Best Hot Dogs

They are a few brands that are pretty good, but Rhode Island style - lots of people know what this is - is my preferred method of eating them. Pork not beef, high-quality steamed bun, meat sauce, onions, celery salt, yellow mustard.

 

A defense of ketchup on hot dogs:

And, a Chicago hot dog slide show:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/dining/chi-090408-hotdog-pg,0,5946771.photogallery

 

The reason ketchup sucks is because it makes whatever you put it on taste like ketchup. It's a condiment for people who can't cook. Or can't taste.

 

So, what do you put on a burger?

And, for the love of God, I don't care how he likes it, but would someone tell the President to stop ordering his burgers in public with Dijon mustard:

(The news specified it was Dijon.)

Dick Morris would have never let Bill Clinton do that.

 

YGBFKM prefers bitch sauce on his burgers.

Seriously, he eats them plain. I mean, WTF?

 

Anything but ketchup. Often nothing, but sometimes mustard, occasionally BBQ sauce.

 

I drove by Hot Doug's the other day. Line was out the door.

Did Urban Belly for lunch instead: http://urbanbellychicago.com/

 

If you're ever in downtown Indy during lunchtime, this place is a must. My waistline had the great misfortune of me working around the corner from this place for a month.

http://www.kingdaviddogs.com/index.html

 

This is my new stop for a good dog: http://www.swigrestaurantandbar.com/menu.php

The beer menu is always changing...and I always find a good one.

 

Ketchup sucks.

I like mine with lettuce, onions, a good mustard, and a good cheese (burgers).

Hot dogs with a good spicy mustard and onions.

 

New York is getting some fancy hot dogs:

Slide show: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/08/10/dining/20110810-hotdog-ss-5.html

 

There's a place in the county where I work called Norm's that has excellent Chicago dogs. Outside of that, I rarely eat hot dogs.