What Stadium makes the Best Hotdogs and The Worst hotdogs?

[Manhattan]

Which Stadium makes the best hot dogs and the worst hot dogs?

I ate lots Dodger dogs and Super Dodger dogs at Dodger Stadium. I don't remember the hot dogs at SAFEco field. Dodger dogs and Super Dodger dogs are not good.

[OlympianX]

Camden Yards=BEST!
Shea Stadium=WORST!

Camden yards serves good ol esskays! Made right in good old baltimore maryland .
Shea Stadium serves Nathans YUCK!

Nathan's is a part of New York City history and their is absolutely nothing wrong with their hot dogs.
It's just an absolutely standard hot dog. I don't see how you can think that is gross because all the hot dogs you get at other stadiums are probably the same quality of meat, but they add unique toppings.

[OlympianX]

Yankee Stadium is pretty good. Shea is the worst. They taste bad and they are usually ice cold!

Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium serve the same hot dogs.

But thanks for being a biased retard.

[OlympianX]

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I was at a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons AAA game a few years ago and they were having 25 cent hot dog day. The hot dogs were simple and satisfying.

I bought 6, I think, but I dropped one.

[Kentucky Bomber]

I bought 6, I think, but I dropped one.

Considering what goes into a hot dog, especially a 25 cent one, dropping it only adds flavor.

[OlympianX]

Considering what goes into a hot dog, especially a 25 cent one, dropping it only adds flavor.

Hahah yeah.
It's kind of hard to eat a hot dog sometimes when you consider where it comes from.

[Rob R]

Camden Yards=BEST!
Shea Stadium=WORST!

Camden yards serves good ol esskays! Made right in good old baltimore maryland .
Shea Stadium serves Nathans YUCK!

Seems that yours and most posts are regional preferences.

New Yorkers believe that a hot dog should be 100% beef and seasoned. Afterall, the first hot dog introduced to the US was in Coney Island, Brooklyn, so New Yorkers should know a thing or two about hot dogs.

Perhaps the very best hot dog can be found at Nathan's Original in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. Their packaged dogs, sold nationwide are not as great, but along with Sabrett hot dogs (another NY favorite), the very best IMO. Both have a "snap" and a mild garlicky taste. I believe that Nathan's and Sabrett are better than the overrated Hebrew National.

As an example, to a New York hot dog lover, New Englanders, only 100 or so miles north, have strange hot dog perferences. To them, a mix of beef and pork is favored. As for garnishes, New Yorkers prefer cooked onions in a spicy tomato sauce to New Englands raw onions. Also, many New Englanders love relish on their hot dogs. To New Yorkers, this is a crime; in NY you either put only mustard on a dog or add sauerkraut/and or the cooked onions I mentioned. Anything else is amateurish.

Also in New England, their hot dog buns are sliced on the top instead of the side, yet another hot dog sin.

So for you and others to say that Nathan's is "yuck" makes no sense to New Yorkers and it's safe to say that most hot dog connoisseurs would laugh at your comment as well. The only way to ruin a Nathans or Sabrett dog is to cook them for hours till you zap the juices out of them or to serve them iced cold.

[Dodgerfan1]

New Yorkers believe that a hot dog should be 100% beef and seasoned. Afterall, the first hot dog introduced to the US was in Coney Island, Brooklyn, so New Yorkers should know a thing or two about hot dogs.

Maybe so, but the first pizza was nothing but cheese and tomato sauce. The fact that the first hot dog was 100% beef and seasoned doesn't necessarily mean that 100% beef and seasoned makes for the best hot dogs. At least, not in my opinion. No disrespect meant, BTW, just that one doesn't necessarily follow the other, if you get my meaning. If New Yorkers prefer it that way, then that's great. I don't and I'm sure many others don't, as well.

Speaking of pizza, I believe there are several regional versions of that too, from NY style to Chicago style. I hate the trendy California version, myself, and I live here! I don't think BBQ chicken, artichoke hearts or shrimp belong on a real pizza, but then that's me.

[Rob R]

Maybe so, but the first pizza was nothing but cheese and tomato sauce. The fact that the first hot dog was 100% beef and seasoned doesn't necessarily mean that 100% beef and seasoned makes for the best hot dogs. At least, not in my opinion. No disrespect meant, BTW, just that one doesn't necessarily follow the other, if you get my meaning. If New Yorkers prefer it that way, then that's great. I don't and I'm sure many others don't, as well.

Speaking of pizza, I believe there are several regional versions of that too, from NY style to Chicago style. I hate the trendy California version, myself, and I live here! I don't think BBQ chicken, artichoke hearts or shrimp belong on a real pizza, but then that's me.

I agree with you, that it's a matter of preference and/or region. I lived in the LA area for a year (Manhattan Beach) and also agree with you 100% about SoCal pizza!

I suppose that my point is, that a beef/pork hot dog AND, since you brought up pizza, a pizza with, say, pineapple are cardinal sins to a New Yorker. It doesn't mean that there aren't people who would drool for both.

And you're correct, the original way of doing things isn't always necessarily the best, but when it comes to pizza, hot dogs, bagels, Italian bread and pastrami, New Yorkers are extremely fussy and prefer the basics and classical styles over the trendy/nouveau. I have to admit that I fall into that category as well!

[Dodgerfan1]

I agree with you, that it's a matter of preference and/or region. I lived in the LA area for a year (Manhattan Beach) and also agree with you 100% about SoCal pizza!

I suppose that my point is, that a beef/pork hot dog AND, since you brought up pizza, a pizza with, say, pineapple are cardinal sins to a New Yorker. It doesn't mean that there aren't people who would drool for both.

And you're correct, the original way of doing things isn't always necessarily the best, but when it comes to pizza, hot dogs, bagels, Italian bread and pastrami, New Yorkers are extremely fussy and prefer the basics and classical styles over the trendy/nouveau. I have to admit that I fall into that category as well!

Well said! Oh, and I can do without Hawaiian style pizza too! h

[Rob R]

Well said! Oh, and I can do without Hawaiian style pizza too! h

Thank you! And yes, "Hawaiian" and "Pizza" should never be used in the same sentence.

[OlympianX]

Seems that yours and most posts are regional preferences.

New Yorkers believe that a hot dog should be 100% beef and seasoned. Afterall, the first hot dog introduced to the US was in Coney Island, Brooklyn, so New Yorkers should know a thing or two about hot dogs.

Perhaps the very best hot dog can be found at Nathan's Original in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. Their packaged dogs, sold nationwide are not as great, but along with Sabrett hot dogs (another NY favorite), the very best IMO. Both have a "snap" and a mild garlicky taste. I believe that Nathan's and Sabrett are better than the overrated Hebrew National.

As an example, to a New York hot dog lover, New Englanders, only 100 or so miles north, have strange hot dog perferences. To them, a mix of beef and pork is favored. As for garnishes, New Yorkers prefer cooked onions in a spicy tomato sauce to New Englands raw onions. Also, many New Englanders love relish on their hot dogs. To New Yorkers, this is a crime; in NY you either put only mustard on a dog or add sauerkraut/and or the cooked onions I mentioned. Anything else is amateurish.

Also in New England, their hot dog buns are sliced on the top instead of the side, yet another hot dog sin.

So for you and others to say that Nathan's is "yuck" makes no sense to New Yorkers and it's safe to say that most hot dog connoisseurs would laugh at your comment as well. The only way to ruin a Nathans or Sabrett dog is to cook them for hours till you zap the juices out of them or to serve them iced cold.

Now I know who to turn to when I have a question about hot dogs

[Rob R]

Now I know who to turn to when I have a question about hot dogs

Oh, geez. I'll forever be known as the hot dog expert.

I don't know why, but when it comes to hot dogs, pizza, pastrami, bagels, etc,. native New Yorkers, like myself, have a strange passion. Now that I have a place in CT as well, I've been in a couple of interesting debates on the subject.

[JeepingBaseball]

Born and raised on Long Island and more summer days than I can count at the ballparks... we are picky about our food. To the point of being snobby about it in all honestly. I can admit that freely.

In my adult life, I have lived in Chicago, Atlanta, and now Dallas. The difference of what I consider "quality and up to par" food is so very vast and different outside New York. Hotdogs... To this day... in New York I have soft spot for the venders on the corner. Even have a soft spot for the shopping cart pretzels. It's the taste I was born and raised on. Right up there with a chocolate egg creme from a diner on the way home from the game.

Getting a hotdog and a pretzel in ballparks outside of new york, and my mind instantly compares it. It's not like I go up there and wonder if they will taste any better than at Shea. It's the first bite you take and makes you jerk a bit and say "That wasn't what I was expecting" but you eat it anyway. It's a ballgame law... get yourself a dog, grab a draft beer, with a mouth half full you groan at the ump's bad call. That's your job!

At other ballparks, my rule of the thumb to find good food is simple: if the building looks like it will crumble if you so much sneeze, and there's grease actually framed on the wall.... it's probably the best kept secret in town the region has to offer.

Chicago has hotdog shacks no bigger than a caravan sitting next to a dumpster behind some skyscraper. You'll be happy there. Seriously, you would. True Chicago dog. Plenty of them around both ballparks.

Dallas is cow town. You'll find more burger and steak joints than you can shake a stick at. But by the ballpark? Good Luck. There's nothing there. It's pure franchise joints. You're best bet in Dallas is to find a Mexican joint that looks like it's out of business. If they speak English, it's no good. The joint has to be one of those point to the picture of what you want kind of place.

Atlanta is all about the bbq. Find a joint that cooks in the parking lot to serve the food to the customers INSIDE... it's one slice of pure pull pork heaven. If the cook is drunk, it's even better. I know of 2 of them withing walking distance of Turner's Field. As for hotdogs in the area, they taste exactly the same as if you cooked it at home. For the money, why bother?

Once again, it's a region preference.

Instead of complaining that nothing taste like it should, I just seek what NY doesn't have to offer if at all possible. And when I go home back to Shea in July, I will gain 20 pounds.

[Rob R]

Born and raised on Long Island and more summer days than I can count at the ballparks... we are picky about our food. To the point of being snobby about it in all honestly. I can admit that freely.

In my adult life, I have lived in Chicago, Atlanta, and now Dallas. The difference of what I consider "quality and up to par" food is so very vast and different outside New York. Hotdogs... To this day... in New York I have soft spot for the venders on the corner. Even have a soft spot for the shopping cart pretzels. It's the taste I was born and raised on. Right up there with a chocolate egg creme from a diner on the way home from the game.

Getting a hotdog and a pretzel in ballparks outside of new york, and my mind instantly compares it. It's not like I go up there and wonder if they will taste any better than at Shea. It's the first bite you take and makes you jerk a bit and say "That wasn't what I was expecting" but you eat it anyway. It's a ballgame law... get yourself a dog, grab a draft beer, with a mouth half full you groan at the ump's bad call. That's your job!

At other ballparks, my rule of the thumb to find good food is simple: if the building looks like it will crumble if you so much sneeze, and there's grease actually framed on the wall.... it's probably the best kept secret in town the region has to offer.

Chicago has hotdog shacks no bigger than a caravan sitting next to a dumpster behind some skyscraper. You'll be happy there. Seriously, you would. True Chicago dog. Plenty of them around both ballparks.

Dallas is cow town. You'll find more burger and steak joints than you can shake a stick at. But by the ballpark? Good Luck. There's nothing there. It's pure franchise joints. You're best bet in Dallas is to find a Mexican joint that looks like it's out of business. If they speak English, it's no good. The joint has to be one of those point to the picture of what you want kind of place.

Atlanta is all about the bbq. Find a joint that cooks in the parking lot to serve the food to the customers INSIDE... it's one slice of pure pull pork heaven. If the cook is drunk, it's even better. I know of 2 of them withing walking distance of Turner's Field. As for hotdogs in the area, they taste exactly the same as if you cooked it at home. For the money, why bother?

Once again, it's a region preference.

Instead of complaining that nothing taste like it should, I just seek what NY doesn't have to offer if at all possible. And when I go home back to Shea in July, I will gain 20 pounds.

Beautifully said. This post is paste-it-on-the-fridge worthy.