Matt's Gourmet Hot Dogs

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Matt's Gourmet Hot Dogs (formerly Matt's Famous Chili Dogs) is a fast-food Hot Dog chain that specializes in authentic hot dogs. At first, Matt's Gourmet Hot Dogs specialized in chili dogs, but then branched out into other hot dog varieties, such as the Chicago-style hot dog.

There are currently six locations, located throughout western Washington. Four are located in Seattle, Washington, with two more located in Totem Lake and Renton, Washington. A seventh location used to exist in Bellevue, but construction of a highrise has temporarily closed this location.

[edit] History

The first Matt's Famous Chili Dog stand was located in South Seattle and opened in 1992. Soon after the Entrepreneur, Matt Jones, opened up other locations throughout Seattle, Washington. The other locations upgraded to sit-in resturants, whereas the first location was an authentic Chicago-styled Hot dog stand. The main menu item started out as the Chili Dog, with the Chicago-style hot dog as a second place item. After time, however, Matt realized that the Chicago-style hot dog was one of the fastest and most popular sellers, so he opted to rename his chain Matt's Gourmet Hot Dogs.

To try to re-create the taste of "authentic" hot dogs from Chicago and New York, ingredients are flown in from distributors from those cities that supply hot dog stands locally.

[edit] List of Offered Hot Dogs

[edit] Gourmet Hot Dogs

• Matt's Famous Chili Dog

Vienna Beef hot dog with mustard, onions, and chili.

• Matt's Classic Chicago Dog

Vienna Beef hot dog with mustard, white onion, sweet relish, tomatoes, Kosher dill pickle spear, sport pepper, and celery salt.

• "Kraut" Dog

Vienna Beef hot dog with mustard and sauerkraut

• New York Dog

Vienna Beef hot dog with mustard, red onion sauce, and sauerkraut

• "Slaw Dog"

Vienna Beef hot dog with onions, chili, and coleslaw.

• Salsa Dog

Vienna Beef hot dog with Giardiniera sauce.

• Plain Dog

Vienna beef hot dog with choice of mustard, ketchup, onions, or sweet relish.

• Turkey Dog

turkey hot dog with mustard, white onion, sweet relish, tomatoes, Kosher dill pickle spear, sport pepper, and celery salt.

[edit] Premium Sausages

• Polish Sausage

Polish sausage with mustard, white onion, sweet relish, tomatoes, Kosher dill pickle spear, sport pepper, and celery salt.

• Spicy Polish Sausage (Fire Dog)

A spiced Polish sausage with mustard, white onion, sweet relish, tomatoes, Kosher dill pickle spear, sport pepper, and celery salt.

• Italian Sausage

Pork sausage spiced with pepper, fennel, and anise, topped with mustard, white onion, sweet relish, tomatoes, Kosher dill pickle spear, sport pepper, and celery salt.

• Bratwurst

White pork sausage with mustard, white onion, sweet relish, tomatoes, Kosher dill pickle spear, sport pepper, and celery salt, or with just mustard and sauerkraut

• Veggie Sausage

Boca Burger-brand Vegitarian no-meat sausage with mustard, white onion, sweet relish, tomatoes, Kosher dill pickle spear, sport pepper, and celery salt.

[edit] Sandwiches

• Italian Beef

Finely shaved roast beef, diced white onions and sweet peppers soaked in au jus, served with tomatoes on a French roll

• Italian Sausage Sandwich

Two links of Italian sausage with onion, tomatoes, and sweet peppers on a French roll.

• Hot Pastrami

Thinly sliced pastrami with mustard and two spears of Kosher dill pickle, served on a French roll.

• Matt's Special

Two cut-up Italian sausage links with chili, cheese, and onions, served on a French roll.

[edit] Other Entrees

• Tamale

Ground beef steamed in corm meal "masa" covering, covered in Chili, cheese, onions, and tomatoes.

• Chili Chips

Fritos-brand corn chips covered with chili, cheese, and onions.

[edit] External links

• Official website