Want a really big weenie?
New business: Beach Dawgs, gourmet hot dogs! Add this place to your list of cheap-eats spots. Beach Dawgs is a build your own hot dog and nacho stand added by Colette, who recently opened the I Scream soft serve ice cream shop at Wharfside. (Business 101: Diversify.)
Check out some of these toppings….pineapple, banana peppers, BBQ sauce, peanut butter, sour cream, baked beans…nearly two dozen different toppings for your dog (or your nachos.) Only the best weenies here…1/4 pound Hebrew Nationals…Build your own, or order off the menu, with choices like the Fire Dawg, the Hawaiian Dawg, or our favorite, the Bad Breath Dawg - sauerkraut, pickles, onions and steak sauce!
(Weenie Model: Rum Hut bartender “Bubba.”)
August 7th, 2007 06:55
oh no - don’t tell my husband!
August 7th, 2007 07:28
“That’s what she said”
Sorry…couldn’t resist
August 7th, 2007 09:23
I live in Chicago, where, of course, we have the best Vienna Beef Hot Dogs in the world - and the only toppings allowed are mustard, onions, tomatoes, sport peppers, neon green relish, and celery salt. (No ketchup, or you may sleep with the Lake Michigan Fishes!)
I will have to taste this strange, foreign concoction next time I am on-island….
August 7th, 2007 10:01
I grew up in Chicago and have to back stj_gal on this one. The only thing I would add to the list of acceptable toppings is a slice of dill pickle, cut length-wise. Add, it all has to be on a Rosen’s bun.
August 7th, 2007 11:00
I’ve always heard that Collette was a smart one.
Mmmmm, nachos.
August 7th, 2007 11:11
I am a huge “tube steak” fan and LOVE Gold Coast Dogs in Chi-town. I have to be honest and say that I am VERY excited about this latest dining addition to STJ!! I only hope they stay in business long enough for me to get down there, since sadly, its an uphill battle for all restauarants to stay afloat on islnd. Hang on!! I’m coming!!
August 7th, 2007 11:12
Ha ha to you Chicago folks…I’m from central Illinois where everybody puts ketchup on their hot dogs!
That usually warrants a look of disgust from Chicagoans.
August 7th, 2007 11:22
Oops - i forgot the pickle - I was rattling off the ingredients from the top of my head. How could I forget my favorite part? And yes, it MUST be a steamed Rosen’s bun - no substitutions allowed.
August 7th, 2007 12:23
It’s funny you mention this. I was sitting at the rum hut one day and noticed another bartender there eating a dog. i just had to try one. damn good dog. i also like their smoothies.
August 7th, 2007 12:23
Returning to somewhat maturity…Chicago hotdogs, to me, are one of the more bizarre things I have ever seen in my life. Pickles? What?
As a former New Jersey-ite (eyan?), I’m more from the NYC dirty water dog school of thought: Sabret hot dog boiled in dirty water that smells of feet, white bread bun that looks as if the hot dog man has been sitting on it for a while, spicy brown mustard and those red onions. Heaven on a bun. To be eaten in 3, maybe 4, bites while standing on a street corner.
Hot Dogs in NC are an unnatural shade of red. They scare me.
A lot.
Not as much as clowns do though
August 7th, 2007 13:21
Rob
Have you actually had a true Chicago dog? One of the best inventions known to man. (Besides deep dish pizza, but I don’t want to start that argument here!!!)
Now I am going to have to go out and have one!
:)
August 7th, 2007 14:11
Rob, meet ya at the corner of 42nd and 9th for that dog! Or better yet at the big ball orchard in the Bronx!
If from Jersey have you experiened Rutts Hut? Now that’s a dawg
August 7th, 2007 15:27
Hey Rob…..
BOO
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August 7th, 2007 15:30
Rob,
Sorry….hehehe
Your description of a Sabret hot dog is pure poetry!
August 7th, 2007 17:25
Rob and Mary Beth I am with ya! Dirty water dogs are a must have. Here in Rochester everyone loves zweigles but I just can’t seem to warm up to them. Now ya have me missing a good dirty water dog.
August 8th, 2007 06:28
Chicago hot dogs are only good in Chicago!
Here in New Jersey we enjoy the foot long Thumanns !
And dirty waters are a Yankee Stadium tradition! YUM!
August 8th, 2007 08:04
Wow…I started a hot dog revolution. I have never had a Chicago Dog, but it has always struck me as fundamentally wrong. It’s a NYC thing…
We were back in NYC this past May after a 5-year absence. after getting over the shock of seeing my city turned into a tourist destination, it was hot dog time. The Mrs ate them before and after dinner and then again after Midnight…in the pouring rain…in a dress and heels.
I used to work near Rutt’s and never made it there to have one. A missed opportunity.
August 10th, 2007 08:31
Everybody’s talking about hot dawgs!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/traveltips/08/02/chicago.hotdogs/index.html