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Started by VentureForth , Jun 03 2011 11:17 AM

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#1 VentureForth

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 11:17 AM

Supposing I won't have a problem getting into Chicago tomorrow, where is a good place to get a real, bona fide Chicago style hot dog?

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 11:23 AM

Supposing I won't have a problem getting into Chicago tomorrow, where is a good place to get a real, bona fide Chicago style hot dog?

Chicago Natives will tell you there are a Milliopn Places to grab a Chicago Style Dog but Right in Union Station, Upstairs in the Food Court, the Gold Coast Dog Stand is Excellent, I Eat there Everytime I'm in Union Station! :wub:

Edited by jimhudson, 03 June 2011 - 11:23 AM.

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 11:42 AM

OK ~ what the heck is a "Chicago style dog" ?
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Posted 03 June 2011 - 11:45 AM

http://en.wikipedia....o-style_hot_dog
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Posted 03 June 2011 - 12:02 PM

Quote from your link:
"...but the canonical recipe does not include ketchup, and there is a widely shared, strong opinion among many Chicagoans and aficionados that ketchup is unacceptable. A number of Chicago hot dog vendors do not even offer ketchup as a condiment."

I saw a show, I think on the Travel Channel, a couple years ago on the best hot dog places around the country. In their 30 minutes they probably covered about 12 places. Every place put mustard on their hot dogs, and some out right banned ketchup from their establishment.

But I must say, that Chicago style hot dog is a dog on steroids! :giggle:

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 12:50 PM

Catsup is GREAT on burgers but does NOT belong on a dog. When I was a kid I would put both mustard & catsup on dogs. What does a kid know?

I'm from NYC and want Mustard Kraut & maybe grilled Onions on my dog. IMHO a true Chicago dog just has to much stuff on it, but I second friend Jim's recomendation of Gold Coast Dogs. They sell a nice Italian Sausage & other goodies.

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 01:02 PM

I guess I'm bound for Hell, but I like Mayo on my dog. :blush:
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Posted 03 June 2011 - 01:04 PM

Gold Coast Dogs are good (I had a hot dog there on Monday). Two other choices, if you'd like to stretch your legs a little, are Lukes (about three blocks east on Jackson, just east of Giordanos) and Al's Beef (about three blocks west of Union Station on Adams). Al's Beef also has the best Italian beef sandwich I've had in years, and I think also sells a Maxwell Street-style Polish.

I guess I'm bound for Hell, but I like Mayo on my dog.


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Posted 03 June 2011 - 01:41 PM

I guess I'm bound for Hell, but I like Mayo on my dog. :blush:




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Posted 03 June 2011 - 04:11 PM

I have to put my vote in for Gold Coast Dogs as well. And I don't care for mustard on my hot dog. Just the onions and relish, please!
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Posted 03 June 2011 - 08:51 PM

I guess I'm bound for Hell, but I like Mayo on my dog. :blush:

Don't ever try that in Chicago! You'll be escorted out the door (if the place has a door) of any hot dog joint in Chicago.

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Posted 03 June 2011 - 09:34 PM

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Except for a Nathans or a Chicago Dog I like Ketchup on Hot Dogs. My favorite mustard is either Nathan's or Philippe's.

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 06:34 AM

No! NEVER put mayo on a hot dog. Ketsup is a cardinal sin, but mayo goes beyond that!

Maybe one of the best known is Portillo's. He started out with one small roadside stand and now has restaurants all over the Chicago area.

No longer there, but one of my favorite Chicago style hot dog places was Parkie's on Harlem Avenue. Actually, all around the Chicago area there are terrific hot dog places: the 7800 block of Irving Park Rd, on River Rd, on Harlem Avenue, and on and on. Just have to look for them.
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Posted 04 June 2011 - 10:08 PM

http://en.wikipedia....o-style_hot_dog

The odd thing about the link is that it refers to the dog both as a frankfurter and a wiener. The old joke is that Frankfurters (someone from Frankfurt, Germany) wanted to insult Wieners (someone from Vienna, Austria) so they called the lowliest of sausages a wiener. The Wieners retaliated by calling it a frankfurter.

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Posted 17 July 2011 - 11:47 PM

Aloha

Except for a Nathans or a Chicago Dog I like Ketchup on Hot Dogs. My favorite mustard is either Nathan's or Philippe's.


Philippe's is the best! If you are a mustard freak you may want to try Raye's Mustard. They have multiple flavors of mustard and are the only mustard mill in the USA that still uses the stone wheels to grind the mustard seeds.

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 12:16 AM

I keep finding very expensive hotels around Union Station. Anybody know a good, cheap(er) hotel in/around Chicago? It's okay as long as Metra goes there, I would want to railfan it anyway.
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 12:44 AM

I keep finding very expensive hotels around Union Station. Anybody know a good, cheap(er) hotel in/around Chicago? It's okay as long as Metra goes there, I would want to railfan it anyway.

Google up the Hosteling International in CHI! Great place right downtown, includes free Breakfast and a Great Lobby Resturant with Delcious and reasonable food! Right off Michigan Avenue on Congress, you can walk or ride a Bus or cab there ! The staff is very helpful and people of all Ages and nationalities stay there! About $40 a Night, What a Deal! :wub:

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 01:27 PM

Catsup

Cats and dogs fight like - like cats and dogs!Posted Image Next time try Ketchup!Posted Image

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 12:49 PM


Catsup

Cats and dogs fight like - like cats and dogs!Posted Image Next time try Ketchup!Posted Image

Are you saying that KECHUP is better on hot dogs than CATSUP? I doubt it.

By the way when I woke up this morning, in/on my bed was a wife, a dog, three or four cats and me. No fighting :wub:

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 01:37 PM

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I keep finding very expensive hotels around Union Station. Anybody know a good, cheap(er) hotel in/around Chicago? It's okay as long as Metra goes there, I would want to railfan it anyway.

Google up the Hosteling International in CHI! Great place right downtown, includes free Breakfast and a Great Lobby Resturant with Delcious and reasonable food! Right off Michigan Avenue on Congress, you can walk or ride a Bus or cab there ! The staff is very helpful and people of all Ages and nationalities stay there! About $40 a Night, What a Deal! :wub:



I don't like being boxed into one option. Anything OTHER than the Hostelling International? I had a bad expierience with them.
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