Crif Dogs

Crif Dogs has good hot dogs but the most interesting thing is that it contains the sole entrance to the bar next door. On the left side of the eatery is a sliding door to a phone booth. Once in the phone booth, you pick up the phone and the person on the other side listens to your pleas for entry. If that person is in an amicable mood, they might let you in. The whole thing sounds stupid to me, so instead of that hoopla, I was at Crif Dogs for the hot dogs.

I ordered the spicy redneck. Hot dog, bacon, cole slaw, chili and jalapenos. Pretty darn good for a hot dog. The cref dogs truly resemble the goodness of a dirty dog in LA (hot dog wrapped in bacon sold on the street late at night). Not sure why what I ordered is called a spicy redneck, but oh well.

We also ordered the tater tots covered in cheese. Not because we thought this would actually be good, but rather because of the sheer novelty of it. It was pretty gross but that was what we expected.

113 Saint Marks Pl
New York, NY 10009

cheese covered tater tots

spicy redneck