British Verdict on America's Chicago-Style Hot Dog
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2023
- After living in Chicago for seven years, I decided the time was right to try a Chicago-style hot dog for the very first time. Here's what I found.
Join 'Lost in the Pond' to get access to my secret video series, Diary of a TH-cam Sensation:
/ @lostinthepond
Get your 'Lost in the Pond' tee-shirt at PondLand: my-store-ccb045.creator-sprin...
Subscribe to my channel: / @lostinthepond
- Support me on Patreon: / lostinthepond
- Follow me on Twitter: / lostinthepondus
- Follow me on Instagram: / laurence.m.brown
- Follow me on Facebook: / lostinthepond
- Visit my website: www.LostinthePond.com - ตลก
I've always thought that the pickle wedge is tucked into the hot dog bun for efficient packaging, not because it's supposed to be eaten in the bun. In other words, I always take out the pickle and eat it on the side. Also, if you want a Chicago dog with everything on it, tell them to "drag it through the garden."
That's "diner speak" and also applies to hamburgers and other sandwiches.
I agree. I'd much rather have the deli pickle on the side that I can use as a pallet cleanser or just eat a couple bites when I want. Pickles can such an overpowering taste that all you get is the pickle and none of the more subtle flavors present.
I was about to say that's how I would deal with the pickle.
I am a Chicago lifer(54 yrs. old) and no one including me has ever said "drag it through the garden". I have heard it said on TV but zero Chicagoans say that. Go to Wiener Circle and say that, I dare you.🤣✌❣🌭
@@miked51At The Wiener's Circle it doesn't matter what you say, you're gonna' be verbally abused regardless. 😆
Never thought I’d enjoy watching a 10 minute video of a man eating a hot dog but here we are. 😂 Great video Lawrence!
*Laurence
😂😂😂😂🎉👏🏼👏🏼
Man bites dog. Film at 11.
He does have his own unique style. Fascinating to watch 😅
HAHAHA HILARIOUS JOKE EXCEPT FOOTAGE OF HIM EATING A HOT DOG MAKES UP ABOUT 30 SECONDS OF THE ENTIRE VIDEO SO WHO LOOKS STUPID NOW?
"I think I want two hot dogs for my greedy self"
"You do what you need to do"
This woman understands hot dogs.
Aside from the vegies, the real secret of a Chicago hotdog is celery salt. Pretty much as long as you don't use ketchup, anything else goes. I eat the pickle separately most of the time.
Yep, and some places leave it off! A criminal offense!
I always knew the chicagoans are freakin lunatics 😂😂😂😂 you crazy weirdos 😂😂😂
Also poppy seed bun.
Celery salt is a staple in my house.
And the "sport peppers"
Attended a wedding in Chicago. Rocking reception with a live band playing until 2am and a well stocked open bar. At 1am, platters of Chicago style dogs came out. It is one of the best moments of my life.
Sounds like an invitation to heartburn right there.
I call shenanigans. What venue in Chicago allows for 2:00am weddings?
@@JohannGambolputty22 Reception went on until 2 a.m.
That's a Chicago tradition at weddings
@@sallyphillips9175 When I say “wedding” yeah dude. I’m referring to the reception. You think I’m talking about a priest up at 2:00am saying “you may kiss the bride” Seriously?!
Trust me Lawrence, most of us from Chicago grew up on tavern style pizza. Thin, crispy crust pizza cut into squares. Deep dish pizza is a treat, sometimes reserved for out of town guests.
Yes! We hardly ever ate deep dish style when I lived in Chicago. It was always tavern style. Either Vince's or Leona's.
Chicago Resident: _oh hey next week our old neighbors are going to be in town for a few days_ _they wanted to hang out_
Chicago Resident: _alright we'll take 'em to Giordano's then we'll go bar hopping_
*People* *Visiting* *Chicago* : _So when we're in Chi-town next week we're gonna hook up with our old neighbors_
*People* *Visiting* *Chicago* : _okay but they better not make us eat that rediculous cheese concoction they think is pizza_
*People* *Visiting* *Chicago* : _huh?_
*People* *Visiting* *Chicago* : _"Chicago_ *_deep dish_* "? 🙄
*People* *Visiting* *Chicago* : _oh_ ... _oh god_ (starts texting) _Is lactose intolerance hyphenated?_
Came here to say this. I eat the occasional slice of deep dish, but 9 times out of 10, I'm eating tavern cut thin crust. It's just got a better ratio of ingredients.
Tavern style pizza is the best. Vito & Nick's was our place to get pizza.
Same, here. Born and raised in Chicago, never even heard of deep dish until I had gone away to college, then came back for a visit, and some new college friends from the suburbs were appalled that I'd never had it, so we went to Uno's.
I was not impressed.
Proud Chicago Hot Dog lover here: 1. Feel free to order without the pickle (as long as you dont put on ketchup, that would get you kicked out of Chicago) 2. Portillios is a great intro, but a chain and the best dogs are indie shops. I'll take the 4.5!
Chicago dogs are great, but next time you're at Portillo's try the Italian beef sandwiches. You can get it with either hot peppers or sweet peppers (green bell pepper slices). Very tasty!
Has to be an italian beef and sausage with mozzy cheese and dipped. The way ya like it dripping down your arm YA!
And extra dipped!
To be honest, if you're going to get an italian beef you're better off getting it at a decent joint instead of the tourist trap that is portillos.
When I go to Portillo’s I usually get the double cheeseburger ( I know I can get a burger anywhere). I also can get a better Italian Beef or Hotdog in a lot of places
Chicago style Italian Beef, some of my favorite food...I now live in FL. People here haven't a clue...Freddies (on 31st) and Al's...I miss it.
If you want to try a true depression dog, since you live in Chicago, head just outside of Chicago to River Grove to Gene & Jude’s. They are pretty famous. It has no pickles in its traditional hot dog. It was a cheap meal for depression times. The hot dog is topped with mustard, relish, onion and sport peppers. Topped off with a generous helping of fresh cut fries. The do not serve ketchup. They have their hot dogs made according to their specifications. A truly unique taste. It’s so good. If you want to try some libations, head around the corner to the oldest Tiki Bar in Illinois Hala Kahiki. A truly unique and fun experience.
Oh man, I forgot about Gene & Jude’s! But for hot dogs, I’ll stick with Superdawg.
My aunt introduced my cousins and I to both places once we were all the legal drinking age. I guess it was something fun for her and her friends when they were in their 20's; go to Gene and Jude's for a hot dog, then Hala Kahiki for drinks afterwards. It was fun! 😊
(Although, slight correction: Gene and Jude's isn't open 24 hours, although they are open pretty late. 😉 I only know because I went there with a friend in the morning, and we had to wait for them to open.)
Hours:
Tuesday 10.30 AM-1 AM
Wednesday 10.30 AM-1 AM
Thursday 10.30 AM-1 AM
Friday 10.30 AM-2 AM
Saturday 10.30 AM-2 AM
Sunday 10.30 AM-1 AM
Monday 10.30 AM-1 AM
My go to is red hot ranch
I love no ketchup
As a Chicagoan now living in the UK, how I miss Portillo's! I've never been a huge fan of Chicago dogs, but after 2 years away, I could eat about 12.
Living vicariously through your videos.
The Vienna Beef factory store people told me people would visit the store to buy 10 pound boxes to bring home with them if visiting friends and family in Chicago. Never knew what they'd have in stock at any given time - Firedogs, caseless wieners, casing dogs - and they made them in many different sizes, from little skinny ones to ones that were (to quote a friend's wife) "obscene".
I know how you feel. I missed Portillos when I lived in the UK too. Had to have it every time I came to visit
Am I smelling a collaboration..?
Living in the Tampa Bay area, I stopped off at Portillo's for dinner this past Friday. Yum!
Edit: only a child puts catsup/ketchup on a hot dog. Ask Dirty Harry.
I live In Colorado, but my Dad lives in the Naperville area. Definitely miss Portillo's as well!!!
In my experience, the best way to eat a Chicago Dog is to remove the pickle from the the bun/hot dog assembly and eat two- handed; that way you can balance the sourness of the pickle with the other ingredients. works for me!
As a Chicagoan, we only eat Deep Dish if we’re craving lasagna. I’ve probably had more Detroit style pizzas than deep dishes. Although, the Chicago Tavern Style is the go-to, and in my opinion, the best pizza in the world.
Native Detroiter. I like our style, but it can be a bit bready. Chicago deep dish is great, so heavy you eat it with a fork.
I would say our conies are the best, though.
You're all heretics. Brooklyn style is the only pizza. You can keep your tomato cheese bread cake.
North East has the best in the country
@VeraBrightfeather I'm in Boston and it's mostly thin pizza, but very good. Alot of Italians here who've had their shops open for generations
As a life-time Chicagoan, I have no problem taking a big pickle off the hot dog to eat sort of as a "side", there is, after all, unnaturally dyed pickle relish already involved, so you aren't missing the pickle aspect by eating the pickle spear separately!
THAT is the only aspect I don't like. It's too green.
@@Sorrowdusk
I think that green color was created in a lab.
Reminds me of when I ate tacos in south texas. I'd always leave an empty tortilla at the bottom of the plate so when I'm done with my tacos- Low and behold I have an extra.
The pickle must be removed and eaten separately.
Thank you for the tutorial. Here in Georgia, where we take food more than seriously, Chicago dogs are seen about as exotic and gourmet as Thai food. So I'm not being facetious. Thank you for the tutorial.
personally, i think it's the celery salt that really kicks it up. At the very least, it's a flavor you can't ignore. But i'm one of those folks who also enjoy texture in their food and snapping through a pickle, tomato, pepper, and the hot dog itself is a pretty nice experience
Yep! It's not chicago style without a good dose of celery salt!
I totally agree, celery salt is the secret ingredient that pulls it all together along with the sesame seed bun. Lawrence was living on the edge there there when he contemplated putting ketchup on that dog. While he hovered over that masterpiece with ketchup, my cursor was hovering over the un-subscribe button. 😉
Poppy seed? @@steveanderson9290
I'm a Chicagoland native, and Portillo's is my absolute FAVORITE restaurant. It's awesome that they're finally expanding outside of Illinois. You can order home delivery if you don't live near one. While the Chicago Hot Dog is delicious, the Italian Beef sandwich is the star of the show. My favorite way to eat a beef sandwich is to order it with extra gravy because the roll will still be crusty on the outside but soft on the inside. If I want it extra messy and delicious, then I order the sandwich dipped in the au jus gravy. I like it topped with sweet peppers and the same cheese sauce they use for their cheese fries. It's a delicigasm! And for dessert? Portillos makes THE BEST strawberry shortcake I've ever eaten. Their chocolate cake is famous, as is their chocolate cake shake. I'm making myself hungry just thinking about it! 🤤
Yeah, I remember their Italian Beef sandwiches with pleasure, open face is best with lots of au jus.
No, a hot dog is not a sandwich. It's a hot dog, which is its own thing, like a hamburger.
Portillos has gone mad mid since the takeover, go to the city tf
@jw5931 I live about an hour and a half northwest of downtown Chicago. My local Portillo's is just as delicious as the stores I've gone to in Chicago.
I can make or get a Chicago Dog almost anywhere, now Chicago style Italian Beef is very hard to find outside of Chicago
I'm born and raised southwest side Chicago, and I grew up with an abbreviated version of this which has now been termed a "Depression dog." Places like Jimmy's, 35th St Red Hots, and Gene and Jude's do it: Just mustard, onions, relish and optional sport peppers. My local joint (a Nicky's) also put a pickle spear, but I always eat that separately, no matter the style. Sometimes I want the full Vienna-beef approved 7-ingredient dog, but most of the time, it's a bit overkill, especially with the flavorless tomatoes most places use. At least the celery salt helps perk up the tomatoes. The important points are the dog must be natural casing, and, for me at least, they gotta have sport peppers. They're not really that hot, but they are pleasant little acid bombs that just work for me with that dog.
Gene n Judes of course needs the hand cut fries stacked on top and wrapped with a sheet of waxed paper
@@416dl Yeah, Jimmy's, 35th St. Red Hots, Red Hot Ranch, and I think Chickie's, as well, all do it that way. Must be part of the style. My Nicky's did it separately, though, but they also had normal skinless shoesstring fries, not the (IMHO much tastier) skin-on freshly cut potatoes you get at the other places.
You HAVE to try an Italian beef, dipped, with or without peppers. Portillo's is my favorite beef place, but there are other great places, too. Also, Demon dogs were the best Chicago Style Hot Dog, and the old Maxwell Street Market was a great place to get a brat. They were nice and greasy, LOL
I happily volunteer to introduce Laurence to Johnnies in Forest Park, or vice versa
I love Portillo’s beef. Highly recommend Al’s Beef. It’s the most amazing beef I’ve ever had. (There are a few locations.)
i usually get the italian beef and sausage combo.
@@296jacqi My sister misses Portillo's beefs so bad I send her some every Christmas. I think there's one Portillo's in CA. and it's nowhere near her! When I go to Portillo's I always snap a picture of the italian beef and send it to her, just to taunt her.
I'm spoiled in MN having a Portillo's about 5 miles away. When they first opened, nobody knew what it was, so the line was short... then they'd see these monster dipped beef sandwiches, dogs, etc as your lunch, word spread and the line got too long to do a quick lunch run haha I spent a few years by Joliet as a kid, so I knew what they were... :D
OK, you elicited an actual belly laugh with your joke about "a little known place called Portillo's". I may be from Chicago but I've always been a huge fan of British humor, well done, perfect delivery 👍👍👍
Pip, Pip
So, the awesome thing about portillos is that they have giant beers for a price you would have seen a decade ago. I usually avoid drinking but it's such a good social deal I can't help it once in a while.
That hot dog looks so good. One thing to mention is to mix the mayo with the ketchup on the fries is so good. I believe that is the "fancy ketchup" found at Wendy's.
Some 50 years ago when I was new to Chicago, I tried a dog from a food truck. Everybody said, just get everything, so I did. Couldn't handle the peppers back then, but I LOVED that dog, and all the ones that followed after.
Oh, and asking if it's a sandwich is a great way to start a war.
It's meat on bread, so it's a sandwich.
The first and only time I had a hot dog from a cart in Chicago, the results were explosive. I came to the perhaps unfair conclusion that all the trimmings were there to mask the meat paste tube that may very well have had dog and or cat in it. I tested my theory at O'Hare by ordering a plain hotdog and discovered, to my dismay, that it was the same inedible tube of dog, cat and maybe squirrel mush. Fortunately, I had enough time before my flight to leave the barely digested hotdog in Chicago, much to the relief of my fellow passengers. On the question of whether or not it's a sandwich, only an ignorant heathen would call it one. It's a freakin' hotdog!
@@grantrichards4950 You obviously didn’t have a Vienna Brand Hot Dog. Don’t ever buy a hot dog from a cart or a truck. That’s just asking for trouble.
@@robertabarnhart6240if it's something *on* bread then it most certainly isn't a sandwich. It should be between or 'in' bread to be a sandwich. A so-called open-topped/open-faced sandwich technically isn't a sandwich.
@robertabarnhart6240 you have four appendages and an asshxle, so you're a horse.
See the flaw in your logic?
Feldman on Coney Island wrapped his dogs in bread first, later rolls. He lost so many China plates and metal utensils to the beach goers he needed something else. He wrapped the sausage in bread because it was easier to consume and absorbed some of the grease. These went into a paper bag and were thus sand-proof down at the beach.
Necessity. The mother of all inventions.
should be top comment
But the Coney ISLAND hot dog was invented in Michigan 😅
Very excited, we are getting a Portillo's in my Texas town in a couple of months 👍
Watching him take a bite out of that Chicago Dog actually made my mouth water.
Don't worry. You're not nearly the only Chicagoan to remove the pickle before eating. The pickle is better used as a palate cleanser after the dog.
Yep
Do you really want to be on the bad side of Baby Jesus?
@@tan-jelloGo away. Nobody is hating on Jesus.
The pickle is best when it's nowhere near the hotdog, the bag or the plate. Pickle juice on a plate ruins everything it touches.
Why would anyone want to cleanse their palate after having a Chicago Hot Dog. Thats heresy.
I think the ratio of people recommending their favorite Chicago dog without disparaging Portillo's and saying get whatever toppings you like outweighs pedantry, which makes me happy. Those weird super processed tamales are also one of my favorite Chicago exports.
i didn't anticipate when i moved away i wouldn't be able to find the frozen tamales in the cellophane 😪😪
The tamales that came in a can?
Gotta have a bunch of tamales and a pizza puff!
@@milissasilks2174 no, paper wrapper.
Removing the pickle isn't nearly the crime that adding ketchup would have been. That was a close call.
The crew used to go that Portillos in Skokie for lunch when we felt like wandering around in a food coma for the rest of the afternoon.
The type of pickle on the hotdog is normally called a kosher dill spear (as opposed to an unsliced kosher dill pickle.) What Americans call gherkins are very small, lumpy pickles. They come from specific variety of small cucumber that is purposely used for pickling and turning into a gherkin.
Awesome review! Not sure I'd get the peppers on there, but the rest looked highly edible.
I like the hamburger pickle which is much more sour.
Brits call all pickled cucumbers gherkins. A pickle to them is anything that's been pickled (especially any sort of sour, pickled vegetable hash, as is commonly served with Indian dishes).
@@ncooty From the German "gurken" (for cucumber I think, and there may or may not be umlauts over the u). i suppose there's that skyscraper called "The Gherkin" in London, too... 😁 My favorite pickle were sweet gherkins.. I could eat a whole bottle at a time, it's just that they weren't that cheap so I didn't buy them very often. These days I'd settle for any pickled cucumber. I've recently been making sauerkraut (following videos on TH-cam) - I wonder if the same method might work for whole cucumbers.
Non-Kosher is better of course
I was just in Chicago last week visiting a friend (I live in Tampa, FL). The first place I went after getting off my plane was Portillo's and ordered a jumbo Chicago style hot dog with everything and an Italian Beef sandwich (no cheese, sweet peppers and dipped). To say you made my day with this video is an understatement! Love your channel mate. It's the closet thing to Monty Python style British humor an old guy like me can find these days. Thank you!
We have two Portillo's that I know of in the Tampa area, one on Fowler Ave. and one in Brandon and then there is Mel's near Busch Gardens which has a$$ kick'n dogs of all types!
yeah that's an expensive hotdog when you have them in Tampa lol
There’s 2 Portillo’s in Tampa. 1 in St. Petersburg and 2 near Orlando.
A sweet hot combo (I like dipped but in a combo its just too much) and a Chicago dog for later is my roadtrip food driving to and from Chicago
Moved out of the Chicago suburbs 7 years ago and there are no Italian beef sandwiches or spicy giardiniera where I live. I order Portillos from the website every couple months. Thank god they offer that. Midwest food is the best.
Gotta do the beef and sausage sandwich w/ hot peppers and then dipped in their gravy.
My wife and I recently got to visit Chicago and watched this video before the trip. This helped us find lunch while we where there. Thanks for the good info.
I think you need to try all the regional variations of hot dogs. Do a whole series.
And right the travel expenses off on your taxes! 😅
Yeah!
Yes! Go to Fort Wayne, Indiana and try the famous Coney Island hot dogs! They are a national treasure! But only from the location downtown in Fort Wayne.
Laurence, don’t forget the celery salt…not a Chicago Dog without ! BTW…most Chicagoland residents prefer tavern style pizza ( Detroit style ? ). Deep Dish is for tourists !
Tavern is different from Detroit. Detroit style is a square thick crust. Little Ceasars square isn't true Detroit but closer.
@@alboyer6I assumed Detroit style was getting robbed after you get the pizza
Yes, most deep dish is for the tourists. Locals call the tavern style "thin crust".
Lol, I pretty much just said the same about deep dish
Ah, I've had that passing through Chicagoland (Some random suburban area we got off the road to, I forget where, exactly. Solid ordinary pizza I'd have called it. :) )
Chicago native, and still living there, that pickle removal tore at my soul! We have the best hotdogs in the world hands down! 😎
To be honest, the other additions are what really make a Chicago dog to me. You need the poppy seed bun, tomatoes, sport peppers; the pickle shouldn’t be so up front in my opinion. Something you didn’t mention was the celery seed! Very important to the flavor of a Chicago dog. Also, the relish absolutely needs to be neon green.
I get that you were intent on reviewing the Chicago style hot dog, but I sincerely hope Tara did the sensible thing and ordered an Italian beef sandwich. Worth the trip to Portillo's to get one!
Agreed! Washed down with a cake shake
Really? Perhaps the chain here is going belly up because at two different locations, their beef is always dried out and grainy.
It always blows my mind when I see people eating salad at Portillo's. I actually worked for Portillo's back in 1980 when there were only 2 restaurants. Dick Portillo would stop in all the time. We even threw him a 40th birthday party (and gave him a joke blow up doll).
@@srellison561 Nothing against their Italian beef, dogs, Maxwell Street Polish, and even their burgers, but don't knock the salad... Portillo's (technically Barnelli's) chopped salad is excellent, not very healthy, but excellent.
Personally, I never cared much for their beef sandwiches but it's hard to beat Tony's or Pop's, so I blame it on being spoiled.
Tara is the internet's most fab wife-chaperone. She saved this vid over and over again. She's the Tara we got, not the Tara we deserve.
Love you Tara! 👋
Oddly phrased, but I think I know what you mean. I like Tara too. 😊
@@sschmidtevalueyes, the hyperbolic I think that they meant the Tara we didn't know we needed"
I think she needs to lay off the hot dogs for a while.
@@LindaC616 Nah- I think they meant, we are unworthy of the Tara we got.
the only person who says his intro each and every time! OHHh Lawrence! love the dedication!!!
So love this guy’s accent. I could listen to British people talk for hours. 👍
Dude, your wife and yourself are a great team. She should be in more videos with you.
All she does is tell him what to do. Leave her home.
I vote for the wife to come along more often.
I almost always take the pickle off and eat it separately. Really as long as it has mustard, onions and relish, I’m not gonna be unhappy. Superdawg is my personal favorite hot dog place in Chicago.
It's not a Chicago dog without the celery salt, though.
This is hilarious! So glad youtube recommended this video! Easy sub!
I was actually astounded at how good those hot dogs were. I didn't like most of the ingredients separately but combined they're greater than the sum of its parts.
When I moved to Chicago for a few years for work I thought that hot dog was going to be disgusting. It's life changing how good it is. I'm sad I can't have them anymore and put celery salt on all of my hot dogs now because of it. It's immaculate.
The real crime is some restaurants claim you're getting a Chicago style and they don't put celery salt on it.
They clearly have no idea what they're doing.
You can order Portillos online.
You can order kits from Vienna Beef to make your own Chicago dogs
Thank you for stopping him before he added ketchup!!
Ketchup is for kids.
that was some Hitchcock-tier suspense XD
Food hipsters are the worst hipsters. Let people enjoy the food they love, ya judgemental muffins.
If only she'd stopped him before he dipped his fries in mayonnaise.
People need to get a life. Let people put what they want on their food
Born and raised in Michigan never knew we had a hotdogs style. I love Chicago's style.
Your wife is hilarious. I love watching you two interact.
Well, having been born in Chicago, and lived within at least 3/4 of a mile of Chicago, my entire life…I have eaten untold numbers of Chicago dogs. I have even made them at home, with the proper sport peppers, and the neon green relish, and yes, the celery salt. I do like the pickles. And I will throw in another recommendation for Gene and Jude’s.
Is the neon green relish merely the result of food coloring or is there some other ingredient that turns it that color? Is the taste significantly different from that of normal relish? Also, where can I buy those sport peppers? Love them thangz yum 😊
Funny I just mentioned the same thing about Gene and Jude's I should have read the comments first.
I am a lifelong California resident But in the rare times I have been to Chicago Gene and Jude's is a must stop.
@@extract8058 it’s food coloring. Mostly it’s an aesthetic to make the hot dog look colorful. Bright green relish, red tomatoes, yellow mustard… It’s all about bold colors.
The celery salt is the secret, and once it's in your spice collection, you will use it eeeeeeeverywhere
I have also lived within at least 3/4 of a mile of Chicago my whole life. I've never been to Chicago.
I like pickles, but not on hot dogs. Thank you for making me laugh every time. I have no idea how you came up in my suggestions last year, but I'm so glad you did!
I've been through Chicago numerous times in the past 48 years of life as a native Hoosier and truck driver. I had my first Chicago-style hot dog at Portillos in Bolingbrook just this past month. (BTW, Lawrence, there's a Portillos near Anderson, when you visit your in-laws.) I was equally unimpressed.
1) I like the pickle, but it's better as a side dish.
2) Sliced tomatoes added nothing.
3) Seeds on the bun added nothing.
4) All I could taste was the pickle, meat, mustard, and spicy pepper. That's what most of my hot dogs taste like unless I'm having a chili dog.
Have I been secretly eating Chicago-style hot dogs my entire life and didn't know it?
Removal of the pickle-fail.😅 I ❤️your impressions of the Chicago style. That and the deep dish pizza are delicious and over the top.
😅 Lost in the Pond restaurant sign: "Do that NOW!"
600,000 and counting.
Congratulations, Laurence! 🎉
Oh, I just noticed! Congratulations on 600,000, Laurence. 🎉🎉🎉
Its ok Lawrence, as a native Chicagoan….you have my permission/approval/backing at least to remove the pickle from the situation! 😂 I’d do the same!
I find it depends a bit on the size and crunch of the pickle. They can be overwhelming.
Had my first "Chicago Dog" in Michigan when I was 18 and was absolutely loved it. Later spent 12 years around the Chicago metro area and OFTEN had Chicago Dogs at Portillo's (expensive) and Goodies (much cheaper but uses a hotdog frank instead of a polish sausage). Still love them today.
Holy cow! You’re funny as hell! I’m so happy I found you❤😆
I can't eat the thick casing you find on most "Chicago style" hot dogs (digestive issues). But, depending on my mood, it's going to be a dog with mustard/ onion & cheese, a dog with chili, cheese & onion, or a dog with mustard & onion only. Loved the video! Keep 'em coming, & let's see more of Tara! She's a nice addition to the food videos.
My favourite way to hot dog is boiled on a steamed bun with chopped raw jalapenos, onions, and yellow mustard. But You have convinced me that I would like Chicago style as well. Sandwich is a generic term for anything between bread but hamburgers and hot dogs are more clearly and specifically defined. So while all hot dogs are sandwiches, most sandwiches are not hot dogs.
Add some ketchup and that’s my home hot dog recipe too!
Love your British style humor... No pun intended.
Laurence, BEGGING you to make a video visiting the Weiner’s Circle on Clark St! Order a Chocolate milkshake and RIP your friendly British soul…
😅😅
Yeah, you need to visit Weiner Circle. It's an experience and all will be quite amused.
They make a very tasty hot dog too!
Demonitized in 3, 2, 1
@@hughdavidvisor1769 🤣 imagine the number of bleeps! We'll have to read the lips! 🤣
We recently got our first Portillo's here in Dallas and I was overjoyed. First time since I moved down from the midwest that I've been able to have an Italian Beef (always dipped!) and now they're building a second with several more on the books!!! The first one's such a massive success the line wraps around the block even months on.
I'm jealous. :) I considered ordering an Italian beef pack from Vienna hot dog online and it's mad expensive. I do not regret my case of pizza puffs I ordered from Iltaco though. That deserves a repeat, lol.
I'm a Dallas native, didn't know we have one just had to look them up. Next time my work takes me up to the colony I'm checking them out.
@@davidayers7796 It's at Grandscapes in The Colony. And they're building a second near the outlet stores in Allen.
And the bright green relish is PARAMOUNT on a Chicago style hotdog! But the pickle is quite often removed and eaten separately.
I agree that the size of the pickle spear is often too big. My approach is to take off the pickle and eat it separately. That way I can get just the right amount of pickle along with each bite of hot dog.
I take the pickle off and eat it along with the hot dog myself.
A lot of people in Chicago do that. It's like an extra side dish to
enjoy with the hot dog.
There is a scaled down version of the Chicago style hot dog that I thought was the depression dog. It is a hot dog topped with mustard, relish, onions, and peppers. No tomatoes or pickle. They have this at Gene and Jude's in River Grove. Each hot dog comes topped with a mountain of fries. If you go there, bring cash, as they are cash only.
The scaled-down version of it sounds better.
How is it "scaled down" if it comes topped with a mountain of fries? lol 😂
And now I have to ask, what type of fries are we talkin here? Shoestring? Curly? Krinkle-cut? Steak fries?
Sorry but I got to know.
Mustard, relish and onions is what Sonic calls an All-American dog
@@cmarkn And hot peppers.
Chicago dog looks awesome!
Chicagoan here, dump the ridiculous pickle. Hilarious take on my home town, Ringo. Well done!
Thanks so much for including both, Detroit style pizza & Michigan Coney dogs. Most people just pretend that we & our awesome/unique food don’t even exist. 😂
What's a Michigan Coney [hot] dog...or should I just fuck myself?
Wait a minute. Michigan, NOT New York. Sorry. The word Coney threw me for a loop.
So what's a Michigan Coney [hot] dog - & yes I've reloaded and there's a round in the chamber. (assuming we're in Detroit)
yes!! I live in Northern Lower Michigan and we do get forgotten a lot don't we? I think we should suggest that he get a real Yooper pasty and try it. Cant beat that taste!!!! :D
@@cathyfrederick5073he might be familiar with pasties cuz they're Cornish originally
Detroit style pizza chain is how I should have worded that sentence.
The art of the Chicago dog is fitting as many different ingredients (besides ketchup) without it falling a part. And I also always take off the pickle, but so I can eat it separately
If you want ketchup go for it. You bought it. It's your dog.
I'm an Arizonan, so the Sonoran dog holds a dear place in my heart. But I do enjoy Chicago dogs, too. Separately, I don't enjoy pickles, mustard, or relish, but the combination along with the other toppings works for me
You're a hoot Lawrence, you crack me up. You should consider stand-up comedy, good job!
My husband (native Chicagoan) says the pickle gets taken off and eaten separately (by those who like pickles). I love Chicago style hot dogs and actually do not like regular hot dogs. The addition of the veg, sport peppers, celery salt, just makes it. We live in Kansas now and it's tricky to find sport peppers. My husband puts sliced cucumber on the Chicago dogs instead of pickle. I love them! :)
Have a cousin that lives in So. Illinois and it used to be really hard to get all the fixins for a Chicago dog so she would call my mom and she would send care packages with the buns correct radioactive colored relish Roseland buns along with the stuff to make Italian beef sandwiches and every once in awhile a take and bake Chicago style thin crust with some frozen White Castle this was before you could get them in the frozen section
@chriscahill1005 That's awesome. I have had the Poppyseed buns sent. Now all his family lives in FL, so no more care packages!
@@fadilahbadra you can order food packs from Portello's from their Italian beef to Chicago dogs to ship anywhere in the US at least
Your husband is right about the pickle. I’m born and raised and still in Chicago. I take the pickle off. You already have the relish on it so to me the pickle is a side if you want it. Most of the time I give it to someone I’m with who like pickles.
We put cucumber slices on the hotdogs at the place (not Portillos) I worked at back in the '80's.
I have to admit that the moment you were about to put ketchup on your hot dog, I reached out to the screen and mentally screamed "Noooo" like in an action movie. Good thing the Mrs. stopped you.
Ditto!
Even Harry Callahan is disgusted with ketchup on a hot dog.
Me too!
That is only a Chicago thing in Illinois. Go anywhere out of the burbs, and we all use it.
Is it just me or is a Chicago dog just an italian cultural appropriation of a proper germanic dog.
For the BEST Chicago hot dog: Jimmy's on Grand and Pulaski. Fabulous fries, amazing hot dog. Mustard, relish, onions, sport peppers and celery salt. Life-changing.
You've officially made me homesick 😢. I moved from Chicago area for the very 1st time when I was 57 and I'm70 now! I love Portillo's. Next time you go try the Italian beef or beef and sausage combo 😋 yummy!
Thank you for the recognition of the Detroit Coney. Don't care if you like them or not, a shout out is just fine.
Love the Detroit coney dogs. 👏👏🇨🇦
I grew up in West Virginia so our usual go to is a Carolina style slaw dog. Chili, coleslaw, mustard and sometimes onions. Good stuff! I love watching your videos! ❤
We can debate the Slaw Line but to me certain sauces (hot and dry) work better with a little slaw than the sweeter tasting sauces do.
I'm from South Carolina and I love a Slaw Dog!
I like those as well
I live in Florida and maybe 15-20 years ago a friend of a friend told me about a local place that made Chicago style hot dogs. I tried it a few days later and was hooked and became a regular until sadly they closed. We did get a Portillo's about a year ago so I have been able to enjoy a Chicago hot dog again. Glad to know that many Chicagoans also remove the pickle spear and eat separately.
I hope you are Heavily armed. Polk county sheriff said Florida going to hell.
I like to buy my pickles at Menards.
But they are a home improvement chain!
Yes, but they sell pickles made in Poland. They are milder and taste like pickles made by our mom.
I visited Chicago for the first time last week. Happened upon a Portillo's and ordered a Chicago style hot dog. LOVED it, pickle and all. Also got some cheese fries. Went back the next day for the double cheeseburger. I have zero regrets.
AND YOU HAVE ZERO TASTE AND YOU LACK STREET CULINARY SUAVE...
portillos is known for it's dogs and beefs and sausages, but yes, they make a damn good burger as well.
No chocolate cake shake? They put a whole slice in! Never been to Chicago, but it's supposed to be stupendous.
I’ve not lived in Chicago for decades now, but find myself, from time to time, longing for a truly authentic Chicago style hot dog.
While you prefer the cacophony of flavo(u)rs sans pickle, it’s the hot peppers which I find overwhelming. To each their own.
I’m glad you didn’t drop the ketchup on the dog; the crowd would have turned into a mob, and put you on a stake to serve as a reminder for others to not use that “condiment of the barbarian,” as Chicagoans call it.
Try cracking the peppers in half and just squeezing some of the juice onto the hotdog.. gives it a zing without being too much
I have a Midwest family and they're just used to me abhorring mustard. It just never jived. Have to do the ketchup.
I’ve been gone for 15 years, the only place I get dogs is at the golf course or at home. I have my celery salt in my golf bag
Lifelong Chicagoan here, I always take the pickle off and eat it separately as desired. The relish provides all the pickle flavor I require for the sandwich duing the eating experience. No need to apologize for taking off the extra pickle. It's your dog!!
We have Portillos here in Detroit now. I've been to Chicago and had Chicago dogs there many times, but I'm allergic to the preservatives now, so I get the veggie dog version. Still so excellent.
He missed the Cincinnati Coney dog: a half sized hot dog covered in Cincinnati style chili & shredded cheese (plus mustard and diced onion if you have class.)
I'm so happy you mentioned Cincinnati. Thank you 😊
I would love to see him eat this! Also, I think his humor would fit having a 3-way!
I was going to comment on Cincinnati-style cheese coneys too, but you're right. Laurence needs a three-way. 😂
I feel like you may have been the first person to get water out of that soda machine in a long while.
I always find it funny to have the lemonaid be the water spigot
Probably the first time that nozzle had been WASHED in MONTHS !!! 😂
You people clearly do not understand how those drink machines operate. Every time someone got lemonade from that spout, they were getting water. All the water lever does is dispense the water without the lemonade concentrate. If they wanted to give you the option to get plain carbonated water they could do the same thing one of the soda spouts.
No, just the first since the last person to get lemonade.
@@bmortlock1956 - Health codes require them to be washed and soaked every night, or rotated out for a clean set if open 24 hours.
In Georgia the top dog is the Scramble Dog. It was invented right around the corner from where I used to live.
What's a sport pepper? Laurence, if you ever happen to be heading east for some reason, you may enjoy a stop in Buffalo. It's like a miniature Chicago - and it has great hot dogs, once you've eaten the obligatory wings, pizza, and beef on weck. Ted's is the chain to look for; they cook them over charcoal, making tiny cuts all over the dogs which open up, exposing the maximum area of dog to the charcoal. Have a footlong with curley fries and a loganberry pop.
Yes, I've had a Chicago style hot dog, and while I do like pickles (I make them, too), I really don't like one that big on a hot dog. Considering that relish is made with minced pickles, it seems a bit superfluous! I like tasting something other than pickle.
I grew up near Chicago and ate my hotdogs with mustard, onions, and …. catsup. Many years ago there was a place in Des Plaines that would add cucumbers and celery salt to the usual toppings.
I have not had a Chicago dog but the thing about Florida is that we get types from all across the nation. There is a Chicago hot dog place about 5 minutes away which I'm now inspired to try now
I, too, am a non-Chicago native living in Chicago and when someone at my place of employment told me back in 1979 that they were going to have a hot dog for lunch, I could not for the life of me understand why. But, then I saw the thing and realized it was more than just a wiener in a bun and I was then introduced to the world of Chicago hotdogs.
As someone who was born and raised in greater Chicagoland I was never a fan of the large chunks of toppings because you could get a bite of just one ingredient. I have always preferred to dice up all the ingredients and mix them up just before putting them on the dog with the mustard and celery salt. This way each bite has a mix of all ingredients. One thing I have noticed is that a lot of places serve the "Chicago style" without the celery salt however I see Portillo's does include it (per their menu). I never bought one from Portillo's as I make them at home.
Living in the Chicago area, Portillo's is definitely a favorite and their hot dogs are great, IMO. They also share the rare honor of being the only hot dogs that don't give me heartburn. I have no idea why, because I eat them with everything, including the onions, hot peppers, and the pickle, but I never get heartburn from them. That says something, because I get heartburn if I smell food cooking. I don't even have to eat it.
"the way I used to seek out imported Crunchie Bars"... YES! After visiting the UK during high school, I returned with a love of crunchie bars. Even nearly 20 years later, I still order them on Amazon periodically.
My heavens, when would you find the time to make secret videos!? And if they are secret maybe we shouldn’t be watching them! 😮❤ I love the videos that are not secret! Thank you for sharing your humor! 😅
Even though I love dill pickles, I would never put a whole one on a hot dog. It's a side dish.
Happy 600K🎉
I used to work for a small chain called Wiener King. In addition to the mustard, onions, and chili toppings, we also had sauerkraut, coleslaw, cheese (like Cheez Whiz and came in #10 cans), and ketchup. I ate a hot dog almost every day and never got tired of them because of the various topping combinations.
Super happy I now have a Portillo’s near my house….in TEXAS!
So what if you married a time traveler. Just love her for who she is.