# Tommy's-style chili dogs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommys-style-chili-dogs/1020231>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [June 28, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommys-style-chili-dogs/1020231 "2025-06-28T17:09:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommys-style-chili-dogs/1020231/44 "2025-06-29T23:47:01Z")

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> [@Eureka](#):
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> L.A. .Style Chili Cheeseburgers.

Serve it open-faced on toasted buns, and top with enough chili to fill a bowl, and you’ll have a [chili size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chili-size/532207). 😉

> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Like cheap Der Weinersnitchel chili dogs. Or Jack in the Box “tacos”.

Aye to both of those. My friend was living in Louisiana, and came back to Lancaster to visit his mom. He and I were going to run down to the nearby Wienerschnitzel and get some chili-cheese dogs. ‘Oh [son]! Don’t do that I have some meat loaf I can warm up!’ He replied, ‘Mom. Chili-cheese dogs. It’s a guy thing.’

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