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It has been growing. The challenge now is the dollar. Q: Portillo's was sold to a private equity firm. You must get overtures from strategic or financial buyers. Do you want to stay independent? A: Never say never, but if you do private equity or a strategic sale, that's sort of it. If you sell your company, one of two things will happen. They're really going to screw it up, and then you're going to be upset, or they're going to grow it faster and you go, "God, I could've done that.

I like what I do. I very much like the people I work with. I think we work hard to make a difference in the community. It's not like I want to leave here and go do this somewhere else or start again. Q: You mentioned food safety. Have you had to put more people in compliance for food safety? A: It's the biggest change. We've always been about quality. But now everything is documented and quantified, and there are steps and sub-steps.

Q: Your father had a restaurant downtown. Have you ever thought about re-establishing a presence downtown? Thanksgiving Desserts. Cherry Vanilla Cheesecake Learn to bake one of Eli's originals!

Read more. Shortbread Cookie Crust Our signature all-butter shortbread cookie crust. Learn More. Tart Cherry Topping A luscious cheesecake or ice cream topping, and a key ingredient in our Cherry Vanilla Cheesecake.

Strawberry, lemon and blueberry cheesecake bites from Eli's Cheesecake on May 22, You can still order by phone and online for curbside contact-free pickup or delivery. So stock up for the season, and whatever happens next. Latest Coronavirus. Why are children getting slammed with nasty colds this fall? About Us. Eli M. When Eli is just 16, his father, a baker, passes away, forcing him to drop out of high school and take care of his mother and siblings.

He sells newspapers and delivers packages, hawks shoes out of the back of his car on Maxwell Street, and sells scorecards and seat cushions at the ballparks in the summer.

Eli spies a foreclosure notice on the door of a coffee shop he frequented at Ogden and Kedzie. It was there that Eli discovers he can cook! On opening day, he finds his cook, passed out drunk. With customers arriving, he has no choice but to take the helm, even resorting to calling his mother to ask for recipes.

He does such a good job, that when customers return after he hires a new cook, they say they liked the food better that telling first day.