Chicago Hot Dog Food Tour | Chicago's Best Hot Dog Restaurants

The Chicago Style Hot Dog is one of the Windy City's most iconic foods. We visited 10 great Chicago hot dog restaurants in search of some of the best hot dogs in the city.
00:00 Chicago Best Hot Dog Tour
00:24 Portillo's - Chicago, IL
02:00 Chicago's Dog House - Lincoln Park, Chicago
05:00 Duck Inn - Bridgeport, Chicago, IL
07:47 Fatso's Last Stand - Ukrainian Village, Chicago
09:37 Devil Dawgs - South Loop, Chicago
12:19 Superdawg - Chicago
17:13 Gene and Jude's - River Grove
21:13 Hot Doug's in Wrigley Field - Wrigleyville, Chicago
24:03 Hot Dog Box - Bronzeville, Chicago
27:10 Jimmy's Red Hots - Humboldt Park, Chicago
Chicago Dog House
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Portillos
www.anrdoezrs.net/click-10057...
Fatso's Last Stand
www.jdoqocy.com/click-1005776...
Duck Inn Chicago
www.kqzyfj.com/click-10057763...
Devil Dawgs
www.tkqlhce.com/click-1005776...
Superdawg
www.tkqlhce.com/click-1005776...
Gene and Judes
www.anrdoezrs.net/click-10057...
Jimmys Red Hots
www.dpbolvw.net/click-1005776...
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[@markmower6507]

Ok I Subscribed. I originally grew up near Chicago. I just remember that my small town, Galesburg Illinois opened up an Underdogs when I was 8 years old, Many, Many Moons Ago and my Mom asked me if I wanted to try the Chicago Style Hot Dog. And I was like yes, and I ate it in under 3 minutes. And then I asked my Mom if I may please have another one? Which completely shocked her because she was not used to me asking for things. She happily gave me another one. I haved lived in the South now for a few decades, and sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night. Dreaming of Chicago Style Hot Dogs, and Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches and Italian Beef Sandwiches and Deep Dish Pizza. ARRRGGGHH!!!

[@jbsmith966]

my 1st Chicago Dog i ever had was from a little hot dog vendor on the sidewalk just out side of the Field Museum. That is a simple but great experience that is hard to beat.

[@jimreitenbach6023]

You have to go next door to McDonald's for ketchup when you're at Gene and Judes. LOL

[@stevenreiter8625]

Gene & Jude’s made the reputation because the Thirsty Whale iconic rock venue was right next door. Go to see an upcoming rock band, put back a few and go to G&J to finish the night. Same with Weiner Circle across the street from the Metro. Now that’s Chicago!!

[@KatieJoMikell]

I miss the whale! 🥲

[@jimreitenbach6023]

I live near Chicago. Growing up the best hot dog was Wally's at Diversey and Central. It was a garden on a bun. I think it was a kosher dog. Mustard, shreaded lettuce, relish, tomato slice, and cucumber slice. Nothing like it exists right now.

[@whitesox4524]

theres a reason why it no longer exist. You put lettuce on a hot dog?

[@bean6344]

I live in FLA, but have eaten at Portillo's, Fatso's Last Stand, Devil Dawgs (just last week on DD), and the OG Hot Doug's location. I'll mark the rest for my next trip.

[@raynbo-mw9ib]

You Two did a great job! I worked all over Chicago and all suburbs for 30+ plus years. Been to all of those except 2 of them. Even the Vienna Rep. lived across the street from my boss. I normally eat healthy but when you get a craving,............ LOOK OUT! CHICAGO DOGS ARE AWESOME! There are many good dogs all over. Great job👍again

[@RockulaRandy]

You've done Chicago proud. THIS was a great tour of the best places in the city. A really fair representation of what the Chicago Dog is (and is not).

[@jinxiemug6041]

Hot Doug's, the sausage king of Chicago? I always thought that was Abe Froman... 😋🤪😝

[@AdamandMadalyn]

That’s true!

[@mistergrendel32]

@@AdamandMadalynVery cool videos guys! I remember Hot Doug’s as the store back when Anthony Bourdain was still alive.

[@brianzubia]

Hot dougs closed many years ago. Where have you been? You must have been watching a TV Food Show and not from Chicago. It was the best but not for a Chicago style hot dog but for his homemade sausages

[@mistergrendel32]

@@brianzubia As a matter of fact it was a food show, but I don’t remember which one.

[@Heatherbob201]

Good one 🤣🤣

[@hikingoutdoorfamily]

Chicago style hot dogs are the best!

[@AdamandMadalyn]

We hear that!

[@Anna65909]

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR OUTSTANDING VIDEO. YOU GUYS REALLY DID A FABULOUS JOB.

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Thanks for watching!

[@JoseChavez-gm7fg]

Great video

[@Gatorfreak87]

Great video.

[@DB-jh1kd]

Dang, I want a dog and a beer now!

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

Ohhh yeahhhhh yummmmmm!!! Yeahhhhh dis one's a reel winner yeahhhhh! Jus so gud ta see, oh yeahhhh! Me jus lovin dose hot doggety dogs, yeahhhh! Tanks fer sharin guys & yeahhhhh peace!✌

[@JennaCee]

Perfect timing for the upcoming holiday. My father loved his hotdogs and I will dedicate the weekends barbequed hotdogs to him. He had his favorites of mustard and sauerkraut with onions. Mine was the chili dog but there are soooo many good toppings out there. I'm hungry now for a hotdog and it's only 8:30 in the morning. Happy Memorial Day guys.

[@AdamandMadalyn]

We didn’t even think about it syncing up with Memorial Day cookouts! Glad that hot dogs give you fond memories! Have a great weekend!

[@davidpoynter6546]

We had a place in Evendale Ohio, it was called Chicago Dog, I work at a company across the highway from it. It was the best tasting hot dogs I have even eaten. They had their own dogs made for them.

[@LolitaStClair]

Hello I enjoyed your Video on Chicago Hot Dogs! Please have a good day! Chicago has the Best Hot Dogs in town!

[@user-cl6cq4oz1k]

BYRONS is awesome as well. DAMN i miss Chicago. A green River drink to top it off is heaven.

[@roger5868]

It used to be but new owners have ruined it. New home of the Soggy Dog.

[@user-cl6cq4oz1k]

@@roger5868 damn that sucks. Superdawg is my #2

[@feralmale1517]

Portillos is the bomb. I was in countryside Il working on a fire truck. I at lunch and dinner everyday there.

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Portillo's is classic!

[@alanzemsky7695]

Great selection! Next time you want to try another hot dog- try Wieners Circle- also in Lincoln park

[@6412mars]

I love a pretty gal stuffing her face😂 you go girl!

[@AdamandMadalyn]

👏🏼

[@LolitaStClair]

Jimmy's have the Best Hot Dogs on the westside of Chicago! Thank You!

[@davidpoynter6546]

Watching this made me so hungry for a Chicago Dog, it sucks living 800 miles from Chicago.

[@mikepaukstis9892]

GReat reviews hot dogs are an American thang, I hope you both had a great time reviewing dogs...... I see two folks just eating!

[@davidruiz5383]

I admire your travel to find different hotdogs but i like for you to show and name more the ingredients. Thanks and God Bless.

[@joecarlino7870]

Augustino's in Wheaton has a pretty good beef sandwich. 5" long sandwich with double red sauce, mozzarella cheese and hot giardinera is best. If you have a big appetite, get the large size beef sandwich. 5" is smaller of two size beef sandwiches.

[@whitesox4524]

Go to to johnnies in elmwood park its closer to you than the city. You'll see the standard if you have that

[@oxBLUNTxo]

Genes and judes hot dog prices seems amazing!!!

[@AdamandMadalyn]

They’re cheap!

[@johnceragioli9671]

Not only are they “cheap”, they are good too! I grew up about a mile from Gene’s n Jude’s, next door used to be a music venue called The Thirsty Whale, rock and roll and hot dogs, great!

[@ChicagoTRS]

I always remove the pickle spear and eat it separately. The pickle spear is too much with the dog....already has relish. Same with G&J...take the fries off...maybe a couple get left on the dog but the beauty is the fries soak up some of the dog toppings.

[@AdamandMadalyn]

We tend to remove the pickle too!

[@rodneybrown4304]

That Portage House Steak Dog..WOW!!

[@davidbrothers3788]

I think that gene and judes is the place where they have a poster of clint eastwood from the movie sudden impact were he says nobody but nobody puts ketchup on a hot dog

[@GregKulevich]

Great video. The Duck Inn and The Hot Dog Box are two of my favorites. My absolute favorite is 35th Street Red Hots/Red Hot Ranch. Same depression dog style as Gene & Jude, but better in my opinion. Check it out if you get a chance. I got to try Chicago's Dog House and Hot Dougs.

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Thank you! We’ve been to red hot ranch…simple but good!

[@77marioland]

So much of Chicago is about the towns in the city and where you live, I was near the Brickyard for a bit, so on a summer night in Gene & Jude's parking lot was one of the best places to eat a dog. To be honest, any picnic bench on asphalt or car trunk lid was as good as any fine dining.

[@robbylock1741]

Thank you, now I'm starving! And as I live in the Tampa Florida area at the moment, there are only two places that do it justice and BOTH ARE CLOSE TODAY! Whaaa! Okay now I know what I'm doing for lunch tomorrow :)

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Nice Robby!

[@maureencora1]

Y'all Been to Portillo;s? There Two or Three for a Road Trip in Florida.

[@maureencora1]

My Bad.

[@maureencora1]

Y'all Been to Portillo's? There are Two or Three for a Road Trip in Florida.

[@guidichris]

I ordered a kit from Vienna Beef. Not cheap, but will definitely fix your cravings.

[@camodup]

Skyway hotdogs, S.E. side of Chicago on 95th street. I actually heard they are for sale atm...try a double cheese with everything while there too!

[@markmower6507]

Also when I was 9 I remember walking to Super Dawgs, It was only a couple miles away from where I lived after all, and I had Exact Change for Two Chicago Style Hot Dogs. And then the police and my Mom showed up. But I had Two Chicago Style Hot Dogs in My Stomach. Hahahahahahahaha 😂!!!

[@jerrywoods4066]

I grew up on superdawg, taste hastee, portillos, cals, devil dawgs ,and byrons

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Great spots Jerry!

[@PatrickTowers]

know look what you did now im hungry

[@jamespawlowski4310]

I wish that Superdawg would someday be able to send their by mail or UPS to South Carolina...I miss them.

[@VictoryNightwing]

Did any of those places offer pizza puffs? Anyone remember Demon Dogs near DePaul?

[@davidsabatphoto]

How did The Wieners Circle in Lincoln Park get left off this list??? It is probably the most famous in the city limits. Otherwise, it's a solid list....and now I'm hungry for one.

[@AdamandMadalyn]

We’re not the biggest fans of Weiners Circle

[@davidsabatphoto]

@@AdamandMadalyn For the food or the service🤣

[@jerrywoods4066]

​@@AdamandMadalyngreat place when you have been drinking. Used to be anyway

[@ASalvaro]

Wiener Circle has horrible politics and hopefully will go bankrupt soon

[@jeffreydillner1897]

You need to try Boz's Hot Dogs on the South Side.

[@Heatherbob201]

Is Portillos skinless? I love me some hot dogs, but don’t like the “snap” of dogs with the skin still on 😭

[@jamesmoore4162]

Try fat Jonnie’s on 7242 s. Western. Super dog & mighty dog are my favs oh don’t forget the nachos thank me later 😉

[@maureencora1]

2024 Glad Portillo's Hot Dogs & Italian Beefs Have 5 Locations in Dallas / Fort Worth & 2 in Houston, TEXAS. I was Made in Chicago, IL. (southside)

[@ajkundrath9661]

We have Tony packos the original in Toledo Ohio

[@kevinmccoy9210]

What drives me crazy is the damned pickle. The original Chicago Dog has a slice of cucumber, thats what gives t its unique flavor. Make them build it with a cucumber because thats the only way. Im 65 and my Grandma took me shopping with her on Milwaukee Ave all the time and she always bought me a Chicago style hot dog from a bicycle cart vendor, always served with a cucumber no damned pickle. The pickle relish is already on the dog. I grew up on dogs all over Chicago and always made with a cucumber.

[@maureencora1]

2023 Portillo's is Finally in TEXAS... North Dallas and Coming Soon to Houston. I was Made in Chicago, IL. (southside)

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Nice!

[@maureencora1]

@@AdamandMadalyn Touche' (smile)

[@raymondscilingo8052]

Portillo's does NOT have the best hor dogs in Chicago. It is the best known because he floodedd the market with his stores. There is a secret to cooking hot dogs. A old world secret. Portillo's Does NOT USE IT.

[@bigjer2899]

DO NOT FORGET SCOOBY'S IN WEST CHICAGO…THE BEST!

[@billahler7728]

I could literally eat one Chicago dog an hour.

[@bigjer2899]

DO NOT MISS SCOOBY'S ON NORTH AVENUE IN WEST CHICAGO FOR THE BEST HOT DOG, BEEF AND HAND CUT FRIES..I MISS IT

[@mikesummers9081]

So I love Chicago hot dogs specially with ketchup

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Then you broke the rule!

[@davidmckesey7119]

No

[@oldfarmshow]

👍

[@ericcollier5255]

i love the close ups of the food but man ,, the close ups of eating it is just way to close kind of in your face...grose. but other than that great vid. cant wait to try my self thank you both so mutch good review....peice

[@edwardellwanger2603]

I like her!

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Thanks!

[@kevinwilliams4869]

Drag it through the garden

[@edwardsmith7276]

They forgot to add the ketchup 😂

[@deelaw6879]

Next time try MARCOS on North Ave

[@RWildekrav66]

ALL dogs must be on poppy seed buns !

[@jackie3718]

Gene and Jude’s is the best for me. Those tamales are nasty. You need to try them from a street vendor in Little Village. Or Rosas Tamales.

[@tommyjusz]

"I actually don't know what's in there" (referring to the tamale) Its better than you don't

[@larrydemko6114]

So which one was the best?

[@erikEsthundred]

a very nice couple, what don't they like?

[@w9gb]

WHY No Ketchup, on Chicago Style Hot Dog? Easy - You have Fresh Sliced Tomatoes !! Ketchup is OK for your Krinkle-Cut (Portillo’s) French Fries.

[@ChefMainski]

Snoop dog 😭😭😭

[@toms4020]

I do like no seeds on the hot dog bun…Superdawg was a huge dissapointment

[@robertfrancois6064]

I took my kid to the aquarium years ago and we got hotdogs from a cart well and she’s a picky eater so she just wants plain with kectup and the lady working started to give me grief about it, I mean does it make sense to argue with a 8 year old on what they can have on their sandwiches

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Some people take the no-ketchup rule a little too seriously lol

[@nacienlos70]

Nice video, but close ups are too close. Almost scary

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Ok

[@andrewhawkins8616]

Go to Chicago for hotdogs, New York for pizza, and New Jersey to take a dump.

[@user-ec5vx3uf6r]

...... but you must go Santiago Chile the real best Hot Dogs even better those in Germany

[@infectedmonkey4827]

Whats with no ketchup thing? 😅lol 😆 i always eat my dogs with ketchup. Even on Chicago dogs.

[@RWildekrav66]

Heathen ! 😊

[@tommyjusz]

"I actually don't know what's in there" (referring to the tamale) Its better that you don't

[@KatieJoMikell]

TOOCLOSE

[@brianzubia]

I don't think these two are from Chicago. If they would have been there they would have noticed that there's no poppy seeds on the bun which is a huge no no. Plus at the duck end they don't use sport peppers like he said they are Serranos

[@nv_spartan1771]

People in Chicago put ketchup on their hotdogs.

[@Everythingisgoingtobealright]

The fry’s on the hot dog are an abomination. The no ketchup thing is amusing, hot dog snobbery. Portillos went wrong with the new owner, but I think the fixed the problem.

[@adrianantico3750]

Starts with a fast food joint... what a joke. Next

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Ridiculous. We started quickly at Portillos to show off what a fundamental Chicago style hot dog was, and then showed a bunch of local places.

[@ThreeToesofFury]

@@AdamandMadalyn Im sure y'all get alot of snarky haters..but as a new fan, ignore them. Ive watched and read a LOT about Chicago Dogs and your video was outstanding. Also i would argue that the inclusion of Portillos was actually quite important and helpful. Well done team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@66crush9]

I Guess if you are allergic to mustard then you are out of luck in Chicago when it comes to eating hot dogs, very unfortunate

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Order it without mustard

[@roncotton7963]

Wacky dogs Aka lame dogs gimpy

[@AdamandMadalyn]

🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@user-or2sv4ys4k]

I add ketchup, I don't care

[@AdamandMadalyn]

And you’re still free

[@ThreeToesofFury]

@@AdamandMadalyn Thanks both of you for helping us on the CHDPD track down @user-or2sv4ys4k! We've secured a search warrant to verify this ketchup crime against humanity and will be locking them up soon and throwing away the key. Justice served!

[@colinzehe3060]

If I want ketchup on my hot dog I will do it, and no one will tell me different no matter where I am

[@thomasbaker3262]

She just say Portillo ain’t the best. Ok bye video 😢

[@jerrywoods4066]

Kraut on a dog is terrible

[@AdamandMadalyn]

Debatable

[@jerrywoods4066]

@@AdamandMadalyn no not really lol.

[@spinningbacksidekick]

Local tip: most overrated, Gene & Jude's.

[@bobnonneman1079]

Line around the building until 3am

[@thomasclifford8927]

Worst hot dog I ever had. Garbage!

[@AdamandMadalyn]

You must not have gone to the right place

[@MG-bg4mv]

She can unhinge her jaw like a king cobra 😮

[@rl839]

I must remember not to visit Chicago and order a hot dog. I like mayo, mustard, onions chili and top it with ketchup. Yes ketchup. It’s my hotdog and I’ll eat it the way I want!

[@kwood55981]

I won't eat a hotdog unless it has ketchup on it.

[@AdamandMadalyn]

You’d struggle in Chicago