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Because there are very few things one can depend on in life those which we can depend on we tend to cling to for dear life.
For instance, Chicago hot dogs. They are the best. That's all there is to it. There is no sense in arguing because you would be wrong. And the halfwits who voted New York City's hot dogs better than ours must have been dropped on their heads as children.
Seriously.
Here at Chicagoist, we take our hot dogs seriously. We do not fuck around when it comes to our frankfurters. We're near insane when it comes to our love of hot dogs. It being National Hot Dog Month, and the month coming to a close, Chicagoist brings you some of our favorite spots to grab a hot dog and be glad that no matter what any poll tries to tell you, you've another reason to be glad that you live here.
Byron’s Hot Dog Haus, 1017 W Irving Park Rd., 281-7474
Weiner's Circle, 2622 N Clark St., 477-7444
Gold Coast Dogs, 159 N Wabash Ave., (312) 917-1677
Hot Doug's, 3324 N California Ave., 348-0326
Fluky’s, 6821 N. Western Ave., 274-3652
Jim's Original, 1320 S Halsted St., (312) 733-7820
Gene and Jude's, 2720 River Rd., River Grove, (708) 452-7634
Superdawg, 6363 N. Milwaukee Ave., 763-0660
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What exactly is a New York-style hot dog?
NYC is just worried about the new catchphrase that's sweeping the nation:
Chicago is the new New York.
So they'll do whatever they can to take any wind out of our sails...
it's been cleared by homeland security and instead of a bun it comes wrapped in a slice of greasy pizza.
According to the Sun-Times ...
A New York-style hot dog varies depending on who's making it but generally includes mustard and sauerkraut in a plain bun. Onions, relish and -- horror of horrors -- ketchup are typical add-ons.
Erin make sure to add Jeff's on Cicero and Irving to that short list of great dogs! (oh yeah and take superdawg off they suck)
A NY style hot dog sounds like ass on bread.
Both vienna beef and nathan's (or whomever they use) in NYC would both get crush by these guys...
http://www.zweigles.com/
Hey, you can't a Calatrava building and the best hot dogs, okay? We're just getting a PATH hub from him.
chicago can't even win best hot dog for a ballpark? that's foul.
Jen, I thought Calatrava had designed some high rise condo building with stacked cubes for NYC?
And there's no way that a Best Kosher dog at U.S. Cellular with the grilled onions isn't the best stadium dog anywhere!
Actually NYC hot dogs are quite good. All this posturing just makes Chicago seem more pathetic because we care about whose got the best hot dog. I guarantee that no one in NYC gives a shit about this.
NYC pizza is better too...but who cares? It's food.
I love this city but everyone here has this sad-little-brother-low-self-esteem-complex when it come to NYC.
Please shut up about this. You can be proud of who you are without comparing yourself to others.
NYC dogs are as good, but different. BUT...ANYONE who says NYC pizza is better is full of crap. It's flimsy, wimpy, floppy grease bread! In Chicago, PIZZA IS A MEAL.
What is a Chicago-style pizza? You may argue that it's the deep dish pizza that a Texan, Ike Sewell foisted on us, but I argued it's the crispy thin-crust pizza that was popular long before Sewell and his chef Lou Malnati opened Pizzeria Uno in 1948.
GQ named Weiner's Circle char dog as a dish worth traveling for in the August issue.
Hey Frank...
Sorry we're not cool enough for you. I always thought a healthy rivalry was good. At any rate, unless you're a five-year old, ketchup on a hotdog really does suck, so what do you know?
Hey Frank,
Go back to your roach-infested, $2000/month one-room apartment and keep trying to convince yourself that misanthropy and arrogance are somehow synonymous with sophistication.
What's the matter, Noo Yawk? You love dishing it out, but you sure can't take it.
Hey Michael and Stanley,
Thanks for NOT proving my point about how petty and hyper-sensitive Chicagoans are when it comes to NYC!!!
You are both cery cool.
I refuse to believe that there is any such thing as a "New York style" hot dog. Any hot dog I have ever had in NYC has been just like hot dogs everywhere else--except Chicago, of course.
Hey, I'm a New Yorker, and I can tell you that Chicago style Dogs are the best. You can get a halfway decent one at the Shake Shack at 23rd and Madison Ave.
It don't compare to Herm's in Skokie, but it keeps me fed in between visits to Chicago.
You're welcome, Frank...
We've always had a knack for not proving points. Or is it not NOT proving points? Or shouldn't the negative be eliminated altogether if we are proving your point? Or are you just being sarcastic? Damn you and your East Coast highbrow ways, Frank!!
Clearly after eating half a dozen different dogs in both cities, we're all more than capable of being the authority on this issue. So let me just add:
NYC, Pro: they gave us the tasty foot-long kosher dog. Con: they also have vendors serving weenies soaked in nasty water all afternoon.
Chgo, Pro: encased meats truly taste best charbroiled and the array of toppings is impressive. Con: establishments like Weiner's Circle, Demon Dogs (RIP), and Byron's are overrated, trying to exploit the Chicago Dog reputation.
I used to respect New Yorkers. Then I went to college on the East Coast, and I was shocked by the sheer number of unprovoked remarks made about my hometown by NYCers.
Fuck you, Frank. Don't like Chicagoans? Take your cooler-than-thou NYC attitude back to NoSoLoHoBecaSlopeburg or wherever it is you're from.
I never was a fan of the dirty water dog during my stint in the city, but often times it was the only thing I could afford for lunch... also, you can't beat the recession special at Gray's Papaya in terms of value.
In any case, I'll take a nice Vienna Beef any day.
I have to add my two cents (when don't I) ... not enough south side on this list!
My favorite dogs are from
1) Pop's 127th & Harlem
2) The Cell, any Kosher along the first base line
3) Janson's 99th & Western (filmed Crime Story here ... remember that Dennis Farina fans?)
wow, Pops & Janson's -- good sheeez.
the chili cheese dog at Janson's is a great memory of my youth. haven't stopped up there in ages....
and, well, Pop's just RAWKS the house, but i'm all about the one at 103rd & kedzie; my dad also swears by their combo, another beautiful chicago baby!
Sigh ... Frank's actually right in my opinion. I'm from nowhere ... military brat, so I lay no claim to the east coast or the midwest. I've lived in Chicago for eight years.
This whole Chicago vs. New York thing is usually started by Chicagoans and it always strikes me as sort of immature and sad. The second city moniker is deserved and will always be applied to Chicago simply because Chicagoans give a flying damn. If a Parisian said Paris is better than Amsterdam or Rome, etc., would the Amsterdammers or Romans give a shit? Of course not.
C'mon! Chicago's not New York. Never will be. Why do so many people here have a chip on their shoulder about it?
Do you like alleys that hide all the trash and electricity wires, and decent parking, and cheap big apartments, and a skyline you can see while still in the city, and an awe-inspiring river canyon unlike any other in the world, in a great city with the largest population of lifelong residents in the U.S., giving it that old-school hometown charm? Great! Chicago rocks! Do you like living in the largest city in the United States where everybody's on top of each other, forming a transient ever-changing mixture of cultures like no other place in the world, and so much is right outside your door and with the U.S.'s most impressive transit system and opportunites for artists, filmmakers, musicians and actors unlike anywhere else? Great! New York rocks!
Now shut up and eat your Chicago hot dog. I get mine with everything. They are the best indeed, but I still can't wait for my trip to New York this fall.
Well said Nomad,
this does come off as a bit pathetic and a lot of these posts are only giving smug new yorkers more ammo.
As a 10 yr. Chicagoan I have to say NY style pizza is the best no question but for Hot Dogs it's Chicago easily NYC can't even make a squawk about that, ketchup on hot dogs is discusting and as one poster mentioned it makes me think of a baby eating a cut up weiner with it's hands. It's also gross on cheeseburgers IMHO.
AGAIN with the second-city inferiority complex! I can't wait for tomorrow's Chicagoist when we get the latest in "fat girls are totally cool and cute"...
Chicagoist, I wanted to love you, but you only reinforce the stereotype...
Just read the post from Nomad, and....
EXACTLY! SHUT THE HELL UP ABOUT CHICAGO vs NYC! IT REEKS OF YOUR INSECURITY ABOUT HOW YOU WERE NEVER QUITE IN THE COOL CROWN IN HIGH SCHOOL. GET OVER IT.
Hot dogs? I thought this was a blog about NYC dog walkers? Re.: what's an NYC hot dog? First off it needs to be prepared by someone with very dirty hands / hands that have not been washed in days and it has to be washed down with a $2.50 can of soda. Seriously though - I don't think it gets any better than a dog at Gray's Papaya, in New York City, on 72nd and broadway.
Can anyone give me an address, E Mail or snail mail or the company that produces Best Dinner Franks. I understand they are in the Chicago area. Im'm in the Phoenix area and am trying to find where to buy them
Why does Chicago always have to compare itself to NY? I've never been there, but it seems it may have an inferiority complex. Get over your pizza and hot dogs and get a life. Chicago is probably a nice little town, but come on, you guys are not New York! Grow up and stop being so jealous!