For George and Kluurs - Best Hot Dogs

[taiwan_girl]

It’s hard to pick between all of the great hot dogs in Chicago. But as long as the place looks somewhat banged up, the walls are sticky, and there’s a steady line of customers, you’re golden. These eight places represent my absolute favorites, and they’ll give you a sense for how much creativity and care can be packed into a bun.

Vienna Beef Factory Store
Superdawg
Red Hot Ranch and 35th St. Red Hots
Jimmys Red Hots
Byrons Red Hots
Weiners Circle
Jeffs Red Hots
Daves Red Hots

[George K]

Unlike many "fast foods," hot dogs are not subject to much variability.

What kind of sausage are you getting? Vienna? Nathan's?
What kind of bun?

After that, it's all about the toppings/condiments. Mustard, peppers, tomatoes, onion, relish, celery salt. Just variations on a small theme.

Look at the pictures. They're all, basically, the same:

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/best-hot-dogs-chicago

Now, if you wanna talk Italian beef, that's a totally different conversation.

Also, for some serious variety on hot dogs...

https://www.timeout.com/chicago/restaurants/best-hot-dogs-in-chicago

Any discussion about hot dogs which adds fries to the discussion is distracting you. Yeah, it might be a better "experience," but the dawg is the dawg.

[Mik]

Yeah, within Da Region I’ve found little difference in dogs. Some gas station places have really good ones. But as a metro area, Chicago has IMO the most consistently great food. If you aren’t good there you don’t last.