Rating Every HOT DOG In Chicago! (ft. Glizzy EXPERT Dennis Lee)

[@AdamWitt]

If you guys like this video, then you'll probably dig this one. We got to go inside Vienna Beef's factory: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a37EgGWFodmtjbc&ab_channel=AdamWitt

[@Carguy0882]

How do you not have Fat Johnny's on the list?? Disappointing

[@GhostSal]

Not sure if this was mentioned but while Vienna Beef is the go to Chicago hotdog. Red Hot Chicago is the second most common hotdog brand served here. Also, a few places do their own thing, like Superdawg uses David Berg hotdogs. I do agree that char dogs add flavor and in my opinion are the best. One other thing is I’d recommend trying a Chicago Francheezie style hotdog, it’s wrapped in bacon and deep fried with melted Cheddar or American cheese.

[@bloodypayback187]

Love the home Depot honorable mention, truly an underrated hot dog stand

[@nickpalutsis8379]

"The Weiner Circle is known for being a little rowdy" ...They literally had Marshmallow perform on their roof last weekend lol

[@thebeardedlegend1349]

We can tell you’re a outsider 😂 try going to Jimmys at 3am

[@bevrosity]

theyve always been nice to me

[@ConspiracyVoid4]

Get the 20 dollar milkshake

[@anthonybottigliero8336]

@@thebeardedlegend1349 Jim's Original is good, but it's not a Chicago Style dog.

[@chrismoser9676]

​@@thebeardedlegend1349both spots get wild as hell in different ways. Never had a dog from Jim's or Express grill. Always got the pork chop sandwich and Polishes

[@discopants68]

As a lifelong Chicagoan, watching this was like “Been there… been there… gotta try there… been there…”

[@boogitybear2283]

I love Jimmy’s Red Hots located on Pulaski and Grand. I like the owner Rose.

[@KroniK13]

I must say that I grew up in the NW side of Chicago and a common sentence for ordering a hot dog was, Yo, one dog, put wheels on it and roll it tru the garden. Many, too many small stands to name.

[@AdamWitt]

Love that. Yeah making this list was a challenge for sure. Lots of great stands all over - this is a starting place.

[@HeySeanEly]

This was quite obviously a fantastic watch; thoroughly enjoyed both of you together. As a Chicago food guy, I just want more of THIS. Great dynamic guys 🌭🔥 - shoutout to hot dogs being called ‘refreshing’ because I’ve felt that.

[@AdamWitt]

Thanks Sean. Fresh degz for life.

[@CoreyWagnerChicago]

I don't know how many times I need to tell you this Sean but you need to stop watching other peoples videos and get back to editing our Eat Local content!

[@CesarDelgado-fu2nd]

😊

[@georgepr242]

@@CoreyWagnerChicagogreat to see all my heroes in one comment section

[@CoreyWagnerChicago]

@@georgepr242 haha siiick! What up George!

[@robertlynn7332]

Thanks guys. This brought me great memories. I spent 22 years in Chicago and have eaten at many of these joints. I also remember a few that aren't there anymore. Demon Dogs, the original Gold Coast Dogs in Lincoln Park ( where I had my first Chicago Dog...a double char) and Hot Doug's (with duck fat fries)... Love that Wolfy's and the Home Depot made the honorable mention list. I used to go to the Vienna Beef factory at it's previous location when they sold the dogs in what was the employee cafeteria.

[@offgridnightmarenewhomeste3215]

Gene & Judes for dogs & Johnnie's for Italian Beef

[@whitesox4524]

johnnies low key have good hot dogs as well

[@offgridnightmarenewhomeste3215]

@@Arockuhcee 59 years of eating Johnnie's not once was it light on beef. And "smashed dogs" ??? The bun or what?

[@MARS-qm9qt]

💯 percent

[@miguelmeza4335]

💯

[@paulkonieczny3815]

Get your fries on the side at Gene and Jude's. They are the best and super hot.

[@skydomi]

I live in Canada just across the border from Detroit, and I went to the Vienna Beef factory in Chicago back in 2017 and bought a 10lb case of the natural casing dogs and they were the best I've ever had. The heated competition between Lafayette Coney Island and American Coney Island (next door to each other) in Detroit both use natural casing dogs produced by Dearborn Sausage Company. I must say, I prefer the coney style dog over the "dragged through the garden" Chicago style dog but I do find the Vienna Beef dogs out of Chicago much more superior to the Dearborn Sausage Company's dog. I need to go back to Chicago again to get another case and bring them back home to make coney dogs. Best of both worlds lol

[@BallparkHunter]

Depression dogs rule in Chicago!

[@granataj70]

this channel deserves 10x the subscribers all day

[@AdamWitt]

ty dood.

[@armandoperez7623]

I grew up eating Byron's dogs and years later worked with Dennis making pizza. Dope video.

[@AdamWitt]

Dennis rocks.

[@AdamWitt]

and thanks!

[@KatieJoMikell]

Do you remember when Byron’s was on North Avenue?

[@robm3063]

No poppy seeds on their bun. Non starter for me . Born and raised in west Chicago suburbs . My nephew used to live in Sleepy Hollow and every time I went there to help out with things he would go to a place and get some dogs for lunch. I'm looking at you %ammys on Randel Rd. Steam your buns and stop going the the Jewels to buy you buns.

[@varunaX]

first guy ive ever seen in my entire life on this planet who ties their hoodie strings into a bow

[@googleuser6971]

😂😂😂

[@mikeyb4704]

Real psycho shit.

[@thebeardedlegend1349]

He loved the hotdogs in boys town for sure

[@savaunbrown]

Super common in the Bay

[@InfiniteQuest86]

Yeah all the kids are doing it. Us Boomers don't get it.

[@kukukachoo419]

So glad you went to gene and judes. Such a good spot. Everytime i cone home to the suburbs to visit family, gotta make the trip

[@michaelfinley8540]

Super Dawgs is the bomb.

[@marz11004]

I live near jene and judes. They dont have ketchup. If you go to McDonalds and ask for ketchup (right next door) they charge 80 cents per packet. That place is always line out the door on the weekends. Love that place

[@dionisioramirez6706]

Love gene and Jude’s. Haven’t been there in many years, and the line was always out the door. I also remember it used to flood like once a year.

[@rickyredhookbk9048]

Us NYers don’t put ketchup on our dirty water dogs either. Neither does The man Harry Callahan

[@anthonybottigliero8336]

People don't understand this for some reason! Once ketchup is on, all you will taste is ketchup.

[@jojotwice8918]

100% people in nyc use ketchup on their hot dogs, what u talking about

[@bootsbailey5857]

Love a Chicago dog but my death bed dog is Sauerkraut, yellow mustard, natural casing… that’s it for me.

[@AdamWitt]

That's perfectly fine. Matter of fact, that's more than fine. Who needs land when you can build a nest of kraut.

[@clubmogambo3214]

Yeah, no harm in that at all.

[@jonathanmosher72]

That's actually the true Chicago Dog. They started to add dumb shit in the 2000s.

[@johnscimeca899]

​@@AdamWittshould have a super dog Gene and judes or Jimmy's

[@jperala658]

Sauerkraut, spicy brown mustard and grilled onions for me.

[@afr1952]

Had my first Vienna Beef hot dog in the summer of 1964 at the age of 12. The hot dog shack at Archer Avenue and Nashville Avenue, Garfield Ridge neighbor hood. Of course, I was 12 and only wanted it with catsup, nothing else. It came with a ton of greasy fries wrapped up with it (so good), had that red dye that made it really stand out, a true red hot. No canola oil, just beef fat for the fries, so tasty, so unhealthy. I miss those days. My schoolmates clued me into the catsup is bad form deal, but it was really good with those fries! Really enjoyed this video. Thanks.

[@AdamWitt]

Hotdog history. Very cool. Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.

[@YourCommonSinner]

Man if you like catsup on your dog then you put catsup on your dog. You were born to be free. Eat how you want, my friend.

[@jonboll2066]

Guess you can still get a hot dog there at 7-11 lol original place is gone

[@tommanning7337]

We have the best dogs, ya can’t beat a Chicago dog, I don’t care where you live!!!!! 😎👍🏻👍🏻

[@416dl]

Gene and Judes, definitely the most nostalgic from waaaay back...I'm craving one now.

[@user-hn3lc6jt2j]

Worse hot dogs ever.

[@ispoox]

@@user-hn3lc6jt2jyeah gene and Jude’s is trash. Weiner circle is always goated, Byron’s, Hot Doug’s use to be fire when they still existed. Gene and Jude’s is weak af.

[@Mike-jv4rz]

@@ispoox G&J changed the dog, they don't snap anymore, but it's a decent value for the money...

[@user-hn3lc6jt2j]

@@ispoox Try Mickeys in Bellwood.

[@paulpeterson4216]

My favorite is Gene and Judes, by far

[@goodgravy3047]

I'm glad you went to Superdawg. It reminds me of Wolfy's. It's funny you stiffed Portillo's. 😂🌭🌭🌭🤤

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Portillo's is nasty since they were sold

[@goodgravy3047]

@@Marcel_Audubon Which year were they sold?

[@Marcel_Audubon]

@@goodgravy3047 about 10 years ago. it's been a gradual decrease in quality - I was at the big one in downtown Chicago just last week - cold fries, dirty tables - that never would have happened under the original owners.

[@goodgravy3047]

@@Marcel_Audubon thanks for the information. I spent many years as a vegetarian, then a vegan, after moving to Chicago so it's only been maybe the last four years that I had Portillos..

[@jerrywoods4066]

​@@Marcel_Audubon they are still good and dependable

[@The-Hot-Dog-Show]

Nice work, fellas! Looks like the kind of hot dog day we love over at the Hot Dog Show

[@ptjohnson67]

In the immortal words of Clint Eastwood from Dirty Harry, "Nobody, but nobody, puts ketchup on a hotdog."

[@Patrick-nv5ug]

There is a food convention about America that is actually noted by many foreign food commentators and critics: in America a hot dog is a "hot dog" and a beef hamburger is a "hamburger". In other words neither are sandwiches. However every other item such as chicken or fish or pork is identified as a sandwich.

[@erikalouwrens3992]

As a South African, i would totally eat a depression dog rather than a dragged-through-the-garden dog any day

[@calvinsbnb76]

If a hot dog is a sandwich, then a taco is a sandwich. If a taco is a sandwich, then a calzone is a sandwich. If a calzone is a sandwich, then pizza is an open-face sandwich. If pizza is a sandwich, then everything is a sandwich, but everything obviously can't be a sandwich, so we must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque. If the term "sandwich" is to have any meaning, it needs some strict and well defined parameters: a sandwich is one or more edible substances between two pieces of something, usually bread. (Select items that don't quite comply can be grandfathered in by virtue of their age, namely rou-jia-mo from c. 221 BC. (Hotdog may qualify in a couple of millenia.))

[@edwardkeenan7354]

It’s run it to thru garden at least how i grew up

[@warningeagle8558]

Tomato 🍅 are in place of ketchup. Nice and juicy tomatoes. We need Vienna beef hot dogs in southern Georgia. And don’t forget Scott Peterson polish. I miss the food in Chicago. Home

[@DanielHoward-aka-dannyman]

Damn I miss the old town. I miss Flukey's. I miss working with you, Dennis.

[@JamesPrill-hz1oj]

Flukeys was awesome, great childhood memories

[@qrome20]

fluky's had my favorite cheese fries of all time! i miss them so much!

[@alacrijaxproductions]

"Unsheathe That Dog" is actually Adam's OF profile name.

[@InfiniteQuest86]

Lol bell of shame for ketchup, but they put fries on the dog lol.

[@elbeachu2]

Missed going to Jim's Original Famous Maxwell Street Hotdog Off Roosevelt by UIC College..😊

[@alexisbaumann1631]

I send 2 bottles of sports peppers every Christmas to my bestie in Texas who relocated from Chicago. 😂😂

[@karengieseking1437]

Omg I miss Green River!

[@LVVMCMLV]

I still remember my first sip of Green River in the lobby of the theater when I went to see Goldfinger in 1965 when I was 10 years old

[@Maulyhatchet]

I'm in Chicago all the time, and don't know why I've never grabbed hot dogs while there. Definitely doing it next time I'm up there. These looked great.

[@jonboll2066]

Much better stuff to eat. Hot dogs are hot dogs. Nothing special. Italian beef sandwich is Chicago's pride and joy.

[@Maulyhatchet]

@@jonboll2066 Oh, I know. I'm in Champaign, so I'm in Chicago constantly. I get Italian Beef up there, a lot, as well as everything else (Ricobenes!), just never grabbed dogs up there. :)

[@JamieReneeVonTeez]

Portillos used to put cucumber on its dogs. I am shocked you didn’t include the king of Chicago hot dog, Portillos! Also rumor has it that most hot dog places serve Vienna pure beef hot dogs or Chicago Red Hots pure beef hot dogs. Thing is both use the EXACT same recipe because Vienna family members split (I think they were brothers) the one took the Vienna brand and the other opened Chicago Red Hots with the same dog recipe.

[@thecarbonfiberkid]

I love Chicago dogs.

[@frankmartinez2279]

Back in the sixties we would go swimming at Whealand pool then go for hot dogs afterwards. It was either Super Dawg or Tasty Pup who ran it thru the garden with the lettuce, cucumber and green peppers. Chicago classics

[@anthonyabbinanti5739]

Superdawgs is still the best.Close second is Rands Dogs in Des Plaines.

[@doubleoseven273]

I'm hungry now

[@lisleguy2001]

I'd love to see you two go to top italian beef places and top pizza places - separate lists for pub-style and Chicago-style deep dish

[@dfb8854]

You also can buy that neon green relish and sport peppers at Jewel food store and also Albertsons out west.

[@clubmogambo3214]

Nothing quite like a classic Chicago dog. And there are many places to get them.

[@turkeybacon3122]

Love how they were excited about a polish

[@ragibby6557]

Vienna Beef and poppy seed buns are the best!! The Red Hot Chicago is a treat as well. My 2nd favorite.

[@mattc825]

That guy man, the ex-line cook was an amazing resource for this video. Dang this is AWESOME.

[@devildart]

Cool video. Ive eaten at almost all those places and they are all good. Chicago has so much good food. Gyros, beefs, pizza and Mexican. Shout out to the weiner circle. I actually always get their char polish when I go there. Maxwell style of course.

[@MrTrip666]

Funnily enough, the only Chicago-style hotdog I've had was in London(yes, I'm british), and It was called "the dragged through the garden dog." At the time, I didn't know it was a Chicago dog. Life changing Hotdog and now no other compares. 😅

[@CarolynA2]

Thanks for the tour, Adam. For some reason I'm thinking I need 🌭🌭. If only Superdawg sold those pickled green tomatoes by the jar.....

[@AdamWitt]

they're SO good.

[@ispoox]

You can get em at delis near by on the north side. Lots of Jewish neighborhoods up there.

[@KatieJoMikell]

I am born and raised Chicagoan been here my whole life and I still live here. I promise you order online from the pickle guys in New York. Everything from them is delicious but their pickled tomatoes are so yummy. You can make your own Chicago style Superdawg at home!

[@scottmason6282]

I Miss Going Out For Authentic Chicago Dogs ! Now I Order Vienna Beef Frankfurters , Vienna Polish Sausage , Relish And Sport Peppers And Have Shipped To Alabama Once A Year Otherwise I Have To Make Do With Nathan's Or Hebrew National Dogs To Build My Own ! No Poppy Seed Buns In Alabama Either !?!? 🙂🙂🙂

[@smokinmeatz6302]

Fun fact about the McDonald’s next door to Gene and Judes, they charge a SHIT ton if you walk in for ketchup packets. I went to school at Lincoln Tech, a literal 5 minute from there. Got a dog at least 2-3 times a week for over a year. I graduated there in 2013, and they were charging a dollar a packet of ketchup and I can only imagine it’s more now. Never went in to that McDonald’s

[@GoodForYou4504]

I didn't see a bad one in the bunch. It was more like how many would I eat. LOL

[@warningeagle8558]

Question did you do a video on Polish sausage sandwich? In Chicago I’m home sick for the food

[@quincee3376]

Great video. I subscribed. I'm curious the difference in prices from each place but that's not a huge deal.

[@NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW]

Great videos brother. The one with the fries is my shit. Gonna go get a hot dog now

[@AdamWitt]

Ty Stevey. We'll snag one when you come into town this summer.

[@hubertparks-bx9gj]

Great video I love hotdogs like that

[@RevMazz64]

Gene and Judes was my go to spot in college

[@ispoox]

Did you go to Triton lmao.

[@ABCA773]

I love that even Costco tips their hat and provides neon relish for the wonderful hot dog lovers of Chicago. That's so nifty. I know its not a superdawg or a wolfy but it's a gigantic piece of warm meat with a squirt of special pickle love.

[@DentalBeaker]

Glizzy is probably my most punchable word. Great video!

[@HuarachesPlaysTv]

as a Chicago native myself I have seen people get yelled at for adding ketchup, also it is a sandwich for sure no doubt.

[@dirtyfiendswithneedles3111]

Gmm forever

[@colihon3552]

on happened to me 3 or 4 times I just laughed

[@MrGoatskin]

That kids got a dark side of the moon t-shirt, sick!!!! Also love your vids

[@AdamWitt]

Thanks mate. Pink rips.

[@YourCommonSinner]

I bet he doesn’t even know 4 songs off the album

[@MrBenfranz]

Char dog with everything in da garden is the best kind of hot dawg ever.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

no one in Chicago talks like that. No one.

[@MrBenfranz]

@@Marcel_Audubon While that's true, Bob Swerski's superfans is still a comedy thing that exists. And in those sketches, they DO talk like that.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

@@MrBenfranz seriously? you're talking about some 35 year old comedy sketch in the present tense? c'mon gramps, turn a page

[@MrBenfranz]

Meh. I've seen the future pages, and am as unimpressed with that as you are with me.

[@timdaniel1448]

I guess you wouldn't appreciate " Who's on first?"

[@lefrenchshleep993]

Ahhhhhhhh Hi dembadis!!! Great video guys :)

[@ryanr.719]

Duk’s Red Hots is out of business

[@AdamWitt]

RIP

[@paulkowalik9604]

Hot dogs and hamburgers are the best food ever, American’s best invention. No other food makes me so happy.

[@ChicagoMike85]

Chicago food is da best

[@krazykid2002k]

Am I the only one that takes the pickle off when I eat a hotdog 😂 I still eat the pickle but it’s like bite hotdog chew it up then bite pickle

[@Kyle-zh4mq]

Byron's is timeless. 👏

[@getjeffrey]

There are approximately 1800 hot dog joints in Chicago. I guess your definition of "every" is different from mine.

[@shaggy1582]

Been going to Byrons since I was little one of my favorite spots

[@gamesandfunnystuff]

The fact that they put Home Depot on the honorable mentions speaks to my Chicagoan soul.

[@sourcedecay]

Mayo on bun, yellow mustard, chopped onions, homemade kraut, celery salt. If a cheesesteak or anything else on a split bun is a sandwich, a hot dog is a sandwich.

[@breamstoms9987]

for those who don't know, Vienna Beef is actually not from Vienna. they grind up the meats in Chi town.

[@Multch.]

GREAT VIDEO

[@MAKEITSF]

You should show us how to make the neon green relish.

[@stevewoolhiser7249]

A hot dog is an open-faced sandwich, which makes it a sandwich. Fight me.

[@alexzabawa-evelmirill4069]

Can I just say you guys didn't eat at a single place that servers red hot hot dogs. Great video otherwise can't for the next one

[@becerril89]

Y’all need to try the depot dog! The hotdog stands inside the Home Depot !

[@AdamWitt]

it does. It was an honorable mention, but it's no different than the Vienna Beef factory stand so didn't need to hit it up. Hot take... I go for the tamale/puff combo.

[@TheJustineCredible]

I always thought it was an Urban ledged but when I was FIRED from a job the day after having eaten two Chicago style dogs with poppy-seed buns, I can now appreciate non-seeded buns. But I still love my poppy seed buns!

[@mrtwills]

I love this series, just watched the taco one. My only suggestion would be to mention the neighborhood they are in or drop the address on the screen. Give some love to the local area.

[@codyssmith73]

I am Canadian and have never had a Chicago dog. I worry it’s too much toppings. Then again, I’ve very much enjoyed a Montreal Steamie, and those are also messy. (Brined Cabbage or Coleslaw, Mustard, Onions & Relish). Kudos!

[@osirisdagod2492]

Gene & Jude’s top of my list

[@THutch556]

Shout out to Home Depot for sure, my local one is fantastic. They serve red hot brand hotdogs, which is same company as Vienna, just a different family member and I think they’re a little better. it’s a solid dog.

[@Grigsy]

HOME DEPOT! DEFINITELY. Great honorable mention.

[@NotSoHardXCore]

Dennis, just let The Bear's interpretation of the average Chicago guy live

[@Nvlutey27]

You guys make a good pair!

[@geralddraper4491]

I have an autographed copy of "Don't Put.Ketchup on a.Dog" not to mention worked at a few iconic doggy dog spots in the North Side . Not to mention opened up a place. Since Stash's to Wiener Take All in the mid 80s til the mid 90s I have learned how tight a community the Vienna & traditional Poppy seed buns.are.presented with such pride & joy

[@user-wp6kv2pr3c]

I like your video's 😊😊😊😊

[@jimmysepanik7728]

i know its not in chicago but i grew up with scotties in round lake beach. whenever i go back to the area i make sure to stop in and get a dog. they have the chicago dog (all the toppings) then the fries tossed on top.

[@gitgeronimo9375]

As a Chicagoan, please don’t call them the G-word

[@AdamWitt]

It's for the kids.

[@gitgeronimo9375]

@@AdamWitt 😂

[@ktennyson7108]

Glizzy

[@ktennyson7108]

Chi-town style Glizzy*

[@gitgeronimo9375]

@@ktennyson7108 Chiraq glizzy dragged through the garden

[@aimvero7166]

All the good ones from the90’s are gone ❤ good to see Byron’s is still there

[@takarahayashi4124]

the way some feel about ketchup on a hotdog, is how i feel about mustard on a burger, lol.

[@ticalculator830]

lol Glizzy Expert is a wild job title

[@ParisTNT]

Love it🎉 nice collab

[@tonys2473]

Fat Johnnie's should have been on this list to visit.

[@Awegner176]

Absolutely the best dog spot in the city. The owner of that place was a true Chicago hero. May he rest in peace.

[@erikuslan9258]

Byron’s over Superdawg is wild. To each their own I guess.

[@queen0karaoke]

y'all are making me crave Chicago style dogs!! yummm since you like to play with food, what if you made a corn dog out of the vienna beef then dressed it like a Chicago style dog

[@AcidGlow]

I haven't had a hotdog for maybe 6 months. Now i'm craving it. I like beef