Recently, I’ve been appalled to the point of shedding blood-stained tears by the inept writings of one Steve Dolinksky, Chicago’s self-proclaimed Hungry Hound. Not only did he put Pequod’s on the honorable mention for top over-hyped pizza in Chicago, he then followed that up by putting the epitome of over-hyped Chicago, the fucking Bongo Room, as one of the top 5 breakfasts in Chicago. Clearly this man has been sipping wine poisoned with his own urine for too long.
That being said, he did make a recommendation this week I’m going to check out, Super Dawg’s Whoopskidawg. Unfortunately, WBEZ doesn’t allow you to embed their videos so you need to go to their site to check it out.
Here is Andrew Huff’s, from GapersBlock.com, description:
The Whoopskidawg is wholly different from your typical Chicago-style dog. The link itself is described on the Superdawg menu as “Romanian, Hungarian, Polish sausage” and is smokier and spicier than a hot dog, and it’s served on a “Whoopskiroll” — basically an onion roll for sausages — with well-grilled onions, a dill pickle spear and “special sauce.” It comes in a larger Superdawg box with the customary crinkle-cut fries and pickled green tomato. It is bigger than a standard hot dog, but I don’t think it’s so big as to require cutting in half, which Superdawg does for you in the box.
I wouldn’t have expected barbecue sauce on a sausage, but that’s basically what the special sauce is. And it works well with the flavors of the Whoopskidawg, roll and onions. The pickle spear is the odd man out here, and I set it aside to eat as a chaser — an old-school waitress once told me pickles aid in digestion. Overall, it’s a great sandwich: I’d eat this before I went with one of those bacon western burgers the fast food chains come out with every so often.
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Mate this is my favorite dog in the world perhaps… Every time I am in Chicago I try to make it up to Superdawg…. Usually I make time for this..
Just to clarify, Bongo Room was not in my top 5 – it was an honorable mention – and name is spelled Dolinsky, not “Dolinksky.” But hey, thanks for the vitriol!
Why was it even an honorable mention?? That place is the most over-hyped restaurant in a city full of great restaurants. The menu is just mediocre, the chairs are uncomfortable, the tables too small and they play techno music at ridiculous levels in an absurdly live room during breakfast.
For godsakes why, why, why do I need kick drums with my eggs. Can I even get eggs there?
It drives me nuts when I go past the Bongo Room on any given Saturday and see people standing like lemurs outside to be seated when Fiorno is right down the street, has a much more interesting brunch menu and you can walk in at any time and sit right down.
I was particularly chafed over the Pequod’s knock – great sauce, great crust, great sausage, carmelized crust. Service can vary when they are busy, but when it’s right there’s no better pizza in town.
I may just be grumpy that H.U.E is not around anymore.