Beef Shack > Portillos

[VenomousDSG]

Portillos has a vicious following b/c for along time, we could claim it was all ours....but their food aint that great bro.

 

[willizm]

So they opened on in Elgin (I go to the St Charles location occasionally) but having just has portillos a week or so back and following up with Beef Shack, hands down Shack has a better sandwich and better beef. The bread is far superior too and Id even say the cheese is better.

No contest in this fat kids mind.

This is being based on the cheezy beef with garlic bread.

 

[muskie]

I tried this for the first time yesterday actually (Hoffman Location) and was not a fan. I agree Portillos is garbage.

Beef Shack bread had that par cooked bread funkyness taste, the beef was not a consistent texture and lacked flavor IMO. Fries were alright, but I'd rather they have a small option I don't need 4 pounds of fries.

I tried the cheezy garlic and I don't think I'd ever be back.

I'll stick with Jays Beef in the city for what I think is the best Italian beef.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Just waiting for the cats head to 'splode...

 

[Lead Pipe]

Where dis?

 

[FESTER665]

Someone on their FB page left a review saying the parking lot is a clusterfuck. I guess a wide open parking lot is really hard to navigate

Guessing theyre talking about the one my sister works at on Roselle Road... That parking lot is a total train wreck.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

20 and Nesler.

 

[FESTER665]

Just got the low down on the new location from my sister....

The new location is actually being franchised to a Rosati's owner right now.

I asked if she was planning on changing to the new location but can't because it's not the original owners that's shes been working with for years now.

(She started when the owners had them as Zippy's)

Wonder if they're just essentially selling a Cheef like you would order from Rosati's there or if they have to use the same food people....

 

[Mook]

Tasted the same as the Shack in St Charles.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

That and I would want a previous successful restaurant owner starting it vs one of us.

 

[FESTER665]

I just wanted them to bring back the gyros pizza from zippys.... Bastards.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

village squire has gyro plates on special on Wednesdays, haven't you tried them?

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I usually do the Italian Dip at the Village.

 

[FESTER665]

village squire has gyro plates on special on Wednesdays, haven't you tried them?

Nope, I just hit up Chiggys to get my gyro fix in....

 

[Lead Pipe]

Squire has an awesome gyro and as said earlier, Wednesday is half price gyros and saganaki.

 

[radioguy6]

Portillo's seems to be suffering a bit on the quality since Dick sold it. Its too bad. Beef shack is formerly Zippy's beef, without the pizza and half the menu. I kind of miss their pizza though. It is a decent beef sandwich, I gotta say tho the Roselle road was lacking the last couple times I went. The bread seemed kinda undercooked and beef was a bit chewy. Fries are really good.

My favorite italian beef is Johnnie's and Jay's.

 

[muskie]

My favorite italian beef is Johnnie's and Jay's.

Jay's is hands down the best beef in town IMO.

I generally make the drive from the burbs to get a beef since I haven't found a great beef in the area in a long time.

 

[radioguy6]

Jay's is hands down the best beef in town IMO.

I generally make the drive from the burbs to get a beef since I haven't found a great beef in the area in a long time.

way back in the day there was a Jay's beef in Mt. Prospect at Golf/Busse rd. It was one of my favorite places to eat growing up. Now its a CVS. Johnnie's in Arlington Heights is the 2nd best closest in that area.

 

[Shawn1112]

I tried this for the first time yesterday actually (Hoffman Location) and was not a fan. I agree Portillos is garbage.

Beef Shack bread had that par cooked bread funkyness taste, the beef was not a consistent texture and lacked flavor IMO. Fries were alright, but I'd rather they have a small option I don't need 4 pounds of fries.

I tried the cheezy garlic and I don't think I'd ever be back.

I'll stick with Jays Beef in the city for what I think is the best Italian beef.

I will be at Jays in Schiller Park for lunch tomorrow. Best beef around imo.

 

[Atomicles]

Last (and first and only) time I went to Beef Shack was that time they had a deal with TCG for 10% off the total check if you mentioned the website brought you there. I didn't hate it, but it wasn't good enough for the price to bring me back. Have they gotten better?

 

[Mook]

It was good to begin with.

 

[FESTER665]

TCG, full of people who make $250k a year and only bang supermodels, but complain about the price of a beef.

 

[Shawn1112]

Nope, I just hit up Chiggys to get my gyro fix in....

Just smashed a gyro from Brandy’s

 

[DanJ]

Getting my oil changed in st Charles Saturday. May have to get some beef shack.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

who is changing your oil? the place on randall/64 conveniently close to beef shack?