Hot Diggity Dogs - Tuesday Treasures

 Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme - Tuesday Treasures

Get yer hot dogs heeeeeeere!

While Toronto may not have a defining hot dog culture like New York or Chicago, we do love our weenies. Street meat is still a staple late-night nosh, and last year alone, Blue Jays fans (and I guess we also have to credit those cheering for the visiting teams) ate more than 700,000 $1 hot dogs during Schneider’s Loonie Dog Tuesdays at the Rogers Centre. Though, admittedly, this could have more to do with how much everything else costs at the stadium’s concession stands and not how much we heart hot dogs. 

You can get hot dogs around the world!

I'll start with Champs, they provide all the street meat to the hot dog stand vendors around downtown.

Photo taken 2008 when I was working across the street from Champs and it was surrounded by parking lots.

Also 2008

Hot Dog stands.

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Church St.

Front St.

This place isn't around any more.

Then there's the Franks...

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Woofdog's in Kensington Market

New to the market is Japadogs with several locations around town.

PORT DOVER ON

NIAGARA FALLS ON

MONTREAL

Nothing like a Montreal steamie!!

JOGGINS NOVA SCOTIA

CALGARY ALBERTA

BANGKOK THAILAND

ICELAND

When you order your hot dog - I can't recommend highly enough to have "One with everything" or as we say in Icelandic: "Ein með öllu".

Icelandic Hot Dog 'One with everything':
Lamb Hot Dog
Icelandic Mustard
Remolaði sauce
Fried Onions
Raw Onions
Iceland Style Ketchup (with apples instead of sugar to sweeten the flavor)
So in other words ...
Don't order your hot dog, Bill Clinton Style (with mustard only)

BORDEAU FRANCE

FRANKFURT GERMANY 

BERLIN GERMANY

AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS 

ROME ITALY

NEW YORK CITY

We've eaten at Nathan's but I'm having trouble finding our photos, if we took any!

CHICAGO

Portillo's Restaurant Group, Inc. is an American fast casual restaurant chain based in the Chicago area that specializes in serving Chicago-style food such as hot dogs, Maxwell Street Polish, and Italian beef.

Portillo's was founded in 1963 by Dick Portillo.[6] After returning from serving in the Marines, Portillo gathered money from his savings and an investment from his brother Frank to open a hot dog stand. They bought a 12-foot trailer that had no restroom and no running water. They named it "The Dog House". The Dog House operated on North Avenue in Villa Park.At first the stand lost money and a solution was needed. Portillo snuck into one of the back rooms of a competitor and wrote down where they were purchasing their product. He continued the process of learning by visiting different competitors. By 1967, The Dog House, now in good financial standing, was upgraded to a larger trailer and was renamed "Portillo's".

Signs

Joining Tom at Signs2.

Random-osity

Wordless Wednesday Wordless Be There 2day

Chicago Illinois

I am a huge fan of anything Route 66, we have travelled along it throughout the States.

2017 Bug Ranch Conroy TX

2017 Moriarty NM

2017 Gallup NM

2017 Alanreed TX

2017 Bacon and Hashtags

2015 Williams AZ murals

2015 Day 3 Homeward Bound LA to Toronto

2013 Cottonwood AZ

2013 Day 2 Ultimate Road Trip Homebound

2013 Santa Rosa NM and Part 2

2012/2013 Shamrock TX

2012 Gallup NM with links to other Route 66

2012 Canute OK

2012 Erick OK

2012 Sedona to Las Vegas

2012 Elk City OK

2012 Claremore OK

2012 Clinton OK

2012 Vega TX

2012 Kingman AZ

2008 Fontana CA

2004 Oatman AZ

Jackson Boulevard was the starting point for the original Route 66, which means you can drive into Chicago on the “Mother Road” from the Kennedy Expressway, Illinois Interstate 90/94. Exit Jackson east and look for Lou Mitchell’s on your right located near the intersection of Jackson and Jefferson. Route 66 was created in 1926, and when the signs went up on Jackson Boulevard, commuters found Lou Mitchell’s waiting for them. They have been feeding the hungry travelers with comfort food since 1923.

STEPS - ONE WORD SUNDAY

 One Word Sunday

Day 7 - Madison to Owosso

October 2016 - Owosso MI

Day 1 Toronto to Kalamazoo
Day 2 Kalamazoo to Milwaukee

Day 3 Milwaukee

Day 4 Milwaukee to Minneapolis

Day 5 Minneapolis

Day 6 Minneapolis to Madison

The view the next morning.

Upon check out the next morning I was not asked if we enjoyed our stay. It was very perfunctory.
Valet parking was $24 US here. No complimentary coffee provided.

As we exit the hotel parking lot.

We had planned on going to a quaint coffeeshop I had heard about but one look at it and we changed our minds.

On the highway we stopped for gas and John got a coffee at Arby's (awful) and I got a couple of salted caramel cookies - really good.

Getting through Chicago is always a challenge.

Lots of construction and more tolls.

An alien!

We pull into Union Pier to find the St. Julian Cider location.

If you are interested in gambling (we're not) there are lots of casinos along the way.

Gorgeous late afternoon light.

We reserved at the Comstock Inn and Conference Center - photo from their website.



From the moment you step in it is dated and tired as you are greeted by a large display of fake flowers. Looked like a funeral parlor.
I was told our room was "closer to this elevator" what he should have said was that it was across from the elevator. Bing, bing all night.
Oh, did I mention the barking dog next door???
The room itself needs updating into the 21st century. Bathroom sink was cracked and stained. No toilet lid on the toilet.

There is a restaurant on the premises, called a Tavern. It is a local hangout and they don't even have a wine list, just glasses of wine which was actually quite good. No gluten free beer or cider options.
Steak was cooked perfectly as were the ribs.

We didn't take photos of our food as we were surrounded by locals and would have felt silly.

When I voiced my disappointment on checkout I was offered a discount until the clerk saw that I had booked with Expedia so he could not do anything for me.