[mountn man]

I agree EXACTLY with what you said about Red Robin. Been there twice. Last time was maybe 5 years ago. Obviously I'm not in a hurry to go back.

Now about
Also, their non-Chicago hot dog is exceptional.

There can be nothing exceptional about a non-Chicago hot dog.

[Dr. Sivana]

There can be nothing exceptional about a non-Chicago hot dog.

How can you tell if a Chicago hot dog is exceptional? When it is buried under three kinds of relish, celery salt, mustard, a long sliced pickle, salt, pepper, onions, and optionally anything that isn't ketchup, the poor frankfurter can barely be noticed.

If the frank had a chance, steaming or boiling it doesn't help. Take a long butcher quality frank (you can do better than Vienna beef), cut it long ways, and GRILL it. Few cuts of meat aren't improved by grilling.

Next, toast a New England style bun (sometimes referred to as a clam roll), slather with butter. Few things aren't improved with butter, and toast.

Grilled onions alone can make this exquisite, or add a modest amount of condiments to taste (mustard, ketchup, salt and pepper, no more than one kind of relish, but please, no celery salt).