OK, well I’m sure others disagree but here are my favorites:
Top dogs:
Marty’s Vienna beef dog with bacon cheese and grilled onions peppers and habenero sauce
Carney’s dog with the red kraut and onions
Pinks jalapeno chili cheese dog (with jalapenos in the dog)
Nate n Al’s dogs with baked beans to go on top in the bun
Oki’s dog – something about that chili is so good maybe it has a bit of japanese curry in it
Honorable Mentions:Okonomi dog at Japadog on Pier; Hebrew National corndog at Hotdog on a Stick at Pier; Portillos’s Buena Park Chicago Dog
Top dog pounds:
Carneys Sunset
Oki’s Dog on Pico
Japadog on Pier
Marty’s on Pico
Skooby’s on Hollywood
Top dogs to be adopted and taken home (ie, sold by lb; not mail order):
Carney’s
European Deluxe Sausage Kitchen veal weiners
3, Nate n Als, own custom made dogs
Boar’s Head / Ralphs etc
nathan’s skin on dogs – haven’t seen em recently
Top dogs to be imported by mail, well just one recent favorite…
Rodepolser and Grillpolser (Danish hotdogs)
see http://revolvingdansk.com/
the fucking hot dog on a stick near the santa monica pier employs Hebrew National tube steaks for their eponymous corn dogs ??? really ??? I never knew that. just that fucking location ???
thanks ns–haven’t had your top 2 there will give em a shot…related note, i drive by that dog haus spot in burbank when i go up there for work…is that achi-ya or niche-niche? i like your considerations generally of good deals and price too.
Well, I asked for something to eat
I’m hungry as a hog
So I get brown rice, seaweed
And a dirty hot dog
I’ve got a hole
Where my stomach disappeared
Then you ask why I don’t live here
Honey, I got to think you’re really weird
There was no ranking in that list btw, just an assortment of meat of tube form that I enjoy.
I am personally not a fan of king’s Hawaiian as a bun for most of dog haus’ hot dogs; unfortunately the use of king’s hawaiian is their “thing”. Personally I find most of their items to lack any sort of real texture - it’s just soft soft soft. And last time I got a kraut dog there so much of the kraut juice leaked onto the king’s hawaiian that it disintegrated halfway through. I don’t want to kraut dog to be a knife and fork affair y’know?
But their tater tots are real good (fab level, except w/o the garlic option), the PBR is cheap, and I can walk there from my work. So I DO go there every once in a while - I actually like their burgers much more than their dogs, but the same textural problems arise if the bun is not toasted enough/you don’t eat your burger fast enough.
What do I know though, they’re always fucking busy. $6-8 for the dog/burger, I think they have a tot and drink combo for +$4.
not a fan of king’s hawaiian either…i also like a dog i can eat with my hands. ill have to try the tots u mention. That spot in the farmers market fritzies has bad dogs but good tots too, but the dogs and tots i am hot to try are those at belly and snout with oxtails or Filipino pork on top. positive reviews from other f’kers.
