Customers at White Turkey Drive-In in Conneaut, Ohio, enjoy hot dogs and root beer. (Credit: Ken Drenten)

By Ken Drenten

Wednesday, July 19 is National Hot Dog Day. Whether you like yours grilled, roasted over a campfire, boiled, eaten at a ballpark or just heated up in a microwave oven, hot dogs are still America’s favorite indulgence.

Some of the best places to enjoy a hot dog in Ohio are listed in Dusty Tires under “Diners and Unique Restaurants” and “Drive-In Restaurants.”

For example, Charlie’s Dog House Diner is a tiny restaurant famed for The Cleveland Dog — 100 percent Vienna beef topped with stadium mustard and chopped onions. It also has a full breakfast and lunch menu as well as ice cream shakes, malts and floats.

Where’s your favorite place to eat a hot dog? Here are a few:

• Charlie’s Dog House Diner, 2102 Brookpark Road, Cleveland.
• Coney Island Diner, 98 N. Main St., Mansfield.
• Dirty Frank’s Hot Dog Palace, 248 S. Fourth St., Columbus.
• Dog Daze Gourmet Hot Dogs, 5808 Fulton Drive NW, Canton.
• Dog ‘N Suds Root Beer, 2050 North Ridge Road, Elyria.
• Eddie’s Grill, 5377 Lake Road E., Geneva-on-the-Lake.
• Guerne Heights Drive-In, 3004 Dover Road, Wooster.
• Hometown Hot Dogs, 12031 Lancaster St. NE, Millersport.
• Hot Dog Shoppe, locations in Girard, Warren, East Liverpool and Boardman.
• Jim’s Drive-In, 100 Martz Street, Greenville.
• Scooter’s World Famous Dawg House, 9600 Blackbrook Road, Mentor.
• Stewart’s Original Hot Dogs, 1036 N. Main St., Marion.
• Theo’s Restaurant, 632 Wheeling Ave., Cambridge.
• Tony’s Coneys, 5266 W. Broad St., Columbus, and 9901 US 62, Orient.
• Tony Packo’s Café, 1902 Front St., Toledo.
• White Turkey Drive-In, 388 E. Main Road (US 20), Conneaut.
• Wot A Dog Drive-In, 603 S. Main St., New Carlisle.

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Ken Drenten is creator and manager of Dusty-Tires.com, a travel blog for out-of-the-ordinary places in Ohio.

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