I used to live near a place called “Hot Diggity Dog.” They made amazing hot dogs and introduced me to the Chicago style dog. As a bonus, they had pretty fantastic fries. Unfortunately, they had pretty incompetent management and eventually closed.
I only learned they were closed after moving away and, on a subsequent road trip, insisting on a deviation from the planned trip to go to this restaurant that no longer existed. That was a blow to both my ego and morale.
Since then, I have yet to find a reliable supplier of good hot dogs and now I live in a rural area where I plan to stay, so I probably never will. Gas station dogs are decent, but don’t really compare - even the pretty great Wawa dogs. I’ll never understand why quality hot dogs aren’t something that are offered everywhere. Burger King had decent ones for a while but discontinued them. Even though they seem like they’d be perfect fast food fare, I’ve never heard of other big fast food restaurants offering them.
If you learn how to make them yourself, you’ll never be without.
The hard part is finding a bakery that can make you a decent bun, and convincing them to make them in small enough quantities that you can buy them. You could of course learn to make your own buns, But that’s a whole other level.
You can buy uncured frozen hot dogs online and get them shipped If you want something special. But honestly, for the most part, Nathan’s, Sabrent or Hebrew National should come out pretty nice.
Most of the condiments are easy enough to find in Walmart. You need to steam the dogs, bamboo steamer baskets are pretty cheap.
I used to live near a place called “Hot Diggity Dog.” They made amazing hot dogs and introduced me to the Chicago style dog. As a bonus, they had pretty fantastic fries. Unfortunately, they had pretty incompetent management and eventually closed.
I only learned they were closed after moving away and, on a subsequent road trip, insisting on a deviation from the planned trip to go to this restaurant that no longer existed. That was a blow to both my ego and morale.
Since then, I have yet to find a reliable supplier of good hot dogs and now I live in a rural area where I plan to stay, so I probably never will. Gas station dogs are decent, but don’t really compare - even the pretty great Wawa dogs. I’ll never understand why quality hot dogs aren’t something that are offered everywhere. Burger King had decent ones for a while but discontinued them. Even though they seem like they’d be perfect fast food fare, I’ve never heard of other big fast food restaurants offering them.
If you learn how to make them yourself, you’ll never be without.
The hard part is finding a bakery that can make you a decent bun, and convincing them to make them in small enough quantities that you can buy them. You could of course learn to make your own buns, But that’s a whole other level.
You can buy uncured frozen hot dogs online and get them shipped If you want something special. But honestly, for the most part, Nathan’s, Sabrent or Hebrew National should come out pretty nice.
Most of the condiments are easy enough to find in Walmart. You need to steam the dogs, bamboo steamer baskets are pretty cheap.