent off sale live on the site right now, and the barware section is full of particularly personality-heavy finds, from amorphous hand-blown glasses reminiscent of Alexander Kirkeby (that cost a fraction of the price) to a set of tumblers that nod to vintage uranium glassware. This chic water carafe is 52% off | SSENSE Prices taken at time of publishing. Just in time for summer, this substantial set of tumblers | SSENSE Prices taken at time of publishing. This palette-shaped cutting board is 20% off | SSENSE Prices taken at time of publishing. This set of hand-blown glasses for juice and spiked iced tea | SSENSE Prices taken at time of publishing. Get up to 40% off Father's Day-worthy kitchen items at Bespoke Post Father's Day is June 15 this year, which means we're in prime ordering time for pops. Bespoke Post, the man-things lifestyle store dedicated to all things Ron-Swanson-meets- Kinfolk , has rolled out deals of up to 40 percent off all kinds of great Father's Day gift fodder, including a Zwilling knife sharpener that we're also going to grab for ourselves. A self-heating mug For the coffee-obsessed dad Zwilling's knife sharpener is 30% off Let Amazon's best deals this week bring Paris to you Low and behold, a smorgasbord of sales on Amazon this week that understand that what you really need to be doing this summer: sitting on your patio in Bushwick with a robust charcuterie board at a bistro set that is the perfect budget dupe for the iconic, sage-colored park chairs you'll find around Parisian parks (they're by Fermob, and will otherwise cost you $145 per chair). This charcuterie board bundle is 46% off | Drmvalg Prices taken at time of publishing. These dupes for Parisian park bistro sets | Grand Patio Prices taken at time of publishing. Now go suck down an Aperol spritz. The freshest news from the food world every day
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
3 Inflated Stocks Skating on Thin Ice
The stocks featured in this article are seeing some big returns. Over the past month, they've outpaced the market due to new product launches, positive news, or even a dedicated social media following. But not every company with momentum is a long-term winner, and plenty of investors have lost money betting on short-term fads. All that said, here are three stocks getting more buzz than they deserve and some you should buy instead. One-Month Return: +31.3% Born out of a failed voice recognition startup by founder Spenser Skates, Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL) is data analytics software helping companies improve and optimize their digital products. Why Are We Hesitant About AMPL? Customers had second thoughts about committing to its platform over the last year as its average billings growth of 8.7% underwhelmed Historical operating margin losses point to an inefficient cost structure Poor free cash flow margin of 1.2% for the last year limits its freedom to invest in growth initiatives, execute share buybacks, or pay dividends Amplitude is trading at $12.39 per share, or 4.7x forward price-to-sales. To fully understand why you should be careful with AMPL, check out our full research report (it's free). One-Month Return: +15% Begun as a Chicago hot dog stand in 1963, Portillo's (NASDAQ:PTLO) is a casual restaurant chain that serves Chicago-style hot dogs and beef sandwiches as well as fries and shakes. Why Is PTLO Not Exciting? Disappointing same-store sales over the past two years show customers aren't responding well to its menu offerings and dining experience Lacking free cash flow generation means it has few chances to reinvest for growth, repurchase shares, or distribute capital High net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio of 6× increases the risk of forced asset sales or dilutive financing if operational performance weakens Portillo's stock price of $12.02 implies a valuation ratio of 32.9x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including PTLO in your portfolio, it's free. One-Month Return: +40.4% Created through a settlement between NRG Energy and the California Public Utilities Commission, EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) is a provider of electric vehicle charging solutions, operating fast charging stations across the United States. Why Does EVGO Worry Us? Historically negative EPS is a worrisome sign for conservative investors and obscures its long-term earnings potential Cash-burning tendencies make us wonder if it can sustainably generate shareholder value Limited cash reserves may force the company to seek unfavorable financing terms that could dilute shareholders At $4 per share, EVgo trades at 33.5x forward EV-to-EBITDA. If you're considering EVGO for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more. The market surged in 2024 and reached record highs after Donald Trump's presidential victory in November, but questions about new economic policies are adding much uncertainty for 2025. While the crowd speculates what might happen next, we're homing in on the companies that can succeed regardless of the political or macroeconomic environment. Put yourself in the driver's seat and build a durable portfolio by checking out our Top 6 Stocks for this week. This is a curated list of our High Quality stocks that have generated a market-beating return of 183% over the last five years (as of March 31st 2025). Stocks that made our list in 2020 include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+1,545% between March 2020 and March 2025) as well as under-the-radar businesses like the once-small-cap company Exlservice (+354% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
