Portillo’s Hot Dogs

Cuisine: Fast Food. Specialty: Hot Dog. Location: All throughout Illinois. Price: $2.29-$3.45 for the Hot Dogs. There’s nothing quite so American as a good hot dog. Simple, fast, and delicious, it’s perfect for the throngs of people rushing around in cosmopolitan areas. When I got into Chicago, then, I was really looking forward...

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Wiener Circle

Cuisine: American, Bar Food. Location: 500 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60605-1532. Price: $12 for a burger. There are very few things that scream “Chicago” quite like a good hot dog, as I’d expect of any good baseball-loving city. And I’m not talking normal hot dogs—I mean hot dogs stuffed to the brim,...

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Hot Doug’s

Cuisine: American, Fast Food Hot Dog. Location: 3324 North California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618-5848. Price: $1.75 for the basic hot dog, but gourmet hot dogs can go all the way up to $9. Ah, the land of hot dogs, Chicago. You’ve just got to love a place that takes something as simple as a hot dog and turns it into something so...

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