Dog Days

And the wiener is…

A A A Comments By Jason Sheehan Thursday, Aug 30 2007

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Wazee Union

3501 Wazee St.
Denver, CO 80216

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Region: North Denver

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And while I still don't love the dogs here, Steve's finished a solid second to the Old Fashioned. For taste, the Thumann's dog (even though it was done on the flat grill) got a snappy five out of six, elevated slightly by the good, toasted buns and the fact that when I asked for a dog with just spicy mustard, Ballas agreed that this is the very best way to eat them and that you should never use ketchup. In terms of environment, Steve's maxes out the meter. There is more hot dog-related shlock crammed into this little space than should be physically possible. And as for presentation, his pup was all to the good: laid in one of those little hot dog envelopes, wrapped in waxed paper and bagged to roll. A nine out of ten — not too shabby.

And that's it for Jason "Dirty Water" Sheehan's Super Colossal Big Wiener Roundupthis week. Check out next week's Bite Me for some suggestions for hot dog carts (in particular, the one run by Biker Jim Pittenger, a hot dog hero of the first order). If you've got a favorite place that didn't get mentioned here, or you take umbrage at one of my choices, e-mail me and I may include it in that column. In the meantime, if you need me, I'll be down at the Old Fashioned getting a little taste of home.

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