Gold Coast Dogs
Chicago, IL 60601-3605
Phone: (312) 917-1677
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Randolph Street
- Directions:
- El: Purple Line to Randolph/Wabash, Red Line to State/Lake, Blue Line to Washington/Dearborn
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-5pm
Editorial Review for Gold Coast Dogs – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
Sharing space with Church's Fried Chicken, this hot dog stand attracts cravers of all kinds. The weiners (get a double dog, if you dare) are char-grilled or steamed. Ask for a "Chicago dog" and it will arrive with mustard, relish, onions, tomatoes, a pickle, hot peppers and celery salt. Burgers, chicken and chili come flying over the high-top counter as well.
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User Reviews for Gold Coast Dogs
06/18/2008 Posted by LorCS
I used to love visiting Gold Coast Dogs, but things have changed. Today I was running an errand and saw a sign for a new (to me) Gold Coast Dogs at the train station. So I dropped by to order a char dog and an order of cheddar fries. They still call them cheddar fries, anyway, but they're not. Their fries might still be good, but instead of giving me the nice on-the-side cup of cheddar spread to dunk them in that I was expecting, they poured ladles of that horrid, crappy nacho faux-cheese sauce on them. So my fries were soggy and disgusting -- and they threw them into the bag on top of my hot dog. The wrapper and the napkins they'd put at the bottom of the bag wound up coated in faux-cheese, too. I ate my hot dog but had to pitch the fries, which were a waste of money.
01/08/2008 Posted by pupchen
God bless those of you who love char dogs, the only way to eat hotdogs. In all of the United States, the very best hotdogs are Ted's, only to be found in Buffalo, NY and Phoenix AZ ( baseball spring training thing) but those of you who love Gold Coast would love Ted's, would weep in fact. Gold Coast is undoubtedly the best char dog in Chgo ( I eat them at O'Hare and suffer on the plane); while they do a good job, they don't have the best product to "char". Fries are a little wimpy, it's true; kind of a cross between steamed and deep fried. But hey, if you can't get to Ted's, you gotta go with Gold Coast. Another really dog good place in North Chicago on the cross roads of Rockland and Waukegan. Don't remember the name but it's the only dog joint there. Stop by Pasquesi's garden store on your way back down Waukegan. Unbelievable.
Pros: Best chardog by Chgo standards
Cons: Not a Ted's caliber.
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