Set aside the DU Burger Wars* for a minute. What restaurant has the best Hot Dogs?

[FSogol]

IMHO, nothing comes close to Ted's Hot Dogs, a small chain around Buffalo, NY. They have been expanding (Arizona) lately.

https://www.tedshotdogs.com/






( * Which 5 Guys has clearly won. )

[Freddie]

1. Yocco's in the Lehigh Valley PA

Totally the best. The restaurants are like a 50's time warp too, and ridiculously cheap.

[Orrex]

16. Thread over. And I will personally catapult anyone who says otherwise.

Yocco's yesterday.

Yocco's today.

Yocco's tomorrow.

Yocco's always.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Nathan's

Hands down winner. Nobody can beat the folks from Coney Island.

[shenmue]

27. Yep

[TEB]

3. Any dog with chili and onions

[Renew Deal]

4. Nathans

With casing of course

[Binkie The Clown]

5. You know, if it weren't for meat industry lobbying ...

hot dogs would be labeled as a carcinogen. There are many other substances that are equally as dangerous, but are labeled as carcinogens. Processed meat is exempt due to aggressive lobbying by the meat industry to grandfather them in.

So which restaurant has the best hot dogs? Might as well ask which restaurant serves the best rat poison in their milk shakes.

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. Who doesn't like a good scolding!

Cheers!

[SCantiGOP]

7. You are, unfortunately, right Binkie

A report a few weeks ago listed processed meats, including hot dogs, as the #2 preventable cause of premature death after tobacco.

[Raster]

8. No, no, no. Hamburger Habit tastes better....

...that said, I drove by the Tempe, AZ Ted's a few months ago and stopped in on a lark. GREAT DOGS!

[NightWatcher]

9. Hotdogs are nasty. I'm an omnivore and I used to eat them, but nowadays they taste bad.

I've tried all the big brands and I've even tried them at ballparks, but the quality has gone to shit in the past 7-10 years or so.

[OriginalGeek]

18. i think 7-10 years is about right

we used to always buy Oscar Meyer but at some point they started tasting funny. Never knew what they changed but they changed something. We get Hebrew National now and they are great but it's not something we do a lot - maybe once a month.

We don;t have a lot of hot dog shops around here. Not Dog Heaven is pretty good but too far to get often as we aren't on that side of town much.

[jberryhill]

10. It's a trick question

A "restaurant" should not serve hot dogs.

[FSogol]

12. Elitism!

[jberryhill]

13. OTOH, may I interest you in our saucisse dans un rouleau

[FSogol]

14. John Kerry, is that you?

[jberryhill]

17. .

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. Costco 1/4 lb. all beef w/deli mustard 🌭 For chili dogs Pink's

or Lafayette's 😋

[Iggo]

24. I can go at least a day-and-a-half after eating one of those Costco numbers. (n/t)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

36. 👍🏻

[yuiyoshida]

15. SOME PEOPLE would say this PLACE HAS....however...

for me it will always be...



what could be better, food and entertainment???

[NotASurfer]

19. Now, we're talkin'!

Even crappy dogs taste great in the right environment. Minor league counts too!

[Iggo]

25. Definitely the environment.

I've been eating Dodger Dogs for fifty years, and I love them...at The Stadium.

I've had them elsewhere, for example at Staples Center, and I can tell you it's not quite the same.

Not as bad as having them at home. Yeesh! Might as well go to Wienerschnitzel.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. For the DC area, you need a half-smoke thread. NT

half-smoke

A half-smoke is a "local sausage delicacy" found in Washington, D.C., and the surrounding region. Similar to a hot dog, but usually larger, spicier, and with more coarsely-ground meat, the sausage is often half-pork and half-beef, smoked, and served with herbs, onion, and chili sauce.

[FSogol]

33. As a northern VA native, I've eaten half smokes my whole life.

They are a bit hard to find in supermarkets these days with the exception of Capitol city brand available at shoppers food warehouse. I buy armor brand at Eastern Market. For restaurants, Ben's Chili Bowl is an option, but a new place called HalfSmoke just opened over in the Shaw neighborhood. Highly recommend.

[PufPuf23]

21. Top Dog in Berkeley

I have not eaten at Top Dog since 2003 but ate at the then Durant and Hearst shops regularly during 3 stints as an undergrad and grad student at Cal in 1970s and 1980s. The Hearst location seems to be no more replaced by a Center location in downtown Berkeley.

Like others, I am yucked out by most sausage products available now and don't eat many, especially as am geezer and poor diet for health reasons.

Top Dog for nostalgia and that it seems to be the same basic establishment (actually several shops):

http://www.topdoghotdogs.com/themenu.html

[yallerdawg]

22. 'Krystal's' Chili Cheese Pups!

Perfect! Just like 'James Coney Island' - and pretty damn sure 'White Castle' - if you know what I mean!

[rurallib]

23. can't get a damned hotdog out here in the sticks

and I love dogs!

{mumble &^%*$^*}

[Lotusflower70]

26. Omg!

Gray's Papaya NYC.

[R B Garr]

28. Someone mentioned Pinks, and I second that. World famous

PinksHollywood. Always a line. They have pictures of celebrities who have visited. I think all the hot dogs are named after celebs. A fun place and of course the hot dogs are very good.
http://www.pinkshollywood.com/

This was on Triple DDD/Foodnetwork a few years ago, and we went there and really liked it,
http://www.fabhotdogs.com/

We don't even have hot dogs very often, and don't buy them for the house, but really like those places. So far, everyone here recommends Nathan's, so we'll check those out.

For everyday, Costco hot dogs are great. And of course...Dodger Dogs, yum.

[democratisphere]

29. Ted's is by far the greatest hotdog restaurant on earth.

Real charcoal is used to cook the hotdogs and all other meat product offerings. Buffalo, N.Y. is highly acclaimed for its sausage and hotdog producers. Definitely worth checking out when visiting the Western N.Y. area.

[Binkie The Clown]

30. Yum yummy yum.....

[doc03]

31. I don't like the all beef dogs, give me the cheap ones

made from snouts, ears and other scraps.

[CentralMass]

32. Near my home soil back in MA there is a place called Hot Dog Annie's

that's been around for about 65 years.

http://hotdogstories.com/hot-dog-annies-in-leicester-ma/

They have a signature barbeque sauce with onions or "the works" (mustard, relish, onions).

[jmowreader]

34. Vendor Row at Martinsville Speedway

If you CAN'T get there on race weekend, a good ol' fashioned dirty-water dog from any halal cart in Manhattan will do the trick.

[Rhiannon12866]

35. "Dirty John's" hot dogs - Glens Falls, NY - World Famous Hot Dogs Since 1919 :)

http://www.newwaylunch.com/