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Best Hot Dog

We've all been there: that late night out in Capitol Hill's Pike/Pine corridor when, after hours of beer and liquor, we sheepishly wolf down a giant, greasy hot dog from a corner cart vendor, a dish colloquially known as "street meat." Hot dogs don't have to be shameful, though! Every Friday and Saturday night, Dante's Inferno Dogs serves sausag...

Nestled in the San Fernando Valley in Reseda is Fab Hot Dogs, a joint with a menu as big as the U.S. map that hangs in your third-grade classroom. Indeed, you can get your own geography lesson just by scanning Fab's menu: There are the self-explanatory Philly Cheese Steak and Carolina Slaw dogs, a Boston dog with BBQ baked beans and a Texas Burr...

For a taste of Pittsburgh by way of the Merchant Square Antique Mall in Chandler, we present the Wild Willy, a glorious gut-buster of a dog courtesy of ex-Pittsburgher Randy Walters. Starting with a quarter-pound, all-beef dog from Nathan's tucked into a sesame bun, chipped ham (a Steel City staple) sautéed in butter is piled on next, with mound...

When you see Good Dog's baby-blue-and-white food truck with cheerful red and gold lettering parked next to a coffee shop, museum or bar, it's hard not to pull over immediately and get your hands on one of its signature hot dogs. All of the condiments are handmade, the soft buns are from Slow Dough and the specially blended franks themselves are ...

Fans of local music got to know Steve Ewing during the 1990s as the kinetic frontman for the Urge, a band whose hyper amalgam of punk and ska found an audience at home and abroad. Ewing has long since traded his dreadlocks for a clean-shaven head, and in the past few years he has focused on building the perfect hot dog. His operation was formerl...

You may have to chase Orange County food truck Dogzilla around town to get one of its delicious dogs (the owners are great about updating the schedule on Twitter), but that journey is well worth it. Served not on a traditional, tasteless bun but rather on three sweet rolls split down the middle, Dogzilla's dogs are savory and juicy and render a ...

Hot dogs may not seem like the fanciest of foods, but at Franks ‘N’ Dawgs, hot dogs take on a new existence as haute cuisine, complete with major players such as duck confit. Peruse the clever menu and choose from tasty bites including the Reuben Pulaski (Polish sausage with sauerkraut, mustard, Thousand Island dressing, a potato cake, and chive...

One thing about dogs found at the dog pound, you never know what you're going to get. And that holds true for New York's Dawg Pound, where the extensive hot dog menu mixes together toppings you'd never believe you'd fall in love with and want to take home with you. For example, the Goofy Dawg is topped with peanut butter and bacon, and the Bosto...

Each Hot Diggity hot dog is based on a geographical location. For instance, The Seattle Grunge, named after that city's legendary grunge music scene, is a dog covered in garlic cream cheese and onion. There's also a play on the classic Philly dog, which includes a fishcake-wrapped dog with pepper hash and mustard. The most interesting option is ...

A recent revamp trimmed the menu options but also dropped the price to a more reasonable $5 from the $7-$9 the dogs initially sold for. Now you can have two dogs and a beer and not wince when reaching for your wallet. Korean bulgogi hot dog and that butter-grilled bun? Amazing.

Not all dogs are created equal. There are the flavorless grocery-store tubes (we’re looking at you, Oscar Mayer), and then there is the behemoth from food truck Boston Super Dog (formerly Speed’s). This half-pound frank is marinated in apple cider before it’s smoked, grilled, and basted in barbecue sauce (go all the way with chili, mustard, chop...

Winter’s coming to a close, and Bill’s opens its doors for families and friends who’ve been patronizing this wee wiener-only shack for the last 50 years. More than just a hot dog stand, this funky and homey little yellow walk-up offers a warm and welcoming experience. Ain’t no hambugers, ain’t no chicken fingers, just downright-good dogs with a ...

The Linkery is a neighborhood restaurant in North Park, San Diego, California. We get to know the people who grow and make the best food and drink in the world, and share it with our community. Our menu highlights natural, farm-specific meats including heritage breeds, grass-fed beef, and pastured pork. We seek out fresh seasonal produce and fre...

Suddenly, hot dogs have joined the ranks of proletarian grub gone fancy. In the Tampa Bay area, it’s evident in Hot Dogs on Main from Susan Norton and Nick Annenos. The signature frank comes “au naturel” with ketchup, mustard, relish, and onion. The iconic Brooklyn (mustard and sauerkraut), Chili Cheese (self-explanatory), and Chicago (the works...

Love mac ’n’ cheese, crab, and hot dogs? Why not have them all together? Stuggy’s combines these childhood favorites, topped with Old Bay (we are in Baltimore, after all). If you’re looking for something more traditional, there’s the Chili Town Dog, loaded with grilled onions, corn relish, pickles, yellow mustard, peppers, and other goodies. And...

Dogs for the gods. That’s how we like to think of Olympic Provisions’ slender, hand-linked apple wood and hickory–smoked foot-longs, which are topped with a house-made relish and hang out of either side of a classic Franz bun. Worship at the altar yourself Fridays at Olympic Provisions SE, where “Frankfurter Fridays” feature a rotating roster of...

Sacramento's #1 Hot Dog Stand. Hot Dogs, sausages, corn dogs, (veggie fare too!) hot pastrami, fries, onion rings, cold beer and more! Over 50 toppings and 25 signature styles. Fun nostalgic atmosphere, outdoor patio, dine in or take out. A Midtown stop for everyone. 2009, 2010 & 2011 A-list winner for Best Hot Dog.

Why kick around the shanty spooning beans out of a can when you can head over to Happy Dog? For a mere five bucks you can score a quarter-pound tube steak with a choice of 50 crazy toppings ranging from Bertman's Original Ballpark mustard to Korean kimchee. (Can't decide? Check in with the barkeep for a list of "suggestive wieners.") If you want...

We grew up eating minimalist hot dogs, pretty much just mustard and onions, but we were thrilled once we experienced the joys of a fully dressed, dragged-through-the-garden Chicago dog, and that's just what we find at Windy City. A Vienna Beef dog on a poppy-seed bun with pickle, tomato, sport pepper, mustard, neon-green relish, onions, tomato ...

Since 2007, Chicago native Adam Deal has been slinging specialty dogs in Hillsboro village, fostering a devout following of tubular-meat fans with adventurous options like the deep-fried, cheese-slathered “Diet Starts Tomorrow”.

Just because gourmet hot dogs are popping up all over town doesn't mean that all hot dogs are created equal. And Biker Jim's links remain the wildest, most exotic and delicious pups around. The chubby franks, most of which are sourced from Continental Sausage, are hoisted hot from the grill, split down the center and tucked into a soft bun, then...

Jewish and Hispanic people have so much in common: crazy mothers, wild rants with wilder gesticulating, and lots of good eats. So it makes perfect sense that Pincho Factory owner Nedal Ahmad saw fit to top kosher Hebrew National franks with everything found on the drunkard's favorite: Colombian hot dogs. There's the pineapple sauce, the pink sau...

In a place with a large population of transplanted New Yorkers, calling this yellow-school-bus-looking food truck PS561 was a pretty smart marketing move. Transplanting Sabrett hot dogs (every New Yorker's favorite) and grilling them inside said food truck was an even better move. The rather legendary 100-percent-beef dogs are the kind of links ...