crif dogs
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The East Village is the home of Crif Dogs where they make deep-fried hot dogs with crazy toppings. Is it wrong that we had hot dogs on more than one occasion in NYC? Probably. But they were deep-fried. We understand that anything out of a vat of oil in the states is considered a delicacy. We have yet to try the deep-fried Twinkie/Mars bar/Oreo cookie phenomenon. One day.
A lot of people warned us about rude service from the Crif Dogs staff, but luckily, we didn't experience it. The girl behind the counter took our order then handed us our food -not particularly effusive, but certainly not discourteous. The atmosphere had an intentional 'dive' feel to it, complete with dim lighting and arcade games in the corner.
Alex ordered the 'Chihuahua' - a bacon wrapped dog with avocado and sour cream. I was feeling a little less adventurous that day and just got some cheddar on mine. They should call this place 'Crif Toppings' because these were the skinniest dogs ever. Again, they were deep-fried, and deep-fried equals automatic deliciousness, so we're not complaining. I'm going to type 'deep-fried' one more time for good measure.
Have a greasy weekend!
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This place looks so cool!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the hotdogs super delicious - and different!
Viele Gruesse and have a super weekend, Kristina
'effusive' and 'discourteous' not exactly the diction you'd expect in the review of a hot dog joint — but then again, this isn't your standard hot dog joint!
ReplyDeletei love hot dogs! i am totally writing this place down for the future!
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Okay, I am concerned for y'alls arteries. You guys eat out so much :)
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Yummmy!
ReplyDelete"bacon wrapped dog with avocado and sour cream'!?? I didn't know it, but I think this is my dream dog. YUM.
ReplyDeleteHahaha I actually had crif dogs for the first time last week and had it 3 times after that. mmmm. I forget the names but I had the bacon wrapped one with avocado and sour cream and the bacon wrapped with over easy egg and cheese. heaven.
ReplyDeleteI checked out Crif Dogs while I was in NYC too!
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That avocado dog looks delish!
ReplyDeleteYUM. You know how I feel about hot dogs.
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yummy! i'm always such a sucker for a good hot dog...that chihuahua one looks quite delish.
ReplyDeletelooooove crif dogs! i went on my nyc trip too!
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