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| - I visited Franktuary on Fri. evening at 6:30 with two friends of mine for dinner. I'd been once before for brunch a couple of years ago, but had been wanting to return to try the gourmet hot dogs, which is what they are known for, but are not served at brunch. My friends wanted to visit a restaurant in Lawrenceville, since they rarely visit that neighborhood. I suggested either Franktuary or Round Corner Cantina, since I had City Dining Cards for both places, and they chose here.
For our entrees, we each ordered two hot dogs. Because I don't eat beef, I chose to get a veggie frank banh mi style ($5.75) and a veggie corndog ($4), which I was excited to see on the menu, since I'd never been able to try a corn dog before. Of these dogs, my favorite was the former; the veggie frank was rather bland, but the banh mi topping was on point, and added a lot of flavor to it, helping to disguise the blandness. I was not a huge fan of the corn dog, since it had nothing to disguise the blandness other than the dipping sauce that came with it--Miller's mustard in my case. Speaking of which, the mustard was quite different than what I was expecting; I'd describe it as a sweet chili mustard, and it was rather runny--I'm a mustard connoisseur, and I'm sorry to say that I wasn't a huge fan. Both of my friends ordered standard franks, with one ordering them in the Pittsburgh and New York styles ($5 and $4.50, respectively), and the other ordering them in Koreatown and Chicago impostor styles (both $5). Although I didn't try their dogs, the one preferred the Pittsburgh style, but found it a bit unwieldy to eat. The other liked both of the styles he ordered, but found the parts containing more frank bland.
In addition to our entrees, we split an order of poutine Quebecoise ($8). I must concur with several other reviewers that the predominant flavor of the gravy was salt. The fries were of the hand cut variety but were underseasoned; thus, the best part was the cheese curds. I've had poutine in PGH and elsewhere, and I've definitely had better versions. Although this was my friends' first experience with poutine, they seemed to concur, based on how little they ate. If I were to order poutine here again, I think I'd try another version, such as the baked potato one. We also ordered dessert, with all of us getting the parfait with chocolate mousse, brownie, and cream cheese icing ($4). Although I wasn't originally planning to get dessert here, I'm actually glad I did, since it was the best part of the meal. It had a moist but firm consistency, including small chunks of chocolate, and the cream cheese icing worked well with it.
Overall, I wasn't super-impressed with my latest meal here, esp. given its cost (a bit less than $40 for three people after a $10 discount). Believe it or not, I actually enjoyed my brunch here more--at the time, they had beignets that were really good. The church-themed atmosphere is nice, and I have no major complaints about the service, but the food is inconsistent. If I'm in the mood for gourmet hot dogs, I think I'll head over to D's in Regent Square instead. Having said that, I would consider returning to Franktuary for drinks, since they have a nice looking bar and interesting cocktails--I'd love to try that church wine punch! 3.5 stars.
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