National Hot Dog Day at Vienna Beef 7/21

National Hot Dog Day is Wednesday, July 21st. To celebrate, the Vienna Beef Factory Cafe' will be serving the following special for $6.00. The special will be served from 11am-3pm.

Two Tijuana bacon dogs
Fries
Drink

Vienna Beef Factory Cafe'
2501 N. Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647

I will personally prepare each Tijuana bacon dog, using an 8/1 natural casing, wrapped in bacon and flat grilled, garnished with grilled onions, mustard, mayo, and jalapeno peppers. Ketchup will be available for those requiring complete authenticity for their encased delight.

Sorry to miss it. I don't arrive in Chicago till the 24th. Sigh...

Paul, stop by on Tuesday, July 27th from 11am-1:30pm for a char Polish with grilled onions prepared by our Hot Dog University students working the cart in front of the Vienna Beef Factory Cafe.

For those who can't take the heat, I can prepare a Chicago Francheezie, a flat grilled hot dog, wrapped in bacon, and dressed with Merkt's cheddar cheese. Grilled onions too! Yum!

Hi,

My Dad was meeting childhood friends for lunch today. I told him what was being offered at Vienna factory. He sounded a bit sad he was likely stuck going to Edelweiss, though he was going to suggest the Factory anyway.

Regards,

Just rearranged my Wednesday. See you there Mark!

Thanks to those who experienced the Tijuana Bacon Dog for lunch on Wednesday. I had the opportunity to meet, greet, and eat with mbh, Rene G, Pigmon, and Jim the Beer Guy. The next special will be a 2010 version of a Chicago francheezie: a bacon wrapped hot dog, deep fried and dressed with Merkt's cheddar cheese. Grilled onions will also be available. Time and date TBD.

chicagostyledog wrote:I will personally prepare each Tijuana bacon dog, using an 8/1 natural casing, wrapped in bacon and flat grilled, garnished with grilled onions, mustard, mayo, and jalapeno peppers. Ketchup will be available for those requiring complete authenticity for their encased delight.

It was nice to meet chicagostyledog and to try a different take on the Mexican street dog. By the time we got there Mark was no longer behind the counter and, because of demand, the bacon-wrapped dogs were being deep fried, with the onions and peppers getting cooked separately instead of getting stewed in the bacon grease. Not surprisingly this results in quite a different taste than an authentic street dog. The staff seemed overwhelmed so our dogs came dressed only with large gobs of mayonnaise plus the onions and peppers (the ketchup was added at the pumps later).



Compared to what I've eaten on the streets, the quality of the sausage and bacon was unquestionably higher but unfortunately the taste just wasn't there. I'm looking forward to the char-grilled salami, coming soon, to see how it will compare to Poochie's and other standard bearers.