text: This place serves up some excellent wieners and sausages but an excellent wiener does not automatically insure an excellent hot dog whatever version you are having one of their Signature Hot Dogs or one you choose to build yourself The wiener is only part of the composition of a great hot dog the most important part but still just a part The roll the toppings individually and collectively cooking method and finally the assembly process itself will determine the ultimate pedigree of the dog Best of Breed Mutt or something in betweennnWe tried Signature Hot Dogs JJs No Red Hot The Char Heel and The Joliet Jake Chicago Style and I was underwhelmed with all from the point of view of taste texture and composition The very first think you notice when you unwrap the dog any one of them is the omnipresence of the color yellow check out the photos the mustard rather sharp mustard at that is applied last and with a heavy hand On the first Signature Dogs we tried the mustard is applied to a large layer of slaw and these items overwhelm all other aspects of the hot dog the excellent wiener gets lost as do the other toppings which are fairly small quantities to begin with in fact I do not know if I like their chili or not never found enough to taste These dogs cost nnThe Joliet Jake is not an outstanding version of the Chicago style dog There were no whole Sports Peppers the tomato was limited and the Pickle Relish was bland and the deli mustard was applied last and too liberally for my taste I do not care for Potato Rolls in general and this one did not change that opinion All in all these heavy hot dogs are overpriced and do not rock you with flavor mainly for the reasons mentioned I would not order any of the dogs we tried as they were servednnI went back and ordered a simple dog with Sauerkraut and mustard with the mustard applied before the kraut and this was a very good dog showcasing the excellent wiener but cost very much overpriced I do not consider this a hot dog destination kind of place especially not in the Charlotte area which boasts a number of outstanding dogs include the Southern Chili Dog at Greens Lunch a variety of good dogs by The Chili Man and a number of very good Chicago Dog choices including the outstanding one at Poppas in MooresvillennI imagine this place could do very well it is the trendy kind of place some folks flock to look at the success of Skippys and their Pretzel bun in Winston but I will probably not be one of the flock here Love the wiener love that it is grilled but the dog as a whole is another thing