We waited on a 40 minute (roughly) line to eat at Hot Doug's Hot Doug's, a kitschy place with a pretty impressive menu. Doug's offers lots of different meats (one vegetarian dog) and several toppings and a wide range of prices. Of course we wanted to try the Chicago-style Dog with "everything" (pickle, relish, mustard, tomato, caramelized onions). We didn't realize that the relish (you can see a bit on the right side) would be radioactive green, which means food coloring, so I couldn't eat it. I took a bite from the other side though and I wasn't missing much. Other than the poppy seed bun being really soft and fluffy, the rest was just very regular. Lon didn't think this was a good representation of Chicago dogs.
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Manger La Ville said:
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1. It drives me crazy that they felt the need to dye their relish. |
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The Davis' said:
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sucks to wait so long to end up being disappointed. 40 minutes for hotdogs? Yeah Chicago-style dogs traditionally have the GREEN relish, even at Weinerschnitzels. I find the best dogs are always at the street vendors they count on you coming back. Big places just don't care. |
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Jessica@Foodmayhem said:
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Manger la ville, yea, the prevalence of artificial food coloring irks me.. Ooh, the thought of foie gras fries...We did see sport peppers as an option but it isn't part of what they called "everything" |
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Dr. Food said:
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I forgot that you can't consume food coloring! The strict ingredients for a "Chicago Dog" must include the neon-green relish, which according to my dad, is supposed to distinguish the sweetness of the relish from the savory sour of the pickle spear (kind of a feast for the eyes and the mouth). This is news to me since I always assumed we Chicagoans just dyed everything neon green...like the Chicago River on St. Patty's Day. Sport peppers absolutely must be on a Chicago dog, and I'm wish the davis', the street vendors really make the best. |
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Jessica@Foodmayhem said:
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Dr. Food, so interesting. I really wish we had more time here, still so much I didn't get to try! |