Street Dogs

Street Dogs serves Chicago Style Hot Dogs and they do a pretty good job. I haven’t traveled to Chicago yet to experience the real thing, but they seem to hit all the points with their own take of the Chicago Dog, which is what I decided to pick up from them for a mid-​day snack.
Chicago Dog –
Vienna All Beef Hot Dog w/​«The Works» (mustard, chopped onion, tomatoes, relish, pickle spear, sport peppers, poppy seed bun)
Basically, in my opinion, Chicago Dogs are pretty much like fully loaded sandwiches that have a more veggie toppings which can actually make them healthier than a Subway sandwich. And the one I got from Street Dogs seems to be a great interpretation. The vienna beef had a good snap to it and went well with all the toppings.
There’s not much else I can say about Street Dogs since I’ve only tried their one Chicago Dog, but I was pretty satisfied with what I ordered. It was good and I wouldn’t mind going back for another one if they were around my area and I was in the mood for a good Chicago-​Style Dog.

The dogs were pretty good here but not as warm as I thought they would’ve been since it looks like they’re being kept in simmering water.
I got a spicy Polash dog which was only «spicy» by the little peppers they put. Was more mild than spicy. Ordered a side of French fries which were slightly over cooked.
Overall, decent street dogs but would pass if there was another better option for food trucks.

Having eatin here multiple times I have come to enjoy Street Dogs and might have to admit to a slight addiction to the Chili Dog and the Spicy Polish two dishes I highly recommend but anything with the Chili will suffice.
But beyond that this truck has excellent customer service and has always gone over the top for me.
I hope everyone else gets to continues or gets to enjoy this awesome truck and there awesome service and food.
Thank you Street Dogs.

Overpriced at $ 6 for a cheesedog… it should be priced at $ 3 including tax. The dog was very small and tasted cheap it was fully cooked which was good. The bread was not soft nor warm and tasted cheap. For these sub-​par quality ingredients I’m surprised they get repeat customers. I would recommend top dog in Berkeley or Caspers hotdogs. I would rather eat a homemade hotdog over streetdog. I haven’t tasted a mediocre hotdog like this for several years.

My son and I got items from several food trucks… had to go back for seconds from street dogs! The Chicago dogs were great and the service fantastic. They had no problem adding or deleting condiments to personalize our experience

I had the Spicy Polish Dog with everything on it. It was ok, flavor was there, but for $ 8.00 bucks I wouldn’t get another one.

I would probably rate this food as 3.5 stars.
They have a lot of selection of hotdogs and they use high quality ingredients on their dogs. I tried the regular Chicago dog that is complete with a warm poppyseed hotdog bun, beef dog, onions, green relish, sport peppers (those were really hot spicy — after 1 bite its like a banana pepper but with a quick heat that shocks your taste buds), mustard and slices of tomatoes. The tomatoes cleanses the palate and turns down the heat of the peppers. It was a good regional taste of a hotdog. Now that I tasted a Chicago dog — this is good, although their beef dog was not the best that I had. But these cost around $ 7. I also bought the polish dog which had the complete works, you know mustard, relish, onions, pickle spear, tomatoes and they also accomodated with few sport peppers. It was probably $ 8 — to me — it was just a regular Polish dog but not very special. I mean I had better ones that was filled with fresh ground beef, fresh spices, and the right paprika like Hungarian Paprika for spiciness. This one is OK — nothing special.
My food experience is 3.5 stars because I had a good food experience eating my Chicago dog and cooked my fries well done (just right and had some potatoey flavor for thick steak fries, and was crispy just the way I like it. Also asked for light salt too.
They are a lot of dogs on the menu: Chili cheese dog, Chicago Dog, Jumbo Chicago Dog, and other stuff like chips, drinks (sodas and water).The wait on the fries was 4 to 5 minutes. They packed their sandwiches and order very quick and it was prompt too. The food is 3.5.
Then the service is from Kris that really helped me out what is in their hotdogs and the condiments that they serve. Also the guy who cooked and packed my order was nice and cordial. They know and ask every questions that customer wants like what kind of condiments for your hotdogs, answering customers questions. And even if this is «For Here» or «To Go».This is probably the complete customer service experience food truck I ever had compared to a casual dining experience. Customer Service is 5.
Ambience is 5 — big food truck but a lot of hotdog options.

My go-​to of all food trucks! Whenever they are at Stoneridge, I try never to miss them! If you like Chicago hot dogs, this is the place to get as authentic a dog as it gets. She gets her buns shipped from Chicago and the Vienna Beef hot dogs «pop». Ingredients are fresh. The Jumbo Chicago Dog is a «must have» and, for the reviewer that complained about size, I am sure they only got the regular. The Polish dog is my 2^nd favorite. Not overly spicy but you get the hint of spice.

Used this truck to cater a company event and this was one of the best experiences. They pull up and start firing out dogs and fries. Non stop till everyone was holding their guts with smiles on their faces. This was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Everything was self contained. Hot dogs were damn good and even folks from Chicago gave their approval. Can’t say enough good things about this. Service and professionalism was top notch too.

Friday and this food truck was at the StoneRidge Mall parking lot area. I’ve seen it around a couple times here but have not tried it cause of the price. There was no line there today so I thought to give it a shot.
I ordered the chili cheese dog with onions. 7 $, soda was $ 2 a can. I got a $ 10 spot so I even tip them a dollar. Service was okay. They were fast cause there was no line.
It’s the quality of the food that disappointed me. This hot dog is no different that that of a 7 – 11 hot dog. At 7 – 11, I could pump as much cheese wiz and chili as I want. The size of the hot dog was smaller than what you can get at Target. It cost around 4 times more and I felt completely ripped off. The hot dog vendors at the corner streets in Emeryville, or Laney College has much better hot dogs that this food truck. And most have combo meals for less than $ 10.

TASTE OF THE WORLD MARKET FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY (Pleasant Hill BART)
This past Friday, we decided to try and change things up a bit, and after passing by several trucks we’d already done previous weeks, we settled on STREET DOGS. It is really hard to screw up a hot dog — although I’ve been to some places where they’ve managed to do it, TRUST me. It’s also pretty easy to mess up a good one, if you overdue the goodies that go on it.
Now I can’t really compare the Chicago Dog they have to an authentic one, since I never have had an ‘authentic’ Chicago Dog before. And yes, I HAVE been there, didn’t try one, long story, moving on!
I actually loved the Chicago Dog with the onions, peppers, tomatoes, bright neon-​green relish and the crispy pickle on the side. The veggies do get the bun a little moist, but no worries! I don’t know if they make their own hot dogs or if they buy them special, but these are not your dogs from the supermarket cold case. The skins have a ‘snap’ to them that you usually only find in deli dogs, or the dogs that are closer to a fine sausage in quality. For a hot dog this good, $ 6 – 7 is not too much to ask.
But even more of an attraction to me are their fries. Of all the trucks that come here, and there are several that also do fries, STREET DOGS’ fries are the best. Hot, crispy, with plenty of salt and ketchup-​ready when you get them home!
I need to keep coming back to this truck to sample everything they have, especially the apple-​smoked sausage. My partner gave me a bite of his… and that’s what I’ll be going for the next time this truck shows up!

I came across this food-​truck when I was at Off the Grid in Concord yesterday. I was thrilled to see that Chicago Dogs were on their menu seeing as I have been craving one ever since I left Chicago two weeks ago. I ordered a Chicago Dog with the works for $ 6. Yes the price seemed a little on the high side but it was well worth it. The woman who helped me was name Kris and she was very nice and helped me quickly. I had to wait about five minutes for the hot dog, not long at all. The hot dog was very good. The hot dog to topping/​bread ratio was perfect. The peppers had a nice kick to them, the relish was this gorgeous dark green color and not too sweet, the pickle was so crisp and I loved the poppy seed bun. I will definitely be on the lookout for this food-​truck again.

Great dogs! This is the real deal; authentic Chicago dogs. I talked to the lady running the truck, and she says they get the real Vienna dogs. They also have poppy-​seed buns, and the works includes mustard, tomato, onions, the real bright green relish, sports peppers, celery salt, and a pickle. Just like they do in Chicago. For a food truck, a $ 6 dog is not expensive. Have you ever bought anything off of a food truck lately? (and no, I’m not talking roach coaches) Prices range from $ 8 — $ 16, so to get a real Chicago dog for $ 6 is a great deal. I’m reading the other reviews on this page, and I’m just shocked at some of the people complaining that $ 6 is too much. ha ha Go to Taco Bell if you want cheap, crappy food… These are GOURMET food trucks, for goddess’ sake!
As for the woman that complained about her veggie dog, well, what do you expect? Why would you want something that looks and tastes like meat if you’re a vegetarian??? Of course it’s disgusting! ha ha
Great people, great food. Oh, and try the CHILI CHEESE FRIES!!! They’re the best I’ve ever had…

Honestly, I wasn’t impressed.
A pack of food trucks park at Pleasant Hill BART station on Thursdays, and this is the only one that listed a completely vegan option.
I ordered the Apple Sage veggie dog ($ 8). I’ve been really into the sausages from Rosamunde and Gestalt Haus lately, so I was expecting good things, as this one is a couple of dollars more expensive.
Sadly, this wiener left a lot to be desired. The bun was a soggy mess, and lost it’s structural integrity upon the first bite. Maybe it’s all the pickles on top and sliced tomatoes shoved into it. Very strange topping choices, but I guess they’re trying to stand out. I should have just gone with sauerkraut and onions, but I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to properly scope the menu.
The sausage itself had little to no flavor. It tasted like it was all boiled away. I didn’t taste any apple nor sage. Maybe they should grill the dogs instead? Not sure what their cooking methods are, but I didn’t care for the taste.
$ 10 for a sub-​par dawg and a bottle of water is just too much money. Veggie folks, I would skip this place.

My experience with Street Dogs was not a very good one. There was a line of about 2 people in front of me with about 10 waiting. The logistics seem to be very poor. It almost seems as though they cook each dog individually which makes things very slow. The last step seems to involve some sort of microwave oven — from the texture, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if this is their primary cooking method. It was about a 15 minute wait for a very simple order, a single hot dog with ketchup and mustard.
The hot dog is about the quality you’d expect at the Ikea or Costco food court. Inoffensive, but certainly not up to boutiquey food truck standards. The taste was okay, but the texture was all wrong. The skin was really difficult to snap through but the mystery meat filling was really soft, so you kinda had to bite and yank the uneaten end to get it to tear.
The price was probably about double what it should have been for what was served.

O-​V-​E-​R-​P-​R-​I-​C-​E-​D!!!
I am definitely one who is willing to pay a little more for good food, BUT!!!
Today the food Trucks were at Bishop Ranch, and the line was shorter than Twister
(first clue), so I decided to try Street Dogs.
When I went to order, she was out of the Regular Chicago dogs, so I ordered the «Jumbo» for $ 1 more. and fries for $ 4.00 more.
There was nothing «Jumbo» about this dog, and while it tasted good, it was not worth the price.
The fries… nothing special there, very basic for $ 4.00, I expected a LOT more!
Costco, you will never lose my business, with your JUMBO-​ER Hot dog & Soda for $ 1.50

Time: 3:13pm/52°F light drizzle
Purpose: Friend and I agree to share a dog as walking around JLS browsing can get you hungry.
Set-​up: Food truck main feature hot dogs of all sizes and meats.
Staff: 3 – 4 workers station there wasn’t much of a line upon checking out reviews we can see why? Although the taller guy with company T-​shirt was friendly and all but no lines just felt something was weird here.
Cleanliness: From the outside it look good bright clean no complaints. I guess no customers yet to mess up the condiments just yet.
Eats/​Drinks: Chicago style jumbo with all the fixings $ 6.50 not as good as real Chicago dogs that I have in the past. Last time I had a real Chicago style Unilocal wasn’t even on the radar yet it was in the windy city though. The one we had today was definitely not Chicago branded the dog itself didn’t overlap the buns so your first bite should yield nothing but buns and condiments.
Products: Dogs, sides, combos, drinks, chips, fries, sweet potatoe fries etc.
Punch Line: Claims Vienna dogs here.
Final Thoughts: The staff were nice and all but quality just didn’t come through today. Come if you’re in mood for a dog and there’s no Casper or Top Dogs around other than that no point of waiting in line for. Seems very stingy on making it right for customers first time around and won’t acknowledge their fault.

My friend and I came across this food truck at the SOMA Streatfood Park and enjoyed our experience with the people and the food.
He had the Chicago dog with the works and fries. I had the spicy polish sausage with the works and chili cheese fries. FYI — «The works» includes a fresh pickle, sliced tomato, relish, peppers and a few other things. (You also have the option of other classic extras like ketchup, mayo, sauerkraut, etc.)
We love a good hot dog, and these folks offer some of the better ones in the City. The flavor combos were really good on both the dog and the chili cheese fries, and the price was comparable to a sandwich and side at all the other trucks in the food park.
The staff was also super friendly — a big bonus to anyone’s dining experience.

Stumbled upon this place on twitter and tried them at a meet up in Pleasanton last Friday. Great stuff.
I am a little kid when it comes to hot dogs — just ketchup is fine by me — and they confirmed that’s what it was, when I ordered the kid’s dog. It did not disappoint — the hot dog had that nice poppy seed bun you expect from a Chicago dog, and that perfect crunch you want from a good hot dog.
I also tried the chili fries — solid fries and the right kind of chili for chili fries.
Great lunch stop — I would go back next time I want a dog, much better than going to a Casper’s

Ummmm? What about my order?
I got a chance to give this truck a try at the OtG Hayward event. The line was busy but my bro in law and I decided to stick it out. The hot dog of choice I went with is the jumbo Chicago dog for $ 5. The condiment ordering is included with the price. If you’ve been to Five Guys Burgers, it just like that. You can have it plain or «The Works» to your dog.
Once i placed my order, I was expecting the service to be quick. As soon as people placed their orders, they got within a couple minutes. For me, they were quick to forget my order. I was the only one waiting at the pick up window. 4 or 5 customers that went after me got their orders before I did. I just ordered 1 jumbo Chicago dog with «The Works» and grilled onions. I had to walk up to the pick up window and remind them I’m still here. My total wait time was approximately 15 minutes.
When I got my order the staff was apologetic. The hot dog was tightly wrapped with wrapping paper. The order also came with a lollipop. I never had an authentic Chicago dog, but there was nothing spectacular about it for me. It just tasted like any other hot dog. For now I’ll just stick to an old fashion BBQ.