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Book Signings and Events

Dec
08
Dick Portillo- "Out of the Dog House"
Dick Portillo
Portillo's
1992 W. Jefferson , Naperville, IL 60540
630-420-7156
(map it)
Saturday, December 8, 2018 - 11:00am
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Out of the Dog House
Out of the Dog House ›
By Dick Portillo, By Don Yaeger

Cloth

ISBN 9781629376752

Published Nov 2018

In 1963, Dick Portillo built a 6' x 12' trailer with no running water or bathroom and opened a simple hot dog stand in Villa Park, Illinois. He called it "The Dog House." More than 50 years and 50 locations later, his namesake Portillo's restaurants are a Windy City institution, famous for perfect, Chicago-style dogs. In Out of the Dog House, Portillo tells the incredible story of his life, sharing the ingenuity and hard-earned wisdom that went into building a beloved restaurant chain. From a modest childhood as the son of Greek and Mexican immigrants, to the core principles that became essential in growing a national business, this is a singular, at times surprising, tale of how one man crafted his own American dream, one hot dog at a time.