Chicago Hotdogs

Bill-Chicago said:

I think the Italian Beef is the under sung hero for Chicago...


It has so much more potential, but it is so easy to get wrong, that visitors gets a bad one and are unimpressed.


WilliamKY, you did a great recreation!


Living here, I didn't grow up on those, we had different versions around the city, mine was a Chicago Depression dog style, but all of them in my neighborhood had ketchup, and some high fallootin yutz here said ketchup is a no and it stuck. Probably a north sider.


We never had the garden style when I was a kid.


Go figure


Your's looks tasty

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LYU370 said:

Yellow mustard, diced white onion, neon green pickle relish, two half moon slices of tomato, pickle spear, sport peppers & a sprinkle of celery salt. In that order.

A lot of places will ask if you want peppers, many people say no. So if you can't find them or don't like them, it's still a Chicago dog without them.

To make your own neon green relish, just add a drop or two of blue food coloring and mix well. Don't over do it, or you will end up with blue relish.

Have lived in the NW side of the Chicago area almost my entire life, the only people I've ever heard say drag it through the garden were people not from Chicago. We just ask for it with everything. South side of the city may be different.

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