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| - Alright, so I lived in WNY for 10 years from 1990-2000. The local hot dog choice up there is Sahlen's, which honestly I never really liked too much (unlike Nathan's and others, Sahlen's comie in casings - made from tongues, plus they use nitrates). However, just about every place up there actually chargrills them, which is something you don't see too much elsewhere. They are also usually served as "Texas Red Hots", but that doesn't mean they have hot sauce on them. They are served with a thick red sauce that doesn't have any spice to it. That's what Brian's Dog House makes. Upon entering the place, you see the charcoal fired grills behind the counter, just like places like Ted's in WNY. "Brian's" is not the first place in the area to offer Sahlen's, but they are the first one to focus on them as their main menu item.
The menu offers many things that Buffalo area transplants will recognize. Chicken finger subs, steak in the grass sandwiches, steak and cheese hoagies, and even Loganberry - a sweet beverage. Contrary to a previous review, loganberry is a real berry. It's a hybrid of raspberries and blackberries, although I'm not sure if the drink is actually made with real loganberries (probably not).
I had the steak in the grass sandwich. What is that? It's grilled steak patties (not steak umms) served wit spinach, tomatoes, mayo, and melted mozzarella. While the flavor was good, the patties were a bit thick. I believe it was previously frozen, but was good nonetheless. The rolls also come from a famous bakery in WNY called Costanzo's. It is where just about every pizza and sub place in Buffalo gets there rolls and they are good. They also ship them to businesses, as they do here. I believe that again, they are probably shipped frozen, which actually isn't too bad for bread. I also had curly fries, which were fresh, fried, and good, even without seasoning. My dad got a Buffalo cheeseburger which came with bleu cheese and Frank's hot sauce. He said that was good because it was cooked on the open flame, but it was also likely frozen. He also had some fried pickles. They were spears with a nice batter on them.
Brian's also offers Carolina dogs and burgers, as well as veggie burgers, which you can also get with veggie bacon. I know some initial reviews said the prices were high, but they are actually not bad - especially when comparing them with some places I've been in WNY over the past few years. The wings and fingers now come with potato buttons, and they also offer combos now. However, they still charge 50 cents fro a to go cup if you dine in and then want to take your drink to go. I don't normally get to go cups because I try to be conscious of the environment. However, just about every restaurant in the area gladly offers to go cups for free. It's probably not wise to lose a potential lifetime customer over something that costs them no more than a dime.
The bottom line is that this place will definitely satisfy most WNY transplants. Whether it has local appeal or not will be based on personal preferences of locals as well as transplants from other cities. I will also say that everyone working was really friendly. They offered us each a free ice cream cone, but we were stuffed.
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