Sterns, Roadfood to tour Chicago and Milwaukee

Food guidebook authors Jane and Michael Stern and the Roadfood.com crew will be coming to Chicago Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29, for a culinary bus tour of our fair city as well as nearby Milwaukee. In Wisconsin, the Roadfooders will sample kringle, frozen custard, butter burgers and fish fry. The Windy City part [...]

Hot news! Chicago’s wiener officially the biggest

The Big Hot Dog, produced by Gorilla Tango Novelty Meats, a sideline for the folks behind Chicago’s Gorilla Tango Theatre, has been named the world’s largest commercially available hot dog by the Guinness Book of World Records. Gorilla Tango introduced the 16-inch-long, 4-inch-diameter, 7-pound wienie in January 2010. “I always knew I had something special [...]

Handmade hot dogs back for National Hot Dog Month

Not your usual wiener works, Seasons Lounge and Bar in Streeterville’s Four Seasons Hotel is serving Chef Kevin Hickey’s housemade frankfurters in celebration of National Hot Dog Month.

National Hot Dog Month: Five top Chicago franks to try

During National Hot Dog Month in July, why not visit some area sausage makers and try some great locally made dogs?

Doggone big deals for Cubs and White Sox openers

Since hot dogs and baseball go together like a bat and a glove, some Chicago spots are offering opening-day wiener deals.

Relishing Chicago’s 10 funniest hot-dog joints

Every neighborhood in Chicagoland has a hot-dog stand, a gyros place or an Italian beef joint. Often, the menus aren’t much different from one to the next — typically encompassing all three Chicago favorites.

So how do you tell which is which? By the sign outside!

Chicago’s Oscar Mayer has a way. . . .

Nary a hot-dog stand in the city serves the brand, but we can hardly let Hot Dog Month go without a few words about Chicago’s most famous sausage maker: Oscar Mayer. (Part 9 of a series in honor of National Hot Dog Month.)

Chicago’s Schmidt the real Mr. Footlong Hot Dog Inventor

Yes, we’re the home of the extra-long wiener. (Part 8 of a series in honor of National Hot Dog Month.)

Do only barbarians put ketchup on hot dogs?

Chicagoans aren’t the only ones who think ketchup on hot dogs is abominable. (Part 7 of a series in honor of National Hot Dog Month.)

Origins of neon relish and other Chicago hot dog conundrums

The Chicago hot dog — with the white of the onions, the red of the tomatoes, the brilliant green relish — “It’s like a work of art.” A look at the condiments. (Part 6 of a series in honor of National hot dog month.)