The bun is warm and soft, the dog cracks as you bite, it's wet with salty, spicy chili, and sliced cheese, and hey, those tomatoes practically make it a salad.While New York may be considered the hot dog capital of the world and while Chicago may have a hot dog that bears its name, West Coast megaplex Los Angeles is the true champ. The bacon chili cheese dog is topped with three strips of bacon, tomatoes, and cheese. The top five sellers: the 'Stretch Chili Cheese' (10'), bacon chili cheese, mild Polish, spicy Polish, and the Martha Stewart ('It's a good thing,' the menu insists). To paraphrase, 'Well I never been to heaven, but I been to Pink's Hot Dogs stand.' But, the most expensive, and perhaps the most epic, is the 'Three Dog Night' ($7.15): three hot dogs wrapped in a giant tortilla, with three slices of cheese, three slices of bacon, chili, and onions. More interesting are the specials: the bacon burrito, the giant 12' jalapeño, the pastrami burrito, and the 'America the Beautiful' dogs.

The coleslaw, guacamole, and Polish dogs round out a cast of basic players. It's difficult to choose just one from a menu that includes at least 35 different combinations.Īmerica the Beautiful: 12' Jalapeno Dog, Pastrami, Bacon, Lettuce, and Chopped Tomatoes. It's a very finely ground meat, more sauce than chunk, and they know how to pour it generously. For the tentative, the most famous dog, the dog to start with, is the chili dog (mustard, chili and onions), whose chili recipe Betty Pink devised. True, and there are a lot to choose from.

The hot dogs 'have a natural casing that makes them snap when you bite into them,' declares Pink's website.

Pink's hot dogs locations