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I have eaten Hot dogs on 5 continents and almost 1/2 of America, probably about 150 cities in my travels. I would have to say none so far even compare to Rhode Island's, their "Hot Weiner" all the way are the best! They are small mild hot dogs served on a steamed bun with some kind of meat sauce, mustard, onions and celery salt! Addictive...I eat about 6 when I go to RI.

In Rhode Island they also sold hot dogs in the raw at the market under the brand "Saugy's" and these were the best I have ever bought, very mild, made with veal,pork and beef with a snap from the natural casing. I have a friend who ships them to me in Florida. You can also buy the New York System's Weenie Meat Sauce online at www.olneyvillenysystem.com and make them at home. It is easy to make and tastes like the real thing, I use the Saugy's brand with this meat sauce and I think it might even be better! You make them in this order..place dog in fresh steamed bun, a generous amount of plain yellow mustard, then top with a heaping pile of the meat sauce, then top that with the finely diced onions and shake some celery salt on top. Do not forget the celery salt on top..it's important. You'll Love it!

I like the half smokes or, more often than note, a standard 7-11 Big Bite with lots of chili, cheese, and their onion relish.

The CHICAGOOOO dog allll the way. There's nothing like the taste of those cool crisp veggy veggie flavors mixing in with warm hotdog juice with each bite. Hot and cold. crisp and soft. The chicago dog is the perfect balance.

wow. That's a LOT of hot dogs. Way more types than I've ever tried, which makes me feel foolish to pick one.

But having said all that, I just got back from a trip to Chicago, and they were delicious. Combination of steamed hot dog and vegetable toppings make it a perfect snack, imho.

It doesn't matter what it's a covered in..if you start with a bad Wiener..it won't taste good! Hartmann's Beef Wieners (NY) are my favorite.. all beef, smoked, natural casing!! Tons of smoke flavor and not too garlicy...the best!

Hmmmm.....the photo of those Coney's looks exactly like the chili cheese dog from Real Chili here in Milwaukee. Is it? (You haven't lived until you've had one.) Too bad I don't live within walking distance of Real Chili anymore...

Some look good some are too much but Basically I agree with sommelier I prefer a quality all meat hot dog w/ caseing grilled, a fresh soft lightly toasted bun with a schmear of French's yellow mustard that's it my favorite. but from time to time I'll have a speciality dog as some shown.
I live in Socal and I'm sure Pink's is a good dog but it's a 100+ miles north of me through traffic from hell. COSTCO has a hot dog or Polish dog w/ serve mustard(2 types), ketsup, onions, relish and a soda for a buck fitty and IKEA has a smaller hot dog all meat and tastey for only fitty cents no soda they only offer mustard and ketsup.
I guess the BH and I will have to go on an extended road trip and EAT our way across the U.S. and back. I've eatten exotic foods all around the world now it's time to eat at home from Luger's steak house in NY to Crazee burger in San Diego, Ivar's Acres of Clams in Seattle to some dive in Key West.

I noticed a couple of mentions of a hot dog joint in this thread called NuWay, I guess in Georgia. I've been chasing my original chili dog buzz for about 50 years trying to find one as good as I remember the ones I had as a kid at a spot also called NuWay in the West LA area. Does anyone know if the long defunct NuWay in LA is related to/same as the one in Georgia/ If so, I'm buying a plane ticket, I swear!

I guess I was too busy selling Flint-style coneys to mention them when this post was posted. ;-)

I'm from Las Vegas and couldn't live without hot dogs! Whenever I travel, I always look for famous or specialty hot dogs places in that area.

Having been to tons of locations from NuWay in Georgia to Pink's in L.A., I must say that top honors would have to go to New York System (Rhode Island) weiners. So far it is the best dog I've ever had. Very addictive and well worth the trip.

Happy Eats!

Big Chicago style fan here, but I seriously cannot believe you talked about Southern hot dogs without mentioning the Varsity in Atlanta. It has only been there since 1928 and has been serving up terrific stomach destroying coneys the entire time. You can get slaw dogs there, but the real thing to get is a chili dog with onions and mustard, some fries and an FO (Frozen Orange). The FO banks the fires that are to come. I've had both Varsity and Nu-way and it's Varsity all the way. I'm stuck in Florida so we don't have any regional hot dog specialty, but thank god for Vienna Hot Dogs farming out their stuff! Also we used to have Skyline Chili and I sure do miss skyliners!

Japadog in Vancouver? That's hilarious! I just had a real Chicago Red Hot guy open a few blocks from me in Portland. He even discounts his dogs during Cubs games.

Best Wurst in Austin is pretty legit.