REVIEWS
A
salute to Seattle's top dogs
Taken from the "What's Happening" section of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer July 4-10, 2003
1. Matt’s Famous Chili Dogs: The Old Fashioned Hot Dog ($2.59 plus tax), a snappy-skinned, Vienna Beef all-beef hot dog nestled in a poppy-seed bun, served true Chicago-style: yellow mustard, neon-green sweet relish, chopped white onions, a dill pickle spear, tomato quarters, spicy sport peppers and a dash of celery salt.
2. The Frankfurter: A long and lean Schwarz's tight-skinned all-beef Kosher Dog ($3.49 plus tax), topped with sauerkraut, chopped onion, mustard and dill relish, nestled in a warm modified French roll.
3. Uli's Famous Sausage: Our choice is the char-grilled German Bratwurst ($4.94 plus tax) with sauerkraut and mustard in a crusty cornmeal-dusted bun. You, however, can select any of Uli's handsome, homemade sausages and ask them to grill it for you from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for cooking.
4. Late-night Pike and Pine street vendors: if you're lucky enough to be out and about when these elusive street vendors have set up their charcoal grills, do not miss the opportunity to buy and eat a charbroiled dog or Polish ($345), with your choice of condiments, including yellow mustard, mayonnaise from a squeeze bottle and fiery Sriracha sauce.
5. Diggity Dog Hot Dogs & Sausages: The Kosher All-Beef, Diggity Dog ($3.25 plus tax), topped with mustard (there's an impressive selection), relish, chopped onion and a dash or two of hot sauce, preferably one that's habanero-based.
- Penelope Corcoran
WHERE WE DOGGED IT
- Costco Food Court, 8629 120th Ave. N.E., Kirkland; 425-893-6953
- Crossroads Cafe, Crossroads Shopping Center, 15600 N.E. Eighth St., Bellevue; 425-747-6375
- Cyber Dogs, 909 Pike St.; 206-405-3647
- Diggity Dog Hot Dogs & Sausages, 5421 Meridian Ave. N.; 206-633-1966
- The Frankfurter, Crossroads Shopping Center, 15600 N.E. Eighth St., Bellevue; 425-746-8607
- The Frankfurter, 1023 Alaskan Way, Pier 54; 206-622-1748
- Johnny Rockets, University Village, 2710 University Village N.E.; 206-522-4483
- Matt's Famous Chili Dogs, 6615 E. Marginal Way S.; 206-768-0418
- Shorty's Coney Island, 2222 Second Ave.; 206-441-5449
- Taxi Dogs, 1928 Pike Place; 206-443-1919
- Uli's Famous Sausage, 1511 Pike Place Market; 206-839-1000
READERS RECOMMEND
- Dogs A-Foot, Water Street at Madison Street, Port Townsend; 360-385-1708.
- Jackson Park Golf Course Restaurant, 1000 N.E. 135th St.; 206-362-5119. Restaurant & Clubhouse: 6 a.m.-8 p.m., daily.
NICE BUNS!
- Poppy seed - Matt's Famous Chili Dogs
- French bread - The Frankfurter
- Cornmeal-dusted - Uli's; Taxi Dog
BY BRAND
- Nathan's Famous - Johnny Rocket's
- Hebrew National All-Beef - Roxy Diner
- Vienna All-Beef - Matt's Famous Chili Dogs; Shorty's Coney Island
- Sinai Kosher - Costco food courts
- Schwarz Sausage Co. (San Francisco) - Kosher dog at The Frankfurter
BY STYLE
- Charcoal grilled: Uli's; various Pike and Pine street vendors (Capitol Hill, late-night)
- Chicago style: Matt's Famous Chili Dogs
VEGGIE DOGS
- Cyber Dogs - Loma Linda brand "dogs" served in panino or wholesome multigrain bun with hefty quantities of international-themed toppings. Vegan options available.
- Shorty's - Veggie dogs boiled separately, and available a number of ways, including the vegan Trucker-style with spicy "chili" and onions or pseudo-Chicago-style (minus the poppy-seed bun and celery salt).
- Matt's - Removed from the freezer when ordered, they never come into contact with meat. Allow 10 minutes to fix or call ahead.
- Diggity Dog - Diggity's "fat-free Veggie dog" is unfortunately boiled in the same water as the meat and poultry products.
The Old Fashioned at Matt's Famous Chili Dogs is a Vienna Beef all-beef hot dog served Chicago-style.
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