1. Superdawg Drive-In - Chicago, IL.
For irresistible retro kitsch, there's no surpassing this far northwest side "dawg" house.
   
2. SCHNÄCK - Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook's latest dive SCHNÄCK utilizes sumptuous Stahl-Meyer franks, pink and moist and salty and fresh tasting, more aggressively flavored than most.   
 
3. Varsity - Atlanta, GA
Love this place! It is a "drive in" with character and charm. The fresh rolls make the hot dogs! Fries are wonderfully greasy fries like we had back in the 1950s.  
 
4. The Wienery - Minneapolis, MN
Stroll into this West Bank institution and you'll soon know the difference between the salted roadkill that passes for hot dogs in too many other joints and the succulent Vienna beef that the Wienery jams into its casings. The meat is pithy, juicy, and eminently flavorful.  
 
5. Otto's Sausage Kitchen - Portland, Oregon
Otto's is primarily a meat market. In this cool room hang sausages of various kinds as well as big slabs of bacon ready to be sliced.   
   

  
6. Vida Cart - San Diego, CA
When the vibes are right, usually around one or two in the morning, this hot dog stand becomes a café des artistes, the kind of street scene you would find in New York or San Francisco. Daniela, an artist from Bulgaria, started it right under the historic Chinese Callan hotel.
  
7. Primanti Brothers - Pittsburgh, PA
The city's signature sandwich shop has been around since the 1920s.
  
8. Boston Speed's Famous Hot Dog Wagon - Boston, MA
Drive over to the Newmarket Square meat market in Roxbury around noon, and you'll see a swarm of big guys in '80s Lincolns pulling in and out from Mass Ave and the Expressway. The stand's proprietor, Ezra "Speed" Anderson, grills some of the largest and tastiest hot dogs you have ever seen. 
 
9. Ritzy Lunch - Clarksburg, West Virginia
There's nothing too ritzy about Ritzy Lunch, a downtown doghouse that has been a gathering place for the good people of Clarksburg since 1933. 
 
10. Flo's - Neddick, Maine
The greeting at Flo's is Down East direct and to the point.  "How Many?"  Don't even think of ordering one.  They'll know you're a tourist.