Matthew Toback is a lawyer by trade, but he’s on a mission to create the perfect hot dog. But not just any dog: a Texas-style frank with all the proper trimmings that represent the bold flavors of the Lone Star State.
“The number one consumer of hot dogs in the United States is Los Angeles,” Toback says, “followed by New York, and third is Dallas, Texas; Chicago is number four. And that is per capita. Los Angeles has Pink’s. New York has hundreds of push carts located on every corner. Chicago has numerous hot dog restaurants throughout the city. Dallas, however, has no hot dog restaurant to recreate it.”
Some have tried, like Luscher’s and Wild About Harry’s, but nothing has stuck. There’s Angry Dog, which certainly has a great hot dog on the menu, but that is a sports bar with a lot of food, not just franks. And while we love the hot dog roller grill at Mike’s Gemini Twin, that’s more of a quirky accouterment (although they do use Meat by Linz premium dogs)…