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| - Writing my review last week prompted me to give Happy Dog another shot. I talked my fiance into ditching our diets for the night and stopping in for some dogs on the way home from work. And I am really glad I did! First improvement: they were actually open! YAY! We settled into a table, ordered some dogs and tots, and started people watching. The Happy Dog sure does bring in a mixed crowd of people. At one table you have a young couple with kids enjoying their meal, at the other table there are two business men chowing down on some franks over paperwork and at another table a group of middle aged stoners were celebrating a birthday... "Duuuude, I'm gonna get kimchee on my wiener...for real, man". It was great entertainment. Our server was sweet and attentive even though she was pretty busy. For our first time we both ordered one of the suggested combos on the menu. I had the one with baked beans and my fiance had the one with the chocolate mole. They were both great combinations! We were almost tempted to order a third with our own combination of toppings to split, but we were kind to our waistline and didn't. My only, and minor, complaint was that the dogs and toppings could have been a little hotter, tempurature wise, when they reached our table. We shared an order of the tots with a couple of dipping sauces. The chimichurri was delish! I'm thinking I will actually add it to my hot dog on our next visit. All in all, our 2nd Happy Dog experience was what we were hoping it would be the first time around and we can't wait to go back.
PS - one of the owners sent me a message after my first review to acknowledge the mistake with the hours and apologized. I guess they went to a 1pm open after the Super Bowl and never changed their site. I appreciated that. They reached out to me in the appropriate way (PM instead of attaching some lame response onto my review like others have done) and were not at all defensive or angry about my initial review. Well done, Happy Dog.
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