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| - I've been meaning to try Happy Dog for awhile. I was actually planning on going to the one on the west side, but stumbled across this one when I was looking for something to eat in University Circle. It's actually in a great location if you're at one of the local museums and want to walk to dinner.
Happy Dog is definitely more of a dive bar establishment. You walk in and seat yourself, you get waited on by multiple people, food comes out fast, and service fairly slow. Our waitress was nice and answered all out questions, but wasn't very proactive about asking us if we had ever been there and if we had any. In the end we figured out the menus and ordered.
We ordered hotdogs and tots (The only two things on the menu). I ordered a customized hotdog, which cost five dollars no matter how many toppings you get on it. I like this because a lot of places that do build your own food add up quickly. The hotdog was great - I got pulled pork, coleslaw, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, white bier cheese, and ketchup. We also got tater tots with bacon and fried egg on top. You can get a number of sauces either on your hot dog or for dipping. My two favorites were the Alabama BBQ sauce and the kimchi ketchup.
Overall I thought the food was great and pricing was cheap. Since I ended up not paying for the tots I got out of Happy Dog for $7 with tip. Cheap enough to head for ice cream next door after dinner!
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