Battle for Chicago’s Best: Superdawg Drive-In

hey guys welcome to our hour-long 200th episode celebration we're here at the Goose Island Tap Room with the entire CB crew and a few of our most loyal viewers and in honor of our 200th episode we're taking a look back at some of our favorite restaurants and giving you guys the opportunity to pick some of your favorites in the ultimate showdown the battle for Chicago's best that's right we're letting you pick between Chicago institutions like Vito and Nick's and Pat's Pizza kumo an Illinois Bar and Grille dat doughnut and Weber's bakery and that's just the tip of the iceberg tonight we're announcing the winners in front of all you guys though these restaurants are all completely different they'll have one thing in common the hard-working families that make these restaurants so great so why do you think we should start prep well we can't get more Chicago than with a hotdog so what better way to kick off the episode then with the epic face-off between super dog and fat drives so who won Church we got a drumroll of something and the winner is super dog Eliot was here I never said it was easy back in 2014 for our Milwaukee Avenue show and now I'm back because this is the best there's no debate of the best as we always say hiya thanks for stopping hey thanks for stopping and I take your order please you guys get awards and people talk about you all the time but how does it feel to know that Chicagoans have voted you the best hotdogs we're proud because we know we serve a great product more humble because like parents built themselves number 98 less in numbers and they enjoy doing it and we enjoy doing it everyone kind of knows if you want a hot dog in Chicago super dog super dog it's super dot that's part of the nostalgia of living here you can go anywhere and mention it people know about it you know you could get a super in the name they are super you want a hot dog in Chicago to see the place to go thank you I was a special recipe extra-large larger than most are extra smoky extra garlicky from 1948 when we first opened until now we change almost nothing the recipe super dodge is the same the crinkle-cut fries that we hand cut is the same served in the box super dogs on the roof car hop service all exactly the same as 1948 that's the stuff you don't want a change no no no not it nice consistent this is the real deal you're good next week where will you get to go there you go two years after Elliot tried his hand at crafting the perfect super dog not that difficult it's my turn I heard when Elliot was here he didn't do that great of a job pres on top you lost your dog and you forgot the tomato and the pepper I'm obviously can't keep up with this okay Elliot 200th episode you get the 18 misstep we like 18 take our super dog this is my guess how it goes from here we're gonna do the mustard then we put on the relish then the onions pickle goes on after that here's the tricky part we're just gonna pop it against our bellies there yeah I got a little extra project copter so now I add the peppers and I'm gonna add our tomatoes that's a super dog yes but I'll say you've got another special one for me that's a big favorite whoops key dies our wood skied on is much different than your traditional Chicago Maxwell Street polish we based it in our special sauce which is like barbecue sauce you got our onion bun coming through we're gonna serve it with grilled onions and pickles Galaga and dinner is served it's not your regular hot dog but I've got never they're different than any other hot dog Super's dog in the world so last time we were here we had the Jeep Cherokee with Elliot that time we're here we have the Jeep Grand Cherokee very nice so Chris in keeping with the theme we took it up enough very nice I've got the super dog for you the classic and then you've made me a super cheesy when you're pregnant you're not supposed to get hot that's what I've heard so as soon as this baby pops I'm coming back working you guys don't change much because you're say consistent but there's not a couple things that have changed since we were here a few years ago number one is the hot dog emoji we worked very hard to campaign for and we won and now there is a hot dog emoji with mustard on it no ketchup no ketchup you see her this evil just mustard you only out of fries if you could say something to fans all those that voted for you guys what would you say thank you thank you you guys are great you're what's keeping us in business all these years and keeping us going for many more to come to its guilty pleasure you guys love this place Chicago loves this place and now I'm a super dang it Chicago's best too baby hmm save some room cuz you still got a whoopsy down oh my goodness you're right

Channel: Chicago's Best

Views: 256,227

Rating: 4.8122497 out of 5

Keywords: Chicago, Chicago’s Best, WGN-TV, CLTV, Jeep, Chrysler, Goose Island, Battle for Chicago’s Best, 200th Episode, Brittney Payton, Superdawg Drive-In, Norwood Park, hot dogs

Id: wgGRz45t_kU

Length: 5min 15sec (315 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 13 2016