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Hot diggity dogs

1 post · Sep 25, 1997

John L.Sep 25, 1997
On Sun, 21 Sep 1997 07:52:34 -0500, "Michael R. Macygin"
Someone wrote:
>I'm a die hard Jimmy's Hot Dog Stand fanatic. It's located on the corner
>of Grand & Pulaski. The neighborhood is a bit tough, but Chicago's
>finest is always dropping in for a dog or Polish, so I've never heard of
>any problems.
>
>Jimmy's make their dogs with Vienna Red Hots (prerequsite for it to be a
>Chicago Hot Dog), steamed buns and the condiments available are:
>mustard, relish, onions and those tiny little green hot peppers. Notice
>the lack of ketchup in the above list. If you'd like to make an ass out
>of yourself, go to Jimmy's, order a dog, and ask them to put ketchup on
>it! They don't even stock ketchup for their home made fries.

I haven't found anyplace with a better dog than Jimmy's! And those fries are cut from fresh potatoes right on premises. So much better than the frozen ones you get at most places.

My top dogs:

#1    Jimmy's
#2    Gene & Jude's on River Road near Belmont
#3    Byron's on Irving (and other locations)
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