
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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