Hot Dogs restaurants in Orange County

Jerry's Wood-Fired Hot Dogs

1701 Corporate Drive, Ladera Ranch, CA 92694

Not since Boogie Nights has a wiener garnered so much deserved buzz as the yearlong love-in for those steamed at Jerry's Wood-Fired Hot Dogs. Owner... More »
Jerry's Wood Fired Hot Dogs

2276 E. 17th St., Santa Ana, CA 92705

Not since Boogie Nights has a wiener garnered so much deserved buzz as the yearlong love-in for those steamed at Jerry's Wood-Fired Hot Dogs. Owner... More »
Jerry's Wood-Fired Hot Dogs

1360 S. Beach Blvd., La Habra, CA 90631

Not since Boogie Nights has a wiener garnered so much deserved buzz as the yearlong love-in for those steamed at Jerry's Wood-Fired Hot Dogs. Owner and... More »
Berkeley Dog

215 W. Birch St., Brea, CA 92821

Berekeley Dog is a Bay Area institution; known there as Top Dog, it is as much a part of UC Berkeley's identity as not being able to afford to eat at Chez Panisse. Each... More »
Berkeley Dog

4249 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA 92612

Berekeley Dog is a Bay Area institution; known there as Top Dog, it is as much a part of UC Berkeley's identity as not being able to afford to eat at Chez Panisse. Each... More »
Berkeley Dog

25522 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo, CA 92692

Berekeley Dog is a Bay Area institution; known there as Top Dog, it is as much a part of UC Berkeley's identity as not being able to afford to eat at Chez Panisse. Each... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

EDWIN GOEI writes for OC Weekly on Wild Goose Tavern

A lovely loaf cradles the sausage sandwiches at Wild Goose Tavern. It's big and pillowy, thicker than the average hot-dog bun, and when you bite into the chewy, slightly yeasty roll, you realize you're eating real bread—something designed for this very purpose and with a substantial crust impermeable to liquids. This isn't the stuff you buy in bulk for Fourth of July, but rather a...
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GUSTAVO ARELLANO writes for OC Weekly on Game Day Fire-Grilled Hot Dogs

Next to spotting orange groves and tracking the return of the swallows to Capistrano, one of the best geographic parlor games in Orange County is spotting old Taco Bells, ones from the era in which the company put up faux-adobe buildings. Those structures are almost all repurposed now, from Korean barbecue joints to actual taquerías, teriyaki joints to quick-stop...
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GUSTAVO ARELLANO writes for OC Weekly on Berkeley Dog

Even as the Great Recession decimated the restaurant industry these past couple of years, one surprising sector experienced rapid growth here: regional chains.

Most of the media and blogger attention went to Five Guys Burgers, an East Coast chain foolishly compared to In-N-Out (they're good, but hardly worth the excess of buzz), but other, more-obscure outposts also popped up. There...
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