People in Chicago are very, very serious about hot dogs. One of the biggest surprises was hot dogs. "The Midwest has a number of culinary traditions, and when I lived in Chicago I discovered a few of them. Susan has lived in Chicago and she knows her Windy City eats. Susan Reid, our long-time Baking Sheet editor and test kitchen stalwart, wrote a piece detailing the Chicago dog in The Baking Sheet 10 years ago. Jumbo Chicago, Jumbo Char, Char Polish, Cheddar Char. While waiting to make my way to the front of the line, I had plenty of time to contemplate the menu. "Voted Best Hot Dog in Chicago," trumpets the Gold Coast Dogs Web site. Midway Airport, outside downtown Chicago: the crowd gathers at Gold Coast Dogs, which I'm assured is a "real" Chicago hot dog chain – despite, in this case, being far from the Loop. Step #1: Sample a REAL Chicago-style hot dog. Or, in the case of Chicago-style hot dogs – my sport peppers and pickle wedges ready to go. Thankfully, nearly all the readers were polite one of our tenets here at King Arthur Flour is to disagree agreeably, so I appreciate keeping the energy positive.īut I learned my lesson: if I'm going to tout any particular recipe as "Chicago," I'd best have all my ducks in a row. None of the big-time Chicago deep dish establishments use cornmeal, and I personally find cornmeal in my crust to be gritty and unpleasant."Ī very long back-and-forth among Chicago-area readers ensued, focusing first on cornmeal (yay or nay – the debate still rages), then on the best place to get "authentic" Chicago deep-dish pizza. "I am looking forward to trying the recipe but I see one thing right off the bat that I take issue with and that is the addition of cornmeal.
Here's an example of one of the Chicago-style pizza blog comments:
Luichi's Hot DogsĪt 603 Montague St., Luichi's serves four varieties of hot dogs, including the classic Chicago dog that is served individually or as a meal that includes fries and a drink.The first time I tried re-creating a Chicago culinary icon outside the limits of the Windy City, I went into the process unprepared.Ĭhicago-Style deep-dish pizza – how tough could it be?Īs it turned out, it wasn't the pizza that was tough - it was the Chicagoland readers, who were, shall we say, vociferous in pointing out the multiple errors of my ways mainly, the addition of cornmeal to the crust. There's also a Maxwell Street polish, another Chicago staple. The regular and jumbo dog are served with all the traditional fixings. Here's where to get your Alpine Kiwanis brat Alize’s Grill To learn more about some local places where Chicago dogs are sold, keep scrolling. The poll will close at noon Thursday, after which we will announce Rockford's top dog. You can vote as many times as you like on the Rockford Register Star mobile app or at. Vote in our poll below to tell us where you get your Chicago dogs in Rockford. And with several local restaurants featuring them on their menus, folks around here have options.
With Chicago just 90 miles to the east, Rockford natives tend to be pretty familiar with the delicacy known as the Chicago dog. In Chicago, ordering a dog with everything is called "dragging the dog through the garden." And there's never, ever even a drop of ketchup on a Chicago dog.Ĭomings & Goings: Construction underway on Machesney Park Chick-fil-A Where do you Chicago dog? Toppings include finely chopped onions, tomatoes, a classic dill pickle spear, mustard, relish, two or three sport peppers and a dash of celery salt. But any concessionaire knows that without Vienna Beef, you don't have a real Chicago-style hot dog. What is a Chicago-style hot dog?Ī classic Chicago dog consists of a steamed Vienna Beef frank with natural casing. ROCKFORD - Hot dogs are eaten all year round, but they seem to taste better in summer.Īs National Hot Dog Month comes to a close, we couldn't think of a better time to ask Rockfordians where they go to fill up on Chicago-style dogs.
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