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| - The negative reviews here are DEAD WRONG or written by people that don't know Chicago dogs, beefs or Maxwell Street Polish' served at a TYPICAL Chi town hot dog stand. This place hits the mark dead on and is just perfect for what it is; a Chicago hot dog place done in the traditional Chi-town manner. The all beef Vienna hot dogs have that familiar "snap" at each bite, the neon green relish, and the ledgendary celery salt and poppy seed bun. Perfectly executed. As for the Italian beefs, this delicousy couldn't get any closer to the real Mccoy. The beef was EXACTLY as you get from Als, Chickees, Portilios or Johnnies (all famoius beef joints in Chi town). All the accutremnts were in existence here, from the au jus, giadinaire peppers, perfectly flavored and cooked and thinly sliced beef and the Gonella roll. IF I had to give a slight ding, it would be about the roll. Gonella bread is shipped in and I can tell it is true Gonella, but it is not fresh daily, thus causing the sandwich to fall apart a bit when dipped...and a true Chicagoan DIPS the beeefs COMPLETELY. ;-)) So the bread is a few days old which causes it to lose its ability to stay solid during the wet/dipping. Tastes great though. As for the atmosphere, this place is typical of a Chicago hot dog "stand". Wood paneled walls, Chicago Cubs and sports team memoribilia and lots of mismatched chotchkies strewn about. Just like Chicago back-in-the-day homes and happy about that! If you want "fancy" go to an over priced strip hot dog joint or the HORRIBLE carts in the sports books. YUCK. Those AIN'T Chicago. Nor is the Sonic version. Not close.
Lastly the owners are true Chicagoans; warm, friendly, funny and ingraciates their clientele. Nice folks, great hot dog stand fare, and just what one should expect from a Chicago classic. The one and only, CHI TOWN DOG!
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