Chicago’s Famous Cake Shake Is A Portillo’s Staple | Legendary Eats | Food Insider

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Published 2020-08-11
Portillo’s is a fast-casual restaurant chain considered a one-stop-shop for iconic Chicago foods. Founded in 1963 in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago, Portillo’s is known across the country for its hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, cheese fries, and chopped salads. But its best-kept secret is the restaurant’s cake shake. Insider's Medha Imam visited Portillo’s Summit, IL location to learn what goes into making the iconic cake shake. Rumor has it they put an entire slice of chocolate cake into their milkshake, making it a must-try dessert.

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Chicago’s Famous Cake Shake Is A Portillo’s Staple | Legendary Eats | Food Insider

All Comments (21)
  • @InsiderFood
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  • @txrhv9743
    This is why people think the whole of America has diabetes
  • This takes 'drinking your calories' to a whole new level. God bless America.
  • @jdamahom
    I thought the cake shake was going to be hard to make but it was actually a piece of cake.
  • @Meh_Lone_Bah
    I tried their cake in Orlando, Florida and I can confirm the cake is super chocolatey and super soft and moist! I was tempted to try their chocolate cake shake like comedian Gabriel Iglesias had mentioned but I was not confident enough to finish it all on my own 😅
  • @kabbageniemcy
    "Do you want a small or a large?" "How good is it?" "You want a large."
  • @atlas_1802
    finally, a producer that actually gives real thoughts and not just fake smiles and laughs
  • @davineuskens21
    If I ever go to the US, I will make sure to visit this restaurant. This cake shake has me drooling
  • @JoseDuran-jv4uu
    Fluffy brought me here when I first watched his special… didn’t know there was a video about the shake 😍😍😍
  • @shiroiku9314
    I like how they compliment the frosting the most and it's the thing they said isn't homemade.
  • Fitting a whole cake into a milkshake??? That is just the most insane…ly amazing thing I’ve ever heard 😂❤
  • @ivanbrada9555
    As a diabetic, my dead pancrea just revived itself just to slap me in the face and say: "Don't you dare even think about it!"
  • @maenad1231
    “Our first pound of frosting” Me, an American: *doesn’t even flinch*
  • @artemis2520
    Grew up in Chicago, loved this place. Live in FL now and I'm so glad they're here!!!!
  • In Singapore, some (like me) eat our fries with ice cream. This is literally it. I hope to go to Chicago and do this too, since it has cake with it.
  • @johny3470
    That lady who works at Portillo's seems like a really nice person
  • @chloe0919
    "it's not overly sweet" "2 pounds of frosting" mhm..
  • I love how the girl explained that whole bit about how Portillo's would put leftover cake in a shake so as not to waste it, like this was some special idea that Portillo's thought of themselves. Cake shakes existed a very long time before anyone at Portillo's thought of them lol I remember seeing cake shakes on a class trip to Washington, D.C. when I was in the eighth grade.