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Where in Portland does Seattle design hot dogs?
—Kelly Unhidden (Twitter)
Hey, Kelly — First, let’s get the meanings out of the method, for those inexperienced. A Seattle-style dog sets the frank with cream cheese and prepared onions. The onions can be grilled or caramelized; they are hardly ever raw, nevertheless. Occasionally, individuals will get wild and include peppers (sauteed bells, fresh jalapeños) or cabbage slaw. However, cream cheese + onion are the necessary attributes. Up north, Dog in the Park is the go-to location for them, however in Portland, there are a couple of other areas where you can discover a Portland-design, Seattle-design dog.
Zach’s Shack on Hawthorne is the apparent competitor for cream cheese’d dogs. They have a straight Seattle dog with caramelized onion and cream cheese, however they likewise have a number of enjoyable loved ones — I’m partial to the John Popper, which includes cream cheese, onions, green relish, jalapeños, and sweet Thai chile sauce; I switch the green relish for dill relish, nevertheless, due to the fact that I believe the chile sauce is sweet enough. Onions here tend to be raw on the other dogs, so you need to request the caramelized onions. The dogs themselves are all-beef franks or tofu pups, though you can likewise upgrade to linguica, a cheese-filled sausage, or Field Roast vegetable sausage, to name a few alternatives.
The other response to this concern is Donnie Vegas. This Alberta Street bar regularly provides a strong Seattle dog, with cream cheese, caramelized onion, and scallions. They utilize an all-beef dog, or Field Roast for vegetarians. Both Zach’s and Donnie Vegas are likewise open late (a.k.a. up until 2 a.m. or later on), which tends to be when I’m yearning a Seattle dog.
To consist of a variation from our hotdog map, Sellwood’s Gibbon Grub has a cream cheese dog, and I believe it’s a quite enjoyable one. It includes jalapeño poppers, in addition to bacon, kettle chips, and salsa verde. The onions are missing out on here, however if you’re in it for the cream cheese, I do believe this is an enjoyable choice.
I understand, not a lots of alternatives, however it’s at least a start. If you desired a Chicago dog, we are definitely saturated with those. And hey, if any of our other readers have preferred areas for Seattle dogs not pointed out here, we wish to become aware of it.
