Franktuary is a welcome addition to the growing Butler Ave district in Lawrenceville. Its atmosphere is half-bar, half-cosy restaurant with the exposed brick and mix of old and new that is popular in the loft apartments in the neighborhood. There is a good list of cocktails and beers on draft and in bottles. The menu focuses on various gourmet dogs, sausages, meatballs, and varieties of french fries (including poutine and garbanzo fries). Pierogies and vegetarian versions of all of the above are on there too.
I found the atmosphere, service, cocktails, and piergoies to be great, but the hot dogs and french fries were fairly lackluster. I'd recommend going there for drinks (and some appetizers) before or after eating at one of the other dining options nearby. It does have large tables that make it easy for a large group to eat or drink together, so if you have a bunch of friends looking for somewhere reasonably inexpensive (and have vegetarians or vegans in the bunch), it might be worth the tradeoff incurred by eating the main courses of food.