Dirty Frank’s Hot Dogs opening downtown in July
Dirty Frank’s Hot Dogs, a casual hot doggery and neighborhood bar is set to open mid-July in Downtown Columbus, Ohio bringing another fun and affordable lunch option to downtown workers and dwellers. Partners Elizabeth Lessner and Harold LaRue look to bring quality hot dogs and some whimsical sizzle to downtown Columbus.
“Columbus has hot dog envy. People visit New York and Chicago and eat at some of the finest restaurants in the world but come back raving about the hot dogs,” says Lessner, current CEO of Betty’s, Surly Girl Saloon and Tip Top Kitchen and native of Chicago, famed for their outstanding “slap your forehead” scrumptious red hots.
Dirty Franks will feature delicious all-beef Vienna franks, Polish sausages, Kielbasa and Tofu dogs served in steamed poppy seed buns topped with fresh ingredients prepared to order. Sides will include Corn on the Cob with Chipotle Butter, Sriracha Cole Slaw, Roasted Sport Pepper Mac ‘n Cheese, India Pale Ale Dredged Onion Rings, and Hot Dog Cornbread. Salads and a few casserole dishes will also be available.
To complement your dog, locally brewed Frostop Root Beer on draught, plenty of Pabst Blue Ribbon and the house specialty drink, Dirty Frank’s Bloody Mary which contains Sport-Pepper Infused Vodka with Celery Seed Bloody Mary mix.
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May 7th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I love Hot Dogs, going back to Weiner World as a kid. But if you are going to go Chi-town :
Hot Dougs : The Encased Meat Emporium
A.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
You had me at Sriracha Cole Slaw.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
That sounds delicious.
If any taste testing of the products, especially the onion rings, comes up, I’m available most any time.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Is the location a secret or am I missing something?
May 7th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
I know where Dirty Franks will be and I ain’t telling. Try to beat me through the door when it opens.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Yes please.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Gay St would be nice. The more the merrier!
May 7th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
No kidding!
May 7th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Kudos goes to CMH Gourmand and his expertise in our menu development.
Location will be disclosed in the very near future but officially, not yet.
Downtown, yes. On Gay Street? No.
cu.com preview party? Yes.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
You guys are such teases :)
This is another exciting one. I can’t decide if I’m more excited about the hot dogs, cole slaw, cornbread, or bloody marys!!!!
May 7th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Awesome.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Yeah, second that…
Hmmm…hot dogs, PBR and onion rings. There is sauerkraut right?
May 7th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
That’s so weird! We’re in the middle of getting our all-vegetarian hot dog cart going (called RAD DOG!) because we too thought there was a lack of dogs in Cowtown (as well as vegetarian/vegan options). Columbus will be eating mass amounts of HOT DOGS this summer!
May 7th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
yay liz and harold!
May 7th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Good dogs AND Frostop? That’s got “can’t miss” all over it. Can’t wait.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:20 am
this…is…awesome…
May 8th, 2008 at 8:03 am
my guess is at broad and high. and please stay open past 3 oclock for those of us who live downtown, cant cook… yet still like to eat when normal people do.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Best news ever. I do have hot dog envy. I welcome this more than anything else, I wish it was not downtown though, but whatever. I hope that picture is not of what they will actually be serving though.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:30 am
sounds great!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:36 am
What I don’t like about the “downtown lunch crowd” is that I’m not part of it.
But I guess since theres a bar included there will be evening hours?
PBR tallboys please.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I want a hotdog. Could you open it sooner?
Like, perhaps, now.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Looks to me like this is pretty much a copy of of what has already proven to be successful in Westerville. If I was the person that opened the Westerville joint and assumed the risk that a concept such as this may not work in Central Ohio, I’d be a bit upset with someone capitalizing on the idea I created and took a chance with.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1247489/
May 8th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
does liz lessner ever sleep? with the ohioanna market and the new herb garden on the roof of tip top and freaking 80 restaurants how does she do it? keep it up, thats all i gotta say…people think columbus and they say “go to surly girl, go to betty’s..” etc etc…rock on!
May 8th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
If the wiener isn’t kosher, how can I feel good about putting it in my mouth? :(
May 8th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
:lol: sounds like something you’d hear at Axis!