As someone who considers themselves kind of an authority on the humble hot dog (it's a taco by the…read moreway, not a sandwich), it's kind of surprising it took me this long to visit this Greensboro local staple on A&T's campus. Well, I happened to be out and about while a lot of people weren't just after the heavy snowstorm on that Monday, and happened to be in the area. Hot Dogs sounded great, so I pulled in.
One thing you definitely cannot argue with is the price, especially on a Monday and Wednesday, where they feature all hot dogs for $1.25. A sum that is safe to say, ultra-rare, in this day and age. Going along with that, this place is pretty humble, as you might expect. Could use a little TLC, but of course that also comes with costs. Ultimately, if your hot dog slaps, you could just be serving off a plastic folding table for all I care.
I ordered two Aggie dogs, side of onion rings, large half sweet half unsweet tea. One of the foibles of this place is that it is very hard to hear the person on the other end of the drive-thru speaker. But he eventually repeated back to me my correct order. Drove around and paid, then pulled up to the window where they give you your food.
I'm not sure what went wrong here, but even though I was the only person there, I got someone else's order. Didn't realize that until I drove away, but luckily, I didn't go far. Realized it when I put my straw in and took a sip of Coke, not tea.
Kind of wish I had kept the Coke. I did not enjoy the tea. It had a strange flavor. Other than the tea, now that I had the correct order... again, for the price, it was pretty strong. Messy hot dogs on soft buns, but tasty indeed. The Aggie dogs are basically your classic all-the-way southern dog with chili, slaw, mustard, onion. I got the beef hot dogs (they also offer turkey), great flavor on the frank, chili and slaw perfectly good. I could have downed 4 of these easy, and maybe next time I will at that price and forego any sides. The onion rings were actually nice though, very crispy, tasty.
Anyhow, I bet you cannot beat this for cheap hot dogs anywhere in town, if not for the chaos on getting my correct order (and whatever happened with the tea) I would have surely given this a 5 on value and taste for said value.