Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Dogs in Dover

Look tasty? It was. The above is from Dover Dog Grille, which opened earlier this year and has a wide variety of hot dogs on the menu. How so? Isn't a hot dog just a hot dog? Well here you can have hot dogs that are pork, all-beef or kosher, you can have them flame broiled, grilled or deep fried, and you can dare to try offerings such as the Sea Dog or even a Pizza Dog.

Their pizza dog comes with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni. Other interesting items that others might like (not me of course) are The Baxter, a hot dog with mashed potatoes, chili and shredded cheddar cheese. On my visit last week, I just got a normal dog with mustard and some fries, served in the box you see above. They have bratwurst, Italian sausage, burgers and a few sub choices, too.

You can find the Dover Dog Grille at 1156 S. Bay Road, not far from the entrance to the Dover Air Force Base. The place can be a little tricky to find if you are coming from the north. The best bet is to take your highway of choice into Dover and get on Route 10 East. When it dead ends into Bay Road at the Air Force base, take a left and D.D.G. is about a quarter-mile ahead on the left. Call (302) 734-9282 or go to http://www.doverdoggrille.com/ to learn more.

Lastly, where do people stand on high fructose corn syrup and its use in sodas and other drinks? They even sneak it into Snapple! So much for being made from the best stuff on Earth. One soda that does not use corn syrup is Deerfield Trading Company Gourmet Soda, found at Happy Harry's/Walgreens locations. Now, taking out the much-maligned sweetener isn't going to save you calories. But it does make for a better tasting soda. I've seen Jones Pure Cane Soda out there, but haven't tried it yet. Any good? This, of course, is knowing that soda is not the best part of daily diet. But us non-coffee drinkers need something, right?

Update: Forgot to pass along some wing sauce feedback from a reader, who said that Dreamers' Cafe at 1312 Philadelphia Pike offers eight levels, from Lullaby to You Must Be Crazy. This person was crazy enough to order 50 of the Crazy-wings, and reported it took a couple days to finish the order. Has anyone else been Crazy enough to try these wings?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

In the spring, around Passover, Coke switches over from corn syrup to cane sugar, in keeping with Jewish religious dietary laws. Look for the yellow caps!

Anonymous said...

I can't take this much longer.

Photos of food that makes me want to vomit, along with amateurish opnions from someone not qualified to judge "food" do not belong here.

Anonymous said...

My wife and I love DDG. The food is great, the service is wonderful, and the price is right. We can't say enough about how exceptional the service is! We go there a couple times a month. Actually, I think I may go there for lunch today. Yum!

Buddy Hurlock said...

Shelby: Glad you enjoy DDG, and feel free to come back and post a review of what you had.