A Paramedic's Guide to Hartford Take-out: Hot Dogs

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Capitol Lunch

510 Main Street

New Britain, CT 06051

(860) 229-8237

This place is awesome if you like hot dogs. It is a great quick stop on your way back to Hartford from New Britain. The hot dogs are all ready to go. $1.80 each and that includes the famous meat sauce. They also have hamburgers and fries.

Chef's Dog House

337 Willard Avenue
Newington, CT 06111
(860) 667-3700

Monday-Friday 7am-8pm
Saturday 9am-8pm
Closed Sunday

This place is in the 7-11 Plaza on Willard Avenue.
These are excellent grilled hot dogs that take three or four minutes to make.

I like the bacon-wrapped dog with avocado.

The Junkyard Dog is a bacon-wrapped dog, topped with chili, nacho cheese and grilled onions. I have always been a plain hot dog guy so this was my first chiili cheese dog, and I have to admit that I did not know what I was missing. It was great!

Junkyard Dog

The Prairie Dog is a bacon wrapped dog, topped with Onion Dip, and frizzled Potato. I thought it was interesting. I'm not crazy for onion dip.

Prairie Dog

Southern Dog

Swiss Pastrami Dog (with fries)

Chef's also serves hamburgers, sandwiches, soups and salads, as well as breakfast.

The Dawg House

The Dawg House
1360 East Street
New Britain, CT
(860) 224-2636

Open 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.

Great place for a quick hot dog right on the New Britain/Newington line.

Sweeney's

Sweeney's Hot Dog Truck
Long Wharf Exit Ramp I-95
New Haven

Sweeney's Hot Dog truck is nestled among the Mexican Food trucks on the Long Wharf Exit Ramp off I-95 in New Haven. If you are coming back from a West haven run and don't want Mexican, Sweeney's provides a great hot dog and cheap. He's been there over 20 years.

Woody's

Woody's
915 Main Street
Hartford
(860) 278-5499
Monday & Tuesday 11:30-3:00 PM
Wed: 11:30-4:00 PM
Thursday, Friday & Saturday 11:30 AM-6:00 PM
Sunday During Football Season at 12:00 noon.
Open late on event nights.

This is an outstanding hot dog restaurant located in the office building at 915 main.
Walk in and keep going and you will see Woody's on your left.

They offer a wide variety of specialty hot dogs, as well as burgers and other sandwiches. I like the basic foot long, but you can get hot dogs such as "The Dogfather" - Marinara, peppers and mozzarella), New England Baked Bean Dog, NYC Pushcart Dog (Cheese, mushrooms, grilled oinions and peppers) and many others. These are classically delicious hot dogs in New England style grilled buns.

Gold Burgers

1096 Main Street, Newington, Ct 06111

(860) 665-0478

http://www.goldburgers.com/

Monday to Tuesday 11-8

Wednesday to Thursday 11-9

Friday to Saturday 11-10

Sunday 12-8

Gold Burgers is in Newington Center. It takes 5-10 minutes to get your food, but is worth the wait if you can spare it. While they are Gold Burgers, they could easily be called Gold Burgers and Dogs. They have a hot dog specialty menu, and their dogs are excellent. You get your choice of either an all beef dog or a pork and beef dog. They use traditional rolls and grill and then split their dogs.

I ordered the New England Style Dog without mustard. The dog had chilli, onions and celery salt. The celery salt, which is traditional in Rhode Island, is an excellent addition that leaves a lasting flavor in your mouth.

I also ordered the P.B.R. without the pickles and ranch dressing. So that means I had grilled onions, bacon and jack cheese. It was good, but not as good as the Jack cheese dogs i am making at home.

They also have excellent fries here.

Here is the menu:

http://www.goldburgers.com/menu.html