Gold Coast Dogs

08/13/10

Ridiculous

by lauren23452 at Citysearch

I went to the counter and ordered a Chicago style dog. Apparently this was the wrong way to order food. The girl behind the counter (heavily tattooed on both arms, tattoo of a pair of dice on her chest, plugs in her earlobes) said "that's not a Chicago dog" under her breath in a condescending tone. I guess I should have said Jumbo dog. While this was extremely rude I was shocked at what happened next. She proceeded to openly mock me to another female co worker while I was standing right in front of her. I do not understand why how I ordered my food was such an issue. The girl then began to make fun of a previous customer who ordered a "hamburger with cheese". "UM! It's called a cheeseburger!" again in the same mocking, condescending tone. Fortunately I could see them preparing the food to ensure it was not tampered with. She put the topping on my hot dog but refused to hand it to me. She handed off to the other girl and made her give me my bag of food. I did not confront this rude girl., took my food and left.

I tried calling their corporate office but no one picked up. I wrote the company an email and no one replied. I can only assume that this company condones their employees berating paying customers. I will never eat here again. A shame, since the food is pretty tasty.

08/11/08

Cold Dogs, not Hot Dogs

by Amross16 at Citysearch

I go to this place quite frequently, but will stop. I was overcharged sales tax. The polish and hot dogs are cold; plus you have to asked for ketchup for the fries which are cold as well. The service is not the greatest either.

• Pros: Right across the street from work
• Cons: Bad food at times, stay away from hamburgers

06/18/08

Not worth the trip anymore

by LorCS at Citysearch

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.

01/08/08

in the absence of Ted's, the best Chicago has to offer for 'dog lovers

by pupchen at Citysearch

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.

05/06/07

Best hot dogs

by glow12 at Citysearch

Gold Coast is prime spot for a chicago hot dogs.....I've lived in Chicago for a long time and I always take my friends out to Gold Coast and they love it......