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- Glazier's Frankfurters; Red Hot Dogs made w/ beef & pork, natural sheep casings
- Prefer grilled, Steamed second
- Sweet relish, brown mustard, diced raw onion on a New England Style roll

Pair these with a side of poutine and a couple cold nut brown ales...fahgettaboudit

I typically stock-up when I make my trips up to the St. Lawrence River throughout the summer.
 
Noack's of Meriden, natural casing dog. Grilled over medium heat till the first pop of the casing. Bun lightly grilled/toasted. Whole grain mustard, chopped Vidalia, and kraut sautéed with black pepper.
 
August_West said:
Whats your feeling on Chicago dogs.? I have a love/hate relationship with them. I love the actual Vienna Beef dogs, they are excellent but then they load it up with
Sport peppers (Ok)
Neon green relish (Yuck)
Pickle spears (like pickles. not so much on a Dog)
Tomato wedges ?! (No 'in way. not on a dog!)
Onions (sure!)
Yellow Mustard ( yellow is for noobs. Spicy brown please)
Celery salt ( What the hell? )

They take a 5 out of 5 level Frank and then douse it in BS.

Chicago is a great food city, but they get a Fail for this.

Stick with Italian beef.
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Chicago dogs are good, my go to is usually a depression era dog which just has the mustard, relish, onion, sport peppers and the double fried fries on top. Weiner's circle and some others do an awesome char merkt's cheddar dog. A Maxwell street polish is pretty awesome swimming in grilled onions. For me though the best hot dog combo will always be mustard, kraut and chili. A place called Sheik's in Torrington used to do it the best. Hot dogs were only served Saturday's. The Mucke's dogs were boiled in beer you got them with a good brown mustard, a homemade kraut studded with pork and chili on top. I ate hot dogs there every Saturday for years, sad the owner closed up shop 4 or 5 years ago.
 
Ill be the first to say id rather eat week old indian food wrapped in a used baby diaper than eat another capital lunch dog.

1) Hummel NC, G&W, deutchmacher
2) Grilled until split and slightly browned. Upper deck only. Slow roast that tube steak.
3) Only big play rays (my father inlaw) homemade hot pepper relish.
4)Frankie's on watertown ave in Waterbury and Blackies in Cheshire. But there is a guy that does road side dogs in E. Hartford out of a red tow behind wagon with some solid chili dogs. Over by all the car dealerships.
 
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Duncan Idaho said:
Noack's of Meriden, natural casing dog. Grilled over medium heat till the first pop of the casing. Bun lightly grilled/toasted. Whole grain mustard, chopped Vidalia, and kraut sautéed with black pepper.
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Since I know you're in the area, and haven't seen it mentioned yet, have you had Glenwood in Hamden? Great hotdogs, also been told the lobster rolls are great but I'm not a big lobstah guy, landmark restaurant for the area that I believe is still going strong with a slightly old schoolish drive-in style
 
Bockwurst from KaDaWe, mit ein Bud, bitte.

(And Bud is a Budweis Budvar, not that Clydesdale urine from Anheuser Busch)
 
I remember Swanky Frank's years ago was very good, not so much anymore, of course I have not been down that way for 4 years. I used to babysit the original owners daughter. Strange family.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
4.) Super duper weenie in fairfield. All other answers are invalid.
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Seriously - it's not even close.

I've been to Frankie's, Blackie's, Rawley's, Grey's in the city - all jokes.

I dare you to have a New England dog from SDW and not have your life changed. It's that good.
 
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a couple of little guy stands that haven't been mentioned.

a truck in Bristol, usually on Rt 6 near downtown, Phil's Top Dog.
and Fast Eddie's on the Berlin Tpke, south of rt 9 in a plaza about a 1/2 mile down southbound side.

Have 'em both with the same toppings. Mustard -onion-chili-kraut. Grab an extra napkin. Car will smell great for days.
 
Hummel's skinless, on the grill.

The best however is Blackie's in Cheshire, it's all about the relish
 
uconnell said:
I remember Swanky Frank's years ago was very good, not so much anymore, of course I have not been down that way for 4 years. I used to babysit the original owners daughter. Strange family.
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The best hot dog joint in CT was Jimmy's of Savin Rock in the old days. Then they went and tried to class the place up and ruined it. Both the dogs and fries were top notch back in the day. Currently? Suer Duper Weenie's pretty good, but way too pricey for hot dogs. Swanky Franks is OK.

As to hot dogs cooked at home, I'll 2nd @8893 's vote for Millers Provisions in the old days, and Hummels now. I either split and fry them, or grill them, unsplit, but poked a time or two. Natural casing, of course. Skinless hot dogs are for people who boil them and put ketchup on them.

Condiment-wise, I eat dogs a variety of ways, none of which includes ketchup.
  • Spicy Brown Mustard, home-made relish (made from kosher dill, not sweet pickles) and chopped/minced onions. The way I grew up eating hot dogs, and I still enjoy them this way.
  • Just minced onions. I often order them this way when out, unless the setup allows you to put your own condiments on, since they always seem to put too much mustard and relish on them, and not enough onions.
  • Chili (no beans!) & onions.
  • Absolutely buried in fried onions. Fried onions kind of stand alone, and are never combined with other condiments
  • Except bacon. Bacon and fried onions on a hot dog is an other-worldly experience. Or pastrami and fried onions. That's great, too. Now I want to go make some dogs with bacon, pastrami & fried onions. Kinda like the holy trinity of stuff on a hot dog for me.
  • On a very rare occasion, I'll have a dog with cole slaw and a kosher dill pickle spear.
I once ordered two dogs with the works at the concession stand in an Alabama State Park. The woman looked at me funny, then served me two dogs with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and pickle slices. She responded to my "Huh???" by telling me that the works usually goes on a hamburger, not a hot dog. Truth be told, they weren't half bad.

And I really, really like corn dogs made with andouille sausage instead of a plain old hot dog. I call it Corndewey.
 
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I will also put a vote in for Famous Lunch in Troy, NY or Gus's Hot Dog's in Watervliet, NY if I'm north of NYC
 
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Kembacity said:
Since I know you're in the area, and haven't seen it mentioned yet, have you had Glenwood in Hamden? Great hotdogs, also been told the lobster rolls are great but I'm not a big lobstah guy, landmark restaurant for the area that I believe is still going strong with a slightly old schoolish drive-in style
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Yup and killer onion rings!
 
Kembacity said:
Since I know you're in the area, and haven't seen it mentioned yet, have you had Glenwood in Hamden? Great hotdogs, also been told the lobster rolls are great but I'm not a big lobstah guy, landmark restaurant for the area that I believe is still going strong with a slightly old schoolish drive-in style
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8893 said:
Glenwood Drive-in
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Yep, great dogs, great onion rings, good burgers, fried seafood and lobster rolls. There are better lobster roll and fried seafood places though. Starting with Lobster Landing in Clinton for lobster rolls; and Johnny Ads in Old Saybrook for lobster rolls and fried seafood.
 
So, this brings up another offshoot here....chili dogs.

  1. Chili with beans
  2. Chili without beans
  3. "Hot dog sauce" with cinnamon
  4. "Hot dog sauce" without cinnamon
The difference between chili without beans and hot dog sauce (or Michigan sauce) is that the latter is really just ground beef with the tomato based liquid cooked away. Chili has chunks of onion or tomato or peppers in it.

I like (prefer) Michigan sauce. But I don't like some that have cinnamon in them. Capitol Lunch's sauce has cinnamon and that's part of the reason I felt out of favor with them over the years.
 
Deepster said:
So, this brings up another offshoot here....chili dogs.

  1. Chili with beans
  2. Chili without beans
  3. "Hot dog sauce" with cinnamon
  4. "Hot dog sauce" without cinnamon
The difference between chili without beans and hot dog sauce (or Michigan sauce) is that the latter is really just ground beef with the tomato based liquid cooked away. Chili has chunks of onion or tomato or peppers in it.

I like (prefer) Michigan sauce. But I don't like some that have cinnamon in them. Capitol Lunch's sauce has cinnamon and that's part of the reason I felt out of favor with them over the years.
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Chili without beans, chili isn't supposed to have beans anyways. First and last time I had chili with cinnamon was in Skyline chili from Cincinnati, thought it was disgusting.
 
1) Favorite Brands: Muckes with the casing. Jordan's Beef when I see them.
2) Cooking methods/ tricks of the trade: Grill. Roll often over medium heat so as not to split open.
3) Toppings: Chopped onion sometimes. Sweet relish. Koops Arizona Heat.

Only on a Cape Cod bun. Preferably crunchy grilled outside.
 
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It doesn't get much more Chicago than this place and the guy has no problem with ketchup, August would love it here.
 
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8893 said:
Yep, great dogs, great onion rings, good burgers, fried seafood and lobster rolls. There are better lobster roll and fried seafood places though. Starting with Lobster Landing in Clinton for lobster rolls; and Johnny Ads in Old Saybrook for lobster rolls and fried seafood.
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Johnny Ads is ok, not as good as it used to be. The great attraction there is you can eat outside in the summer, it seems. I like Clinton Landing for their sausage and peppers.
 
Ok when I was a young teen in New Jersey I devoured Italian Hot Dogs sold at a local deli. I can no longer find them but make them myself.

Beef Hot Dog and French Fries combined on an italian roll. I sometimes subsitute home fries taken home from a diner breakfast.

This goes only with KETCHUP @August_West.

As for resturant, Super Duper Weenie in Fairfield is the best hot dog in the State and Northeast and perhaps the USA.



 
Lot of natural casing fans who beware of the dreaded splitting. Great. Pet peeve is people who make a mockery of a good natural casing hot dog by cooking it over too high heat splits all crazy, juices run out. So stupid. Happens all the time. People screw up Brats even worse.

Pro tip: Cut an "X's" on the ends of the Natural casing dogs about 1/4-1/2 inch. The ends curl up and get a delicious char on 'em and help getting the dog cooked without splitting a little better. Got that one from Gold Coast Dogs in Chicago.

for Brats? Boil in Beer first before hitting grill. Its almost impossible to cook a brat on the grill properly even on low heat if not precooked.
 
Deepster said:
So, this brings up another offshoot here....chili dogs.

  1. Chili with beans
  2. Chili without beans
  3. "Hot dog sauce" with cinnamon
  4. "Hot dog sauce" without cinnamon
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I prefer my chili w/o beans anyway, but chili for hot dogs should never have beans in it.

Deepster said:
The difference between chili without beans and hot dog sauce (or Michigan sauce) is that the latter is really just ground beef with the tomato based liquid cooked away. Chili has chunks of onion or tomato or peppers in it.
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"or peppers?"

If there's no peppers (chiles) it's not chili! That's what makes meat sauce into chili, is the addition of chiles.
 
uconnell said:
Johnny Ads is ok, not as good as it used to be. The great attraction there is you can eat outside in the summer, it seems. I like Clinton Landing for their sausage and peppers.
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You seem local to me. Lets do lunch. :-) And I fully agree on both points. I do like Lobster Landings Lobster rolls too though.
Otherwise my favorite Lobster Roll in this area is Bill's seafood. Tourist trap, not the greatest bargain, and the rest of the food is hit or miss but the Lobster rolls are bangin' always have been too.
 
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