By Stacy Lambe
After it was announced that Cardinal Robert Prevost — who now goes by the papal name Pope Leo XIV — was elected as the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Portillo’s unveiled a new menu item in his honor.
“In the name of the gravy, the bun, and hot giard, we introduce The Leo: a divinely seasoned Italian beef, baptized in gravy and finished with the holy trinity of peppers — sweet, hot, or a combo,” the Windy City-based restaurant chain announced on Friday, May 9 via a press release shared with PEOPLE.
They added, “It’s our original sacred sandwich, bold, unapologetically flavorful, and made in honor of a moment that’s historic for Portillo’s hometown.”
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Pope Leo XIV, who made history as the first American pontiff, was born in Chicago on Sept. 14, 1955. According to the Chicago Sun Times, he received a masters of divinity from Catholic Theological Union, which is located in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood, and was a teacher at St. Rita of Cascia High School.
Portillo’s, meanwhile, was founded by Dick Portillo on April 9, 1963 in Villa Park, Ill., a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area.
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