I'm not really sure why I try things that I should know better than trying. M and I came in at about noon on a Tuesday. There were about 2-3 other tables and the very super friendly and nice girl behind the counter listed off the specials for the day since she was in the state of writing them as we walked in:
Dog with blue cheese, sauteed mushrooms and bacon
Beer cheese soup with cornbread croutons
Peppermint hot chocolate with chocolate covered candy cane.
Yes, please! However, as I am always watching calories and some days more than others and I thought with the hot chocolate, I should do something more, I ordered the veggie dog. To say it was a bad idea would be a grave understatement.
Now, I fully admit that this might have been my complete fault. I bet that their 5 dollar locavore dog would have been amazing, but to say that the vegan tofu dog was disgusting would be an understatement. I really felt like a little kid and wanted to spit it out. What bothered me the most was the texture - mushy, pink goo. Thank you, no.
I opted to take the dog out of the bun and eat the bun, delicious blue cheese, well-done mushrooms and bacon. All in all, not bad for a bun sandwich.
I should have known better than to order the soup. They always appear at the South Side Soup Crawl and every year I vote them most disgusting of soups. While the flavor of the beer cheese wasn't bad - very beer-y - the texture was again all wrong. Kind of like broth with floating cheese pieces. The croutons however were delicious.
The hot chocolate was fine, but also had weird floaters in it.
I did enjoy the gummy dog that you get with their meal.
I would like to say that I would be back, but I think that soy dog is going to stick with me for a very long time.
I totally support what they are trying to do in this interesting space, but sadly, it's just not for me.