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| - Happy Dog is a weird, weird place. And I say that in the most flattering sense of the word. Located on the eastern end of Gordon Square, this bar/hot dog stop looks like your favorite neighborhood bar. Happy Dog boasts a solid selection of local brews and a surprising array of ways to make a hot dog a meal, accompanied by tater tots or fries with an impressive assortment of condiments for both.
Being from Chicago I can never pass up an opportunity to make a mess by ordering a Chicago Dog. Purists would object to the celery salt being optional but everything was there, and it was delicious. These are delicious, butcher shop quality dogs (there is a vegetarian option also), quality buns and a dizzying number of combinations for toppings. I also had fries with an aioli mayo...and a platform brew called "Kishka" that was also featured at the Dyngus day festival.
Events at Happy Dog are also weird in the good way. Music, sure. DJ, sometimes. Pop physics lecture? Regularly scheduled. There was a presentation on wind power for Cleveland the night we were there.
Happy Dog is community engaged, fun, but responsible. It's like a college bar that grew up and it's totally worth a visit.
www.happydogcleveland.com for the menu, schedule of events, beer list. You will have no regrets. Dedicated off street parking, too!
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