Bud’s Famous Hot Dogs 1717 n El Camino real san Clemente, Ca 92672 949-228-1468 www.budsfamoushotdogs.com I’m going to lead my description of Bud’s Famous Hot Dogs with a very important piece of information: they deliver! Yes, delivery of hot dogs is here. I had a hard time finding this little spot in San Clemente. No wonder, it’s tucked away in the backside of Knuckleheads, a bar that you have to be 21+ to get into, and therefore, get to these hot dogs. It was like searching for the Holy Grail of hot dogs, and by George, I found it! Bud’s has been open for four years and has become a local favorite. Fear not, if you are under 21, Buds does take-out orders, too. Their 100-percent beef hot dogs are made fresh to order. Bud himself fixed me up a Chili Dog with his homemade Coney Island Chili and it was ahhh-mazing! My personal favorite was his ultra classic take on the Chicago Dog which he dressed with a neon green relish, sliced tomatoes, a big dill pickle, raw white onions, sports peppers and celery salt. Another local favorite is the California Dog, topped with avocado, sprouts and carrots. To be honest, you can’t go wrong with your order here. Everything is carefully overseen by Bud himself and delivered with the highest quality ingredients and style. They also offer Brats, sausages and chicken apple sausage. These aren’t your supermarket-style dogs; you can only get these from Bud himself. So go find him, try his dogs and thank me later.
Pee Wee’s Famous Hot Dogs and Hamburgers 5942 Edinger avenue, #104, huntington Beach, Ca 92649 714-846-3100 www.peeweesfamous.com Famous hot dogs? I had never heard of such a thing. I walked into Pee Wee’s with my expectations set pretty darn high after reading about their honor in the hot dog community. This little spot in Huntington, not far from the 405, is a bit off-the-beaten-path but well worth the discovery. Decorated with a classic Huntington Beach look of skateboards and surf memorabilia while smelling like the state fair, I had a good feeling instantly upon arrival. Pee Wee’s serves up some of the most creative dogs I saw on my journey.
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Using only high quality ingredients and serving an assortment of dogs: polish, sausage, spicy and chicken – all from Matterns Deli in Orange, and they are proud of their product. Their traditional “hot dog” is a Hoffy Dog with a natural casing, giving it that classic Coney Island snap when you bite into it. They wrap their dogs in two strips of high quality bacon, and then, they deep-fry them. Yes, deepfried, bacon-wrapped hot dogs. I had “Da Bowl,” a perfect polish dog in a Kings Hawaiian bun, served with spicy mustard, grilled pineapple and mango relish. The dog was a bit spicy with fresh yet classic flavors that sung in perfect harmony with the sweetness of the pineapple and relish. The spicy mustard really brought it home. While you’re there you also have to try an order of their sweet potato tater tots! Amazing!