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I am so mad! I went to that concert and didn't know that this was so close by, waiting to be had! I ate beforehand at the Bohemian Hall Beer Garden, and now am very upset! haha. Thanks for the enlightening post.
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America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
I gotta say I am biased, but Chicago dogs are by far my favorite. There is something to that particular melange of flavors and textures that makes the entire experience more enriching.
But...If you are ever in Chicago, don't go just anywhere for the hot-dog experience. I mean, Portillo's is a fantastic place, and most of the divey, street-corner establishments with hand-painted signs are good as well, but the true emporium is Hot Doug's (www.hotdougs.com) where dogs are given their just deserves. Doug Sohn, proprietor of HD's is something of a Sausage Artist, who spins culinary desires into pure sausage gold. Do a Flickr search for Hot Dougs and you will be treated to some mind-blowing, mouth-watering concoctions from this true genius in a city that knows encased meats.
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America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
I'm sure if you like bland tomatoes, plain yellow mustard, and raw onion, etc etc... then Chicago dogs are fine. I personally don't like drowning a good beef hotdog with all those condiments. Give me a delectable grilled Hebrew National topped with a slightly spicy mustard and some homemade relish...absolute perfection! If you go this route with a Vienna dog, you will soon realize where it pales in comparison to the much superior Hebrew National dog. Sauerkraut can also be a good option, but it's an acquired taste. I find tomatoes and yellow mustard to be a clash of flavors in any situation. Long live Hebrew National, king of the hotdogs!!!!
America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
I second the opinion on Hot Doug's. Absolutely a must stop place, especially when they have the French Fries cooked in duck fat. *Sorry, I'm salivating on my keyboard*. Rabbit hot dogs with blueberrys and creme fraiche. Worth the wait.
America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
Next time you're in Katz's get a pastrami sandwich AND a hot dog. Just take half the pastrami sandwich home.
America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
Pink's hot dog in LA is, by far, the best hot dog I've ever eaten. I was in Kat'z last night but I didn't try their dogs. They looked tempting but that pastrami is too hard to forgo.
America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
Dude!
Thanks for recognizing Lafayette and Athens Coney Island restaurants in downtown Detroit, but, really, you can't disqualify the D because we dress up our dogs with chili sauce, onions and mustard.
It's not fair. Thousands of the dogs we serve up at the hundred of Coney Island restaurants in Coney Detroit are home-grown Koegel's and Dearborn dogs.
It is just wrong to kick us to the curb because we embellish our dogs. There is hardly anyone who doesn's add a slash of mustard or a slide of pickle.
Our Coneys are so popular that in upstate New York and parts of Ontario, similar concoctions are called "Michigans." There is one loud, proud vote for Detroit's dogs.
America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
Amazing Hot Dog is just one of many fine places in North Jersey. In my previous post, I only named a few. Amazing does use a natural casing Best, and has the widest array of toppings I've seen at a hot dog establishment. Personally, I prefer just a good deli mustard on a quality all beef dog, in order to enjoy the flavor and spices of the dog itself, though sometimes I have one with chili. I do prefer the other sizes (long and thin) of the Best dog to the thick quarter pounder at Amazing. Jerry's in Elizabeth makes a great dog. Eight to a lb natural casing Best that is boiled then finished off on a grill. It is snappy, fresh and delicious.
For German style dogs prepared on a grill, Galloping Hill Inn, Karl Ehmer's cart, and the Weenie Wagon (grilled Thumann's) are three of the best.
America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
Can't believe that North Jersey got such a long post without any mention of Amazing Hot Dog in Verona! The most creative toppings ever, fantastic hand-cut fries, and they're using Best's all-beef dogs (out of Newark). www.amazinghotdog.com
America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
jungman, you really shouldn't judge New York hot dogs based
on the fact that you can get dirty water dogs on the streets of
NYC. Gray's Papaya, Katz's, and Papaya King all serve superb
hot dogs. I wrote about New York hot dogs in the NYT a couple
of years ago, and beginning Friday you'll be able to access
some of my times stories (hot dogs included) on ed levine eats
America's Best Hot Dog Town: Cast Your Vote
Although I nominated Clifton NJ I simply cannot let the type of food bigotry perpetuated by JungMan stand. Only someone woefully ignorant of the actual food practices of New Yorkers would ever suggest that the city was nominated on the back of a dirty water dog. Have you ever heard of Nathans? The only dirty water anywhere near the dogs is in the ocean. How about Katz' Deli or Grays Papaya? Basing one opinion on the lowest common denominator is hardly fair.
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