It’s time for another Chowdown Showdown, our new weekly feature that will not only give you great ideas on where to eat, but will allow you to tell everyone why your favorite restaurant is the best.
The Chowdown Showdown pits Palos, Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn restaurants against each other to decide who makes a particular dish best. Before the competition starts, we need your ideas on who our Oak Lawn representative should be.
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This week's showdown features that all-American favorite—the hotdog! I want you to tell me who makes the best weiner in town--Fatso's, Pluto's, somewhere else? The winner then will go on to face the best of Palos and Evergreen.
How to Vote
There are three ways to vote for your favorite.
- Leave a comment on this article and tell us your pick and why you think they are the best.
- Find your pick in our Oak Lawn Places Directory and leave a review and tell the world just how good their hot dogs are.
- Go to the Oak Lawn Facebook Page and tell us your pick.
Get your votes in by Monday at 10 a.m. We will announce the winner and share the results of our taste test on Wednesday.
That's Not All . . .
The Oak Lawn Places Directory allows you to leave reviews of your all your favorite place in town. From auto shops to eye doctors, hot dog stands to churches, find them in the directory and tell everyone why they are great.
Start Reviewing and Rating
About this column: Every week we poll our readers and taste test their choices to pick the best dishes in Oak Lawn, Palos and Evergreen Park.
Service with a smile and a lot of snappy patter. The Dog's so good it makes you want to ........have another! Quinn
http://oaklawn.patch.com/articles/when-life-throws-a-curveball-sell-hot-dogs
at the baseball field etc. I hope the village will quit the B.S. and give him the ok!! We need small vendors to make living in Oak Lawn fun!!
Dick Portillo is an local product and an Argo HS grad. It is as much a family owned business as any mentioned above. It is successful thanks to decades of making darn good dogs.
I grew up near 83rd and Western so my fave has always been Fat Johnnies Red Hots on 72nd and Western. Johnnie has been there for 40 years now.