Overrated hot dog joints Part 3

Posted by hotdoglover, August 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM

This sauce is put on your dog along with mayonaise. I love mayonaise, but not on a hot dog. I hate onions alltogether, so I didn't even have the sauce. Just the hot dog and some mustard. The dog is a beef/pork blend that was absolutely tasteless. Beyond bland. The brand was Schutz, a small company in Maine that has since gone out of business. When I returned to Maine on vacation, Flo's was using a different dog, but it was as bland as the previous one. I believe it is Old Neighborhood brand. The dog is put on a steamed New England bun. I prefer a traditional hot dog bun, but a New England style is ok if it is toasted, put on the grill, and/or lightly buttered. When steamed, it just tastes like 2 pieces of white bread. Put the whole thing together and you have not just an overrated dog but a mediocre one as well. The hot dogs you get at a 7-11 or gas station are better than this one. I realize that some people like the unique sauce, or more accurately relish, which accounts in part for Flo's popularity. It's sold in stores and quite expensive from what I hear.

These are my opinions and more than likely yours will be different if you visit or have visited these places. I urge everyone to seek out these places and form your own opinions. As I stated, much of the fun is going to these places for the first time and satisfying my curiosity after having read and heard the many opinions from people on forums like these. Remember, one man's trash is another man's treasure. And vice versa.

What are your opinions and where are the places that you find to be overrated?

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