Kayla B.
Yelp
Pay attention to the hours; this might be one of the first non-alcoholic places I've seen that OPENS at 9PM on some nights.
(We 100% stood around in front of an empty booth for 20 minutes, assuming someone took a bathroom break, before learning to read.)
There is no interior. There is no door. It's simply a window that opens up into the walking-only Printer's Alley. This isn't a place you'd park your car to go to; this is a place you stop into if you're already walking in the area and decide you want a hot dog, right then and there.
And for that, when it's actually open, it succeeds. We ordered and had a hot dog within a minute. Even the group of six ahead of us had their food within a few minutes. It looks like Daddy's Dogs always has the hot dogs rolling, and the single cashier/cook behind the window just pops it into a tray with the bun and adds your toppings, and you're good to go.
The beef in the hot dog is GOOD. It's not too spiced, but it's very soft and delicious.
The bread they use is way too pillowy and thick. The bread-to-hot-dog ratio is off, but if you've been drinking, the extra bread maybe isn't the worst thing in the world.
Their "Chicago Dog" is more like an "inspired by Chicago dog". A Chicago dog has a very specific set-up, and theirs is missing some of it (and the pepper size and pickle size is very lacking). If you can still see the hot dog through the pepper and pickle on a Chicago dog, it's not quite right.
Still, it was hot, fresh, delicious, cheap, fast, and RIGHT THERE. It'd be impossible for it be any more convenient.