# Where did the "Chicago style hot dog" recipe come from, anyway? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-chicago-style-hot-dog-recipe-come-from-anyway/725992 "2015-07-23T19:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-chicago-style-hot-dog-recipe-come-from-anyway/725992/41 "2015-07-25T05:01:59Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Where is this Jimmy’s of which you speak? There’s a Jimmy’s by my late high school that serves the basic Chicago style you mentioned, but that’s in Arlington Heights and I don’t associate the Arlington Heights of 45 years ago with iconic Chicago cuisine. The iconic Jimmy’s is on Grand & Pulaski. [See here](http://www.jimmysredhots.com/). Ignore the second picture in the slideshow of the classic Vienna Beef hot dog poster. They do not serve their hot dogs that way. The first photo is their product. ETA: [Here’s a Chicagoist article](http://chicagoist.com/2014/07/02/the_14_best_hot_dogs_in_chicago.php) on the best hot dogs in Chicago, complete with more photos. Jimmy’s shows up on pretty much every list of best Chicago area hot dogs. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-chicago-style-hot-dog-recipe-come-from-anyway/725992/42 "2015-07-25T12:29:02Z")
You can buy sport peppers on Amazon. They’re not very spicy, less spicy than jalapeños IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-chicago-style-hot-dog-recipe-come-from-anyway/725992.md?page=2)