Coney Island Hot Dog (Original)
Beef frankfurter on a steamed bun with spicy meat sauce, raw onions, and yellow mustard; the template for all American chili dogs. Nathan...
The American Hot Dog
Coney Island Hot Dog (Michigan)
Michigan's version of chili dog; Lafayette vs. American Coney Island rivalry.
Cleveland Polish Boy
A grilled kielbasa is only the foundation. The Cleveland Polish Boy stacks french fries, coleslaw, and barbecue sauce on top until the sandwich gives up on being neat, which is exactly what it is after.
Cincinnati Chili Dog
Hot dog topped with Cincinnati chili, cheese, onions, and mustard.
Chicago Hot Dog
A Chicago hot dog is an all-beef frank under a specified seven-part garden on a steamed poppy-seed bun, ordered as one phrase and built by a city that refuses to let anyone simplify it.
Cheese Coney
A Cincinnati cheese coney finishes with a haystack of finely shredded cheddar over a cinnamon-spiced beanless chili, built in a fixed order on a steamed bun. Born at Empress Chili in 1922.
Carolina Slaw Dog
In the Carolinas you say "all the way" and get a fixed four-topping build: chili, mustard, slaw, and onions on a steamed bun. The slaw dog, a regional standard with no single author.
Bratwurst
The Sheboygan bratwurst is cooked twice, simmered in beer then charred over coals, and laid two to a buttered hard roll. Ordering a single is treated as an error.
Beer Brat
Bratwurst simmered in beer before grilling, served on a roll.