Chicago hot dog

[Caliga]

How did I miss this thread?

The Chicago dog is the pinnacle of the hot dog experience, much like Chicago is the pinnacle of the Midwest.

So help a nigga out re: where to get a good one.

[MadImmortalMan]

IIRC the default answers are Portillo's and Hot Doug's.


Not hot dogs, but might I recommend: Al's Beef. Italian beef sandwich with giardiniera. Do it. Portillo's has them too, actually.

[Caliga]

My boss keeps telling me to go to Harry Caray's, but isn't that just a (overpriced) steakhouse?

[ulmont]

Yes re: Harry Caray's.

[Caliga]

IIRC the default answers are Portillo's and Hot Doug's.


Not hot dogs, but might I recommend: Al's Beef. Italian beef sandwich with giardiniera. Do it. Portillo's has them too, actually.

Italian beef is on the "need to try" list also.

[fhdz]

Not hot dogs, but might I recommend: Al's Beef. Italian beef sandwich with giardiniera. Do it.

Yep, those are incredible.

[fhdz]

So help a nigga out re: where to get a good one.

As mentioned: Hot Doug's and Portillo's. Also for one that gets crazy on the toppings, try Murphy's Red Hots.

[citizen k]

IIRC the default answers are Portillo's and Hot Doug's.


Not hot dogs, but might I recommend: Al's Beef. Italian beef sandwich with giardiniera. Do it. Portillo's has them too, actually.

Italian beef is on the "need to try" list also.

http://www.thepauperedchef.com/2008/09/chicago-eats-pa.html

http://www.thepauperedchef.com/2009/02/als-1-beef.html

[DontSayBanana]

PRC's hot dog sounds downright disgusting to me.  I never, ever, ever put cheese on a hot dog.  For me, it has to be a chicago dog, a chili dog (NOT a chili-cheese dog), or just mustard.

[Zoupa]

I love how you Yanks debate the various merits of totally shit food. ZOMG CHICAGO HOT DOGS ARE SOOOO GOOD!

No, they are not. Grow the hell up, America.

:foodsnob:

[Syt]

The first time I ordered a hot dog at a Vienna sausage stand I was kind of surprised.

The guy took a long bread roll, cut off one end, then spiked it (to kinda hollow it out). He then put the grilled sausage of my choice (e.g. Käsekrainer - a variety with cheese bits inside) into the roll, asked for my condiment (ketchup, sweet or spicy mustard), squirted it inside the roll, and rearranged the cut off tip on top. Which creates something like this:



The use of different bread (it's more baguette-like) and full-sized, grilled bratwursts make this pretty much a full meal.

[PRC]

The first time I ordered a hot dog at a Vienna sausage stand I was kind of surprised.

The guy took a long bread roll, cut off one end, then spiked it (to kinda hollow it out). He then put the grilled sausage of my choice (e.g. Käsekrainer - a variety with cheese bits inside) into the roll, asked for my condiment (ketchup, sweet or spicy mustard), squirted it inside the roll, and rearranged the cut off tip on top. Which creates something like this:



The use of different bread (it's more baguette-like) and full-sized, grilled bratwursts make this pretty much a full meal.

I ate those every day for 2 months in Prague in 1994... you could get a bunch of them for under a dollar along with a couple 60 cent pints and it was my daily bread.

[sbr]

Thanks for your input but this is an American thread.

[Zoupa]

 

[citizen k]

Thanks for your input but this is an American thread.

To be fair, the Europeans were the inspiration for the American hot dog.

http://www.thepauperedchef.com/2008/10/hot-dog-part-2.html