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| - Another surprise - a dedicated Hot dog shop, right across from the Thai food stall. (Montreal has no outdoor Hotdog vendors.) But it narrowly misses that third star.
If there's one thing I appreciate about "The Hot Dog Guys", it's that they are confident about their product. Ask for a recommendation, and they'll give it. The Angus Beef is really as good as I've tasted from the best west-coast street vendors.
The problem comes from trying to adapt west-coast eating to this Indoor-stall style. I'm not going to dock points for the wait - expect 10 minutes, if there's no line - but rather, the toppings. This isn't like a sports stadium where the ingredients form a protective shell - when they hand you that hot dog, it's bare. Sure, there's a ketchup and mayo pump. But mustard, relish, olives, peppers? The other dozen ingredients you'd see at a street stall? You have to either ask upfront what you want on it, or grab a few packets and hope for the best. (Their hours are also problematic, although I tend to write that down as being part of the food court.)
Don't get me wrong. The beef is great, and the fries worked out well too. Heck, it's possibly the only place to get a decent hot dog without taking the train!
But anyone who has been to a baseball game knows that a bare hotdog doesn't fly.
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