. . "I kind of wondered how long it would take for Al's Beef to close up shop after Portillo's arrived in town. Al's closed down a week or so ago. Their beef sandwiches as of the last few months were not as tasty as I remembered when the new ownership took over. I guess the Al's Beef experiment is over in Scottsdale."^^ . "2013-06-24T00:00:00"^^ . "14"^^ . "7"^^ . "7"^^ . "2"^^ . .