The 5 best hot dog joints in Atlanta

5 Best Hotdog Joints in Atlanta

It's a little known fact, but Hotlanta is home to some seriously delicious hot dog stands. Spend this summer exploring the city one wiener at a time with these five fabulous restaurants!

1. Mike’s Chicago Hotdogs: A fixture in Sandy Springs since the mid-nineties, Mike’s is known for quality ingredients. They serve real vienna sausages and most of their pickled vegetable toppings are actually shipped straight from Chicago.

2. America’s Top Dog: Located in a small shopping center right off of Chamblee Tucker Road, the shop is known for holding a New Yorker’s passion for hot dogs, which is mostly due to owner Jeff Brosman. America’s Top Dog features a build-your-own dog bar with with tons of different mouth-watering topping options, like pimento cheese and chow-chow.

3. Holeman and Finch Public House: Every single item on the Holeman and Finch hot dog is homemade: bun, weiner, and pickled jalapeno toppings. It’s in the gourmet price range and an eye-popping ten bucks a dog, but the experience is well worth it.

4. The Varsity: This Atlanta landmark has been cranking out its signature chile dogs for 86 years. There’s a reason The Varsity is still hopping: delicious varsity chile served sky high on a steaming hotdog bun. Seriously, you cannot call yourself an Atlantian until you’ve downed one of these bad boys.

5. Barker’s Red Hots: It’s the charcoal broiling process that makes this Marietta hotdog stand a crowd favorite. The wieners themselves are exclusively made for Barker’s by a fifth generation family owned sausage makers. The Barkers’ charbroiled dogs might take a bit longer to prepare than your average weiner, but as the Barker’s slogan says, “It’s worth the wait!”