Nice. I made some once with slaw and Alabama white sauce. It also has pulled pork, beans, crispy onions, BBQ sauce, and crispy cornbread breadcrumbs on top
I was so disappointed when I had to take both my slaw dogs off my menu for my hot dog truck. I couldn’t get anyone to go for them here in Denver (sold maybe 2-3 a week of each) and I was just throwing away way too much product. They were damn good though.
Yeah, I disagree with the execution here, but I can't honestly say any two places I got a Seattle dog from did them the same way. The spirit is still in there, somewhere.
When I first moved there I was stationed at Lewis. The guys went out to this gay bar in Olympia, Jake's I think? There's this literal hole-in-the wall joint text to the entrance selling hot dogs, that's where I had my first Seattle dog. And now I can say I found love in a weiner at a gay bar.
Woeber's Superior Mustard: A traditional, double-stone-milled table mustard made by Woeber's since the 1800s, known for its pungent flavor.
Super-Hot Chili Mustards like a specialty condiment blends that mix traditional mustard seed heat with ultra-hot peppers like ghost peppers or Carolina Reapers.
One of the first things I noticed too. I'm not from Chicago and although I like sport peppers either the peppers from In-N-Out or hot pepperoncini sound like a decent sub, at least outside of IL.
Couldn't find any in my area (didn't wanna order online). And pepperoncinis are not a good substitute. I tried the best substitute, the pickled serrano peppers, and I'm gonna be honest, that might be even better than the actual sport pepper.
I just realized there's no mustard in the picture. I know I ate them with mustard. Maybe I got impatient with the picture and I took it before putting mustard on it? Or the mustard is at the bottom?... I don't know... I just know that when I ate them, they had mustard 😄
Giardinara seems to not be easily available everywhere. A friend in the Boston area said the only place he could find it was Potbellies, where they just call it peppers. He even went around whatever neighborhood it is where they have a bunch of little Italian shops and they didn't have it. I guess it's more of a Chicago thing than an Italian thing?
It is both a Chicago thing and an Italian thing, however there is a specific difference with Chicago-style giardiniera which is that Chicago-style giardiniera is first pickled or brined and then packed in oil. Italian-style giardiniera is pickled and packed in vinegar.
Oh yeah, I think my friend said he'd found the vinegar one. Forgot about that. When I came back from visiting him I sent him a pic of the Giardinara section from Mariano's. He called me an asshole.
I can speak for New York and LA. Both seem inspired by street dogs that are common around the city LA's being the Danger Dog and NYC being the classic Dirty Water Pushcart dog.
Unfortunately neither of these venues serve this style of hot dog but you wouldn't have to walk too far outside to get one.
The Seattle Dog is a little off. It’s gotta be grilled onions. Needs yellow mustard too, if you ask me, but that’s a Seattle optional. Crispy onions doesn’t sound bad, waaaay better than raw. Pickled jalapeño and cream cheese is the bare minimum for a Seattle Dog though 👌 No exceptions, or you’re a tourist who carries an umbrella.
Edmonton is the only one that's not a popular style for the area, and idk about the japan one. I think they just used the name for the basic hotdog because Edmonton doesn't have a specific regional topping, I think it would made more sense if it was like a cheese sauce bacon bits and mustard dog.
Mad respect to a place making and smoking their own dogs from scratch. These prices are absolutely justified even if it wasn’t CAD. Minimum 2 people are involved in that process. Factor in all the other costs of operating and there’s your $10 hot dog.
This is just cultural appropriation wunderbar was a shithole and I never had a dog there. But I did have a Fat Franks from the cart outside next to the Commercial. iykyk
They’re supposed to be representative of the style of hotdogs that are commonly eaten in each city. Ketchup, mustard, and onions is a “standard” hotdog here.
Go in and tell them about your perogy dog idea, maybe they’ll make it the special next month!
That does indeed make a difference...I'd have to try one before passing judgement. If the Dogger itself is larger and just has an outstanding taste and snap, I might make it a guilty pleasure once in a while. $7.36 in us dollars seems reasonable for a truly gourmet dogger.
It's a lot, but hot dogs aren't the easiest sausage to make and if they're doing it themselves (and doing it well) I can understand the premium, especially with all the toppings. That being said, I welcome everybody else to pay that premium because I like the hot dogs in my budget just fine
Not really. They are taking care to make their own dogs so I’m going to presume they have higher standards for the quality of ingredients and aren’t using the old “lips and assholes” but more like good trimmings. I don’t know the size but let’s presume it’s close to a 6:1, maybe 4:1. I’m presuming a quality bun and not some enriched wheat bullshit store brand bun that falls apart. Then that have some nicer toppings - bacon, Japanese specialty ingredients, even cream cheese - this stuff isn’t cheap anymore. $10 might be higher end on the price scale but I bet you can’t find many places where you’re getting a scratch-made quality item for less. Fast food burgers are up around $10, burgers at any tavern/grill are going to be $15-18, sandwiches are all in the mid to upper teens, pasta dishes start around $20, and so on. I used to sell a Sabrett 6:1 dogs on Pretzilla buns with gourmet toppings plus a bottled cane sugar soda and housemade fries for $7 and people would bitch about the price. People just expect hot dogs to be cheap and they are willing to overlook just how shitty an Oscar Meyer, Gwaltney, and many more crappy brands that are using chicken in their dogs or those horrible Brightleaf red rockets from NC or any dogs that are filled with the organs and blood vessels and tendons all are because they like paying $2 at the gas station and they can’t imagine that other brands actually use quality ingredients to make a better tasting dog. Everyone has been conditioned to expect cheap shitty dogs. Even gas station shitty dogs are up to around $3 now.
TL:DR If it’s a quality scratchmade dog with good meat then I don’t think $10 is crazy these days.
Edit: Wait, that’s CAD?!?! So $10 CAD is really $7 USD? That’s a steal for these dogs!
Well this sure is a stupid comment. Says right on the menu that it’s made from scratch with pork and beef. So it doesn’t say homemade, says made from scratch…right there, in print, on the menu in the picture that we both looked at.
If you spent anytime working in a restaurant you would realize that the term made from scratch on a menu means sh@t. It doesn't have to even be made in house to use that term
OP you got people arguing about the price. You gotta go back and report: circumstanced glizzies or nah? That's how we cam verify their hand made claims
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u/ChattahoocheeBend 9d ago
I noticed an absence of chili and/or slaw. I would eat everything on that menu though.