Chicago enjoys many of the finest restaurants specialising in hotdogs. These hotdogs houses all seem to enjoy great atmosphere, great food, and convenient locations that will reward anyone who ventures into them.

Chicago Best Hotdog

About Chicago Best Hot Dog

When it comes to Hot Dogs, no city is more passionate than CHICAGO. The Windy City, after all, is home to the WORLD FAMOUS CHICAGO DOG.

What it is: A steamed or boiled, kosher-style beef wiener, the Chicago hot dog comes served on a poppyseed-studded bun and piled with a unique set of toppings, typically yellow mustard, neon-green sweet-pickle relish or “piccalilli,” chopped onions, fresh tomatoes, dill-pickle spears, pickled sport peppers and a dash of celery salt. The complete assembly is sometimes called “dragging it through the garden,” but more usually, “the works.”

Here are our top picks:

Fluky's

5630 W. Touhy Ave., Niles, IL 60714

This concession inside Wal-Mart is the last vestige of the business widely acknowledged as the originator of the Chicago-style hot dog, created by Abe "Fluky" Drexler at the Maxwell Street market in 1929

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Superdawg Drive-In

6363 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60646

Chicago's landmark drive-in, opened in 1948 and under the original ownership, still employs carhops who serve customers in their automobiles.

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Vienna Beef Factory Store and Cafe

2501 N. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL 60647

Vienna Beef, the hot dog sold by some 80 percent of Chicago's hot-dog stands, has a long history in Chicago, starting with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The current factory dates to 1972, and they still smoke their meats in old-fashioned smokehouses.

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Chubby Wieners

What's in a name? Chubby Wieners serves pretty much the same mix of hot dogs, Polishes, burgers and gyros as most

Jim's Original - University Village

Established in 1939, when Macedonian immigrant Jim Stefanovic took over his aunt's Maxwell Street hot dog stand, Jim's was the birthplace of the onion-topped Maxwell Street Polish in 1943 and the pork chop sandwich "with the bone

Gene & Jude's

Since the 1940s, Gene & Jude's has been serving its minimalist menu of hot dogs with hand-cut fries and corn-roll tamales to lines of appreciative customers.

Redhot Ranch

Opened in early 2010 by the owners of 35th Street Red Hots, this stand-up doggery stays open as late as 5 a.m

Jimmy's Red Hots

Stand-up only, minimalist hot-dog spot serves a limited menu of franks, Polish sausages, tamales, fries and soft drinks.

Byron's Hot Dog Haus - Wrigleyville

Established in 1975, Byron's has the sliced tomato, dill pickle slices, raw onions, sport peppers, yellow mustard and celery salt of the customary Chicago hot dog but they also add shredded lettuce,

Fat Johnnie's Red Hots

Founded in 1972, this classic Chicago walk-up stand serves hot dogs, chili and the mother-in-law,

Murphy's Red Hots

Vienna Beef hot dogs, footlongs, char-broiled burgers and thick shakes from a tiny, mostly take-out spot.

Wolfy's

Wolfy's has been proudly serving Chicago-style hot dogs to the Far North Side since Mickey Becker founded the hot dog stand in 1967.

Fatso's Last Stand

Charred polish and salami, fried shrimp and house-made mac and cheese figure on the menu along with char dogs and

Big & Little's

The spiffy, casual eatery has moved two blocks away to a larger space in order to accommodate more diners. Partners Gary Strauss and Tony D'Alessandro (

About Chicago Best Hot Dog

Fluky's

Superdawg Drive-In

Vienna Beef Factory Store and Cafe

Chubby Wieners

Jim's Original - University Village

Gene & Jude's

Redhot Ranch

Jimmy's Red Hots

Byron's Hot Dog Haus - Wrigleyville

Fat Johnnie's Red Hots

Murphy's Red Hots

Wolfy's

Fatso's Last Stand

Big & Little's

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