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| - Let me just say that I am a hot dog fanatic, I love a good hot dog and will go out of my way to find a place that sells, if not anything else, a hot dog. I have had this place bookmarked for months and finally had a chance after running morning errands to finally hit this place up.
I arrived around the lunch hour and found this place to be nearly deserted. I chalk that up to the fact that we have been having yo-yoing weather the past couple of days and maybe people take advantage of the outdoor seating. When you walk in you are greeted by the old time diner vibe. Those retro colors and chrome like accents are everywhere in here. Ordering is an easy task to do, but being my first time here I took my time to look over the menu that changes. Evidence of this is that the chalkboard menus that you see in these pictures are nothing like what they were when I was in here just a few days ago.
I will put this out there right now. I did not try any other food items offered asides from the hot dog and fries itself. So I cannot attest to things such as the Vienna all beef hot dog, hamburger or any of the ice creams (really wish I would have tried some ice cream especially since they have all the machinery to make a kick ass milkshake). What I did end up trying here was the foot long hot dog combo.
The pricing here, at least to me, is by far better than most other places. I see a lot of people complaining about the prices of a single hot dog. I assume these people do not realize the quality of a hot dog definitely effects the pricing. These aren't your common variety of grocery store hot dogs we are talking about here. Also, maybe they should have tried the combo.
Speaking of the combo, one of the best combos I have come across in any restaurant I have come across (I mean, for a hot dog combo that is). If you want, you can go plain Jane on your dog and top it with the traditional mustard or ketchup. But I must implore upon you to try one of their topping combos that are already figured out for you. I went with the Bacon Mac topping for myself. It kind of takes you back to when you were younger and decided to add a hot dog to your mac n cheese. So simplistic, yet satisfying. It was a great thing that they served this with a fork, made for easy clean up of any of the toppings that fell off. The fries had an amazing crisp to them. No need for dipping because of how flavorful they were. To round out the combo, pick from the cooler for any beverage you might want. As for the price of the behemoth lunch, $8 and change. AMAZING! You almost had to roll me out of here after I finished this.
*Cards accepted. Food pick up at the window. Outdoor seating. Restrooms for customers only and are located outside and require a key. Take in the view of the river as you dine outside.
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