The Best Chicago-Style Hot Dog In Chicago | Best In Town

Insider’s Herrine Ro and friend Erin Kommor visit Chicago to find the best Chicago-style hot dogs in the city. They visit Superdawg Drive-In, Gene and Jude's, and Portillo's to find the best in town.

Editor’s note: This episode was filmed in February 2020. All restaurants remain closed to dine-in service, but are still open.

For more, visit:
Superdawg
Gene and Jude's
Portillo's

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The Best Chicago-Style Hot Dog In Chicago | Best In Town

[wig.gles]

3:45 Why does that sound like p hub music? Don't ask me for knowing it.

[philipanzelmo]

Hotdogs and pornhub music. The editor is a genius.

[mcghee]

Dec.1998. I got married and me and my Wife ran out of food during the reception, so her and I went to Gene and Judes. She could not get out of the car due to her wedding gown so I went in wearing my Tuxedo. Everyone stared and I said that we ran out of food at our wedding. Folks in line and the Manager were so cool that they let me in front while waving at my wife. They gave us 8 hot dogs on the house. We went to our apartment so hungry that we ate so fast that we realized we still had our wedding clothes on. Thanks, Gene and Jude's!

[josephschulte]

Born and raised in Chicago, moved away a decade or so ago. I was never a Portillo's fan while living there, I would always just go to a neighborhood place and grab one.
That being said, once you move away Portillo's tends to be one of the few places that you can get a taste of home and it not be butchered beyond belief.

[grffth]

3:23 had to check if i had an incognito tab opened....

[michaelgeorgakopoulos]

3:23 is no one gonna talk about the background music?

[jl]

Herrine: It’s snappy
Erin: SOOOO snappy
Herrine: It’s fluffy
Erin: SOOOO fluffy
Herrine: It’s tangy
Erin: SOOOO tangy
Herrine: ~Making actual good explanation and criticism~
Erin: I AGREE

[bushbasher]

I just came back from visiting Chicago for the first time. I never understood the appeal of the Chicago hotdog with all those ingredients, but after taking a bite, I have converted.

[Unidentified]

3:22 "she is FILLED to the brim"

Give this editor a promotion immediately

[theunundunly]

3:20 That music is reminding me of something

[soulrebel]

If you don't like celery salt. You shouldn't be judging Chicago style dogs.

[truecanuck]

If the tomato doesn't have flavour, it's probably because it's out of season and poorly grown for quantity, not quality.

[cmarnold]

"The tomatoes I don't like her she's like a friend who you invite to a party and she doesn't talk, I don't care about her, she doesn't add anything" These are awful people.

[jenniferareola]

Is no one gonna talk how Erin always agree to what Herrine’s saying.

[MrSouthernginga]

I never thought I would hear someone describe a tomato as being a 'friend' that you'd invite to a party and then doesn't do anything. Leave the poor introverted tomatoes alone, you don't deserve them!

[abhiramkakani]

3:22 I mean come on dude, that reference, especially for this “XL Hotdog”, is incredible. One more reason to give the editor a raise lol

[TheEurokrafts]

“That dog, was the snappiest snap I’ve ever had.” That just about sums it up.

[beetheb]

If, like, I like hear them, like, say "like" one more time, I'm like, totally going to, like, throw my phone against, like, the wall.

[grant]

The way they talked about tomatoes lets me know for a fact, they have never, in their life, had a fresh tomato. You don't need to pickle a good tomato for any reason whatsoever.

[joeoteah]

I love how they say “so fresh” like this shit didn’t just come from a jar