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Skip's Hot Dogs
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- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Alcohol:
- None
9 reviews for Skip's Hot Dogs
As you all know im a hot dog lover so my quest in Atlanta is trying to find the prefect chilli dog.... I just happen to be returning from the Deklab Framers market and ran acrosss this place.....
To me it was lil pricey it was around 10 bucks for 2 chili dogs and a fries, but hey I'm all about supporting your local business.....
I love the fact that the bun was hot and soft the hog was your regular beef dog, but I just wasnt sold on the chili so my search is still on people!
Not the worst but still not the best so far.....
Pretty average fast food spot, but I LOVE the chicken cheesesteaks here. Definitely go for one of those if you are in the area. Decent shakes too. I can't comment on the hot dogs since I'm not much of a hot dog fan. It isn't a chain which is nice.
3.5
Since Da Chicago Dog closed on Piedmont... I had to get my Chi-Dawg fix somewhere.
So I jumped on my sled and rode off into the sunset... Well, Avondale Rd isn't exactly a pleasure cruise, more like 40 miles of bad road. But then along came Skip's. This place has the right aura for a good dog.
The menu is filled with tasty looking items but I came here for one thing and one thing only... Da Chi-Dawg. It had the making of a good dog...the Vienna beef dog, bright yellow mustard, the nuclear green relish, onions, tomatoes, dill pickle, sport peppers, dash of celery salt... but the biggest disappointment and most important part of da Chi-Dawg is the steam poppyseed bun. They gave me a non steamed bun without poppyseeds! WTF???!!!
That is sacrilegious!!! I shoulda kicked them in the sack for that mockery! But I still gobbled it down like a good lil piggy. I will prolly go back and grub on some other goodies. And yes, I will mention to them how they left my buns bare next time.
BURP.
I'm pretty bummed that I didn't like Skips. I really wanted to be in french fry onion ring heaven at Skips, but it just wasn't meant to be. Even though it was cheap, I still thought the price was too high for what was pretty bad food and small portions. The onion rings were good, but I got, oh, about 5 of them. I flat out stopped eating my Italian beef sandwich because I didn't like it - waaay too salty. The fries reminded me of the ones you get at Wendy's - which I only think are good if dipped into a chocolate shake. But alas, I had no shake... in fact, I went home hungry and made myself some pistachio pudding to feel better. Oh well =[
Things that seem greasy I usually avoid. So when I past skips hotdogs for the first time I laughed. At work when we couldn't figure out where to go for lunch I'd always joke "we can go to skips! they use authentic vienna sausages!". One day somehow I got everyone to go. We loved it.
They have authentic Chicago dogs, something I never experienced before. It's a hotdog with relish, lettuce, tomato and peppers. It's really good. They're milk shakes are the cheapest you can get in decatur. I got a supreme tamale with chili once, it really warmed me up.
It's still greasy and the relish looks liked it's dyed nuclear green so I imagine it'll slowly kill you. Everything in moderation, the place has the proper use for grease - to make things tasty. Try it out with friends, it's fun.
We were craving a good corndog and weren't disappointed this past weekend. I've only ever had the hotdogs & Polish sausage at Skip's, but was very pleased with their corndog. It was fresh and didn't taste too greasy. It sure tastes a lot better than the yucky ones you get a festivals!!
I'm a fairly classy chick, but were I to be, say, driving with a loved one whose hunger and curiosity impels him to desire to stop at someplace such as Skip's Hot Dogs, I would totally be up for the caloric adventure. Such an occasion arose yesterday, though, unfortunately for me, Skip's was no gem in the rough. Granted, I am much more of a bratwurst kind of girl, but I thought my hot dog was far too scrawny and bland, and the fries equally flavorless and two too many hours old. More problematically, the staff seemed bored and surprised that we, the only patrons, had stopped in.for an early dinner after an afternoon of touristing downtown. The last straw for me was the lack of public restrooms. Take a hint from the management, who have blocked and cordoned off half of the apparently very unused dining area so that they don't have to clean it should unsuspecting visitors such as us decide to stop in: stay away, unless you really, really need a hot dog while driving on Avondale Rd. And should you find yourself in that situation: go through the drive thru!
It's like the Varsity, if the Varsity wasn't a mad house and sucky. I love Skip's, even if it did take my husband like six months of convincing me to try it. Now, I jones for Skip's.
This place is great. Their Chicago dogs are GREAT. I don't know of anywhere else in Atlanta where you can find them. It's run by nice people and they use high quality ingredients. Simply put good food at a good price.
