Food Friday #1 - Best Hot Dog
My favorite hot dog place is Gene and Jude's in Chicago. Jut a few minutes from O'Hare, this little hot dog place is one of those "experiences" you cannot pass up.
We ate there on a Saturday at about 2 in the afternoon. The line went out the front door but moved quickly. There is unspoken pressure to have your order quick off your tongue when it's your turn. No messin' around. There are plenty of people in line behind you.
The menu is very simple and the prices are very low. One guy, we called him the fry guy, takes whole potatoes, sticks them in a grinder-like thing on the wall, pulls down, and the potato is instantly cut into perfect strips for fries. The strips are thrown into grease, pulled out, heavily salted and thrown on top of your hotdog before it is wrapped up.
There isn't much room inside to eat. You can lean against a counter and down your dog, but I noticed most of the locals just take theirs to go. If you need to go to the bathroom, you'll have to go around the back of the joint to the gas/convenience store behind.
Not the healthiest meal in the world, but oh so good!
posted by Brett @ 7:48 AM
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4 Comments:
I noticed from your photo that they have Mountain Dew as well. Now we really know the reason you like it there:-) My wife and I recently got back from a fun trip to Chicago. It was a blast -- we fell in love with that town.
Carey D
It is a great town indeed! If Chicago were in a warm climate it would easily double in size. Hey, a good reason for global warming! Make Chicago a great place year round!
While I have to admit that both your description and accompanying photo make Gene & Jude's hot dogs very appealing, in my opinion there's not a better hot dog on earth that those served up at Papaya King in New York City: http://www.papayaking.com/html/menu
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And the Papaya drink that you can wash it down with - DELICIOUS!
I'll never forget my visit there around midnight followng a game at Yankee Stadium with friends.
Sadly, there are only three Papaya King locations in the world, all in Manhattan.
Gene & Jude's is a Chicago landmark. Glad you mentioned it on your blog and I am glad you folks loved your visit here to Chicago.
Yes the weather is very tough sometimes, but even in winter there is so much to do here.
I'm born and bred here in Chicago and I doubt I'll ever live anywhere else, except for the old people to Florida mandate.
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