side perk of moving to chicago is fairly ubiquitous access to vienna
(and general hot dog enthusiasm)
real close to my stomping grounds too - last summer I was there almost weekly!VIENNA BEEF UBER ALLES.
This place is the shadow government Hot Doug’s. Run by some of of Doug’s old crew. Many similar/same recipes. And duck fat fries.
http://www.hotgdog.com/
No line. No insane hype. Good food at solid prices.
One of my relatively few "celebrity" interactions was waiting in line at Pinks (speaking of weiners..) with him. He's super short, and very chatty. A porn dude getting a hot dog in hollywood is probably at least a bit performative, which explain some of the chattiness.