Chili Dog World Series! Pinks vs Tommy's...
Ironfeet
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All Right I've been seeing Food Network rave about Pinks in Hollywood, and I talked to a Chili Dog Freak and he told me Pinks was over rated and that Tommy Burgers Chili Dog would burn Pinks... So what are your thoughts who's got the better Chili Dog out there, in Cali or anywhere??? Can I get a Pretzel Bun Chili Dog too...
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tommy's is the hommie. my mom once found a band-aid in her tommy's burger way back in the day.
actually, its pretty nasty.
btw, matt, i have now eaten at every dumpy joint on the block. except the cuban spot. cheesesteak RIP[?]
Pink's got the star photos - Tommy's got the soul
Here is my sentimental favorite in Gardena, I used to go here with my dad when I was a kid, a couple of blocks away from his uncles house, off the 405, on Western. Went back there a couple times after my dad's uncle passed, still good but don't know how it would stand today.
I ate there when they had a "C" and erled for days after.
oh man! i got a email coupon from a friend for oki-dogg that said something like Mention our C-Rating, get 50 cents off towards your next purchase
Oh man tht place is the worst... The only thing its good for is cleaning out the system, but even then you go through hell when there are much better and probably safer ways.
Shig I think the steak sandwich place closed on the corner... sucks. Cuban spot is the whip though.
oops, i meant these dudes.
http://hotdogspot.com/2004/07/oki-dog-weirdest-dogs-in-town.html
they taste even better when youre really really really really drunk!
is this the one across the street from best buy? i would have to agree with you, but both will kill you just the same.
first hotdog I've had in a good 10 yrs, thanks to crif dogs & d#mien....
I would not mess w/ an oki-dog if my life depended on it....
this was in LA?
in keeping with disgusting weiners smothered in turn sauce, did you happen to try tommy's, aser? their chili is the consistency of baby barf with the flavor of sweaty armpit. quite refreshing!
best hot dog i had was part of a hawaiian plate lunch at this samoan senior center in carson/gardena. they had them pink hawaiian weiners if you know what i mean.
I stayed w/ my friend who lived a few blocks from oki, I shuddered in fear every time we drove by.
I don't think I can handle the whole weight that is tommy's.
for the uninitiated, this is why oki dog gives me nightmares....
holler if you are down to go on a chili dog binge at the tommy's that opened in Kearny Mesa, dig?
holla
this place is my fav and will annialate pinks and tommys:
peace, stein. . .
Carney's makes a really good chili burger. I've only had their hot dogs a couple times because I can't stay away from those burgers. The times that I did have a chili dog there, it was after already having a chili burger. Anyway, Pink's is bound to be over-rated to some, but it's an institution to many Angelinos (though 10 years in LA never really converted me -- but I didn't grow up there).
I'm pround to say that I did get to Packo's on my short visit to Ohio a couple years back. It was good. But I think what really makes a chili dog sublime is having a specific craving for it beforehand. It's pretty simple stuff in its very nature, so perhaps it's difficult for one good chili dog to differentiate itself from another.
It's definitely fun to try to find the best one though, don't get me wrong.