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(This venue is closed.) Thoughts of a Chicago-style dog, on a poppy-seed bun, all but vanished when I ventured close enough to read the paper-plate "menu" posted in the window (gyro, anyone?).
Rather than befuddle the one server on duty — an amiable fellow, but no Big Al — I stayed on-menu by ordering a chili dog ($2.50), which arrived smothered like a sloppy joe in a thin tame sauce. The dog itself had no bite, either.
Big Al's
3007 Stillwell Ave. (at Surf Ave.), Coney Island, Brooklyn
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The lines at Nathan's were too long to bear Friday night, so I walked in and, quickly, out of Big Al's. Their dogs looked a bit tired. Instead, I went for some decent BBQ at Beer Island (a nice addition to Coney Island BTW).
Posted by: jpreardon | July 15, 2008 at 09:58 PM
Gyros are a quintessential Chicago fast food. (Unlike in NYC, it's pronounced YEE-ros there.) So I wouldn't automatically dog the place based on the inclusion.
Did they use Vienna Beef dogs at the least?
Posted by: JM | July 16, 2008 at 11:18 AM
I call them Yee-ros myself, though a lot of folks in New York look at me funny.
The impression I was trying to convey was that though his name and signage remain, Big Al seems to have moved on; the gyros, kebabs, and kin written up on the paper plates look like latecomers to the menu. I didn't notice whether the dogs were still Vienna Beef.
Posted by: Dave Cook | July 16, 2008 at 08:38 PM