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| - I always feel guilty when I write a review for a place that specializes in a particular food, e.g. hot dogs, sausage, etc. and I go and order something completely out of the norm. Please take that as a disclaimer. In this case, I visited the renowned Portillo's Hot Dogs and ordered what? A vegetable sandwich. Guilty as charged.
Once I read the description on the menu, I knew I had to try it. It promised me freshly grilled veggies, mushrooms and Havarti cheese on grilled foccacia. The promise of yum. Unfortunately, the sandwich didn't really deliver. The positives: it was large (enough for two meals) and served piping hot. Unfortunately, I couldn't distinguish the flavor of any of the vegetables. Everything just combined and it wasn't very tasty. I think the mushrooms were overpowering. Again, I get it. This is not their specialty and I won't hold it against them, too much. On a positive note, I like their fries. They were served fresh with just the right amount of salt.
Service was fairly friendly. The drive-thru is efficient although I got a very confused server who kept trying to deliver the wrong order to my car. Bottom line: I am game to try it again, when I'm in the mood for a hot dog.
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