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| - Basis for my starred ratings (which skews heavily to the food or drink):
1 star: Never again.
2 stars: Poor food, poor experience, extraordinary measures in order for me to come back.
3 stars: Average, nothing really special, nothing particularly bad.
4 stars: Very good, would definitely return.
5 stars: A favorite, one of the best.
3.5 stars? 4 stars? I'm hovering, not quite sure. Been here a couple times and there are things that I love and things that I'm wholly unimpressed about with this place.
No complaints about atmosphere or service. I love the wide variety of mustard they have. I do not doubt the quality of the sausages they use, must be quite good.
What brings this place down a bit are a couple principles. 1. You can have too much of a good thing. 2. Dogs can be overdressed. As to number two, I think the dogs suffer a bit from over-mustarding and over-dressing in general. Note to self - I can ask for less in the future, and I plan to. But for the couple times I've gone, it was a little much. As to number one, it goes more to size-to-value ratio. These dogs are bigger than your average, and the price corresponds, but does that make up for any deficiencies in taste? I'm not so sure. The best Sonoran dogs get this right - value good, normal sized, but incredible taste. Not sure if this place hits every single note.
I've had the Ich Liebe Dich Brat and the O.G. The O.G was quality but nothing spectacular. And ich liebe brats, but I could not liebe this one. I like it, just not liebe it. The pretzel roll was a little stiff and after all was piled on there, it was a tad unwieldy to eat. The flavor was, again, fine.
So this place definitely deserves more than a straight average 3-star review. It gets a bump, but still deciding whether it's 3.5 or a full 4. I'm leaning, with the addition of a good beer selection, towards a 4. I'll update again in the future.
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