Superdawg – Midway Airport

I’d heard that this was a good spot and I thought it was pretty good.
I had their Original Superdawg with everything — a poppy seed hotdog bun with a nice all-​beef dog and a ton of items including pickles, peppers, onions, mustard, ketchup, relish, etc. — they actually managed to make a hotdog a little more interesting.
Their menu displayed a Double Rich Chocolate Supershake and I really wanted to try it, but they were out. When I returned 8 days later, they were still out… really? That was pretty disappointing.
Originally I would have given it 3 stars but I have to knock-​off 1 star for an out-​of-​service milkshake machine on two different occasions in the span of two weeks.

Not the same as the orginal. Service leaves something to Be desired and you have to get fries with the dog which is no bueno.
While at MDW I’ll stick to potbellys or gold coast.

Prior to my 1hour layover at Chicago Midway, you might have heard me singing this on the airplane. ‘I’m so excited! And I just can’t hide it! I’m about to try Superdawg when we land in Chicago! Woo Hoo!”
That was PRIOR to trying it.
Yes– being that I’m a Unilocaler (who knows all the popular/​touristy must-do’s) and an Americana Addict to boot, I knew I had to try Superdawg even if this wasn’t from the original location.
I’ll say this– The Superdawg was good. It was topped off with all the fixings one could ask for– onions, mustard, on a sesame seed bun and served with a juicy pickle and soggy fries. The weird thing was it reminded me EXACTLY like a food court Costco hotdog! Like dead on, really! The pop, the flavor, the size, the juiciness. Which led me to think– Does that mean Costco hotdogs are as good as Superdawgs? Or are Superdawgs really just as good as a Costco hotdog? Either way– I enjoyed it– but I realized this is not the hotdog I’d been craving.
For around $ 7.60 you get the Superdawg, the pickle, and the fries. An airport price to day you’ve tried a Chicago Superdawg I guess… When I visit Chicago forreal I will make the trip out to the original Superdawg– but if i’m just laying over at Midway I’ll probably pass.

The sort of quality hot dog you expect from Chicago, conveniently located between changing planes at Midway Airport. Prices are a bit steep, and the staff have that vacant, sad, neglected, abused look of people who really have no reason at all to enjoy their jobs. Milk shakes are on the menu, so I thought I would indulge. «No milkshakes,» and several other items were unavailable, no explanation as to why.
If this place could deliver either a milkshake or even a friendly smile it would merit more stars. As it is, a special treat at the airport falls flat, like fries in a cardboard box without any salt to put on them.
Also –1 star for Unilocal which really ought to support airports in the location search.

This joint is okay.
Because I always fly southwest home to houston, they always connect through midway.
The service sucks. The employees always seem unmotivated and depressing. The food does take a while, and I don’t really get it, because it doesnt look like they’re grilling the dogs fresh. Sometimes it just looks like its reheated.
Why do I keep coming back here then? I dont really know. Everytime I go somewhere I have to eat the local food. So Chicago always has Chicago Dogs and deep dish pizza. I’ve had better on the streets of Chi town, but in an airport, I guess you take what you can get. On the other hand, the fries are pretty good.
It is also expensive as hell. For a hotdog and fries, you’re gonna shell out about 7 bucks. oh and they force you to get fries with the hotdog, so it sucks. that’s almost as bad as forcing you to buy a combo.
No wonder the line at Mc Donalds next door is always longer. They do have the service down. and their standards are higher.

Awful without any kind of ethical breach (that I know of).
I ordered a Whoopskidog and it took forever and then (15 minutes after the original order), I am told that they do not have something that is critical to the Whoopskidog. I think to myself, there are literally 3 things on the menu. How can you not have a critical piece of one of them AND how can you not know it when I order it???
Go to the McDonalds next door and then write a letter to Midway management requesting better choices. Avoid SuperDawg.

Author Patricia Schultz named the original Superdawg in Norwood Park as one of the 1,000 places to see before you die. Imagine that. Before you meet your maker. Before you kick the bucket. Angkor Wat, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal and Superdawg. Really. Seriously.
So when I passed by their kiosk in Concourse B at Midway Airport, I thought I should try to check this place out to see if a future trip back to the Windy City would warrant a drive up to Norwood Park. OK so it does. Really. Seriously.
For a mere $ 4.75, I got the eponymous Superdawg. It’s a big pure beef hot dog on a poppy seed bun with all the trimmings and then some — golden mustard, piccalilli (a pickled mix of chopped vegetables and hot spices), a kosher dill pickle, chopped onions, and a hot pepper. Delish if a tad overpriced, but hey, it comes with Superfries, which are really big crunchy potato wedges.
I only had ten minutes to my flight, so I gobbled quickly. I will need to come back to the real Superdawg to see why Patricia chose it as a place she needs to visit before she pushes up daisies. Maybe she has a thing for frankfurters?
FOOD — 4 stars… a good dog with a lot of fixings… not sure I’ll be wanting it on my deathbed.
AMBIANCE — 3 stars… well, it’s the airport… hardly fair to judge, don’t you think?
SERVICE — 4 stars… came up quickly upon request
TOTAL — 4 stars… it’s Superdawg. her it comes to save the day

Superdawg has been around for a long time — 1948, I was informed. Family owned and operated, there’s a single drive-​in location on Milwaukee, Devon and Nagle in downtown Chicago. Their second location (the one you’re reading about) is at Midway Airport and opened in 2003.
Superdawg does not sell ordinary hot dogs, they sell superdogs (Superdawgs?) decked out with a whole dill pickle, sweet and hot peppers, relish, pepper, mustard, ketchup, onions and a pickled green tomato on the side. Did I mention the sesame seed bun? The dog is obscured by the insane toppings. Can you imagine a big honking yellow pepper on it? Tangy and spicy!
The most amazing hotdog I’ve had in recent memory. (This one vendor at MGM Studios Florida does almost as good of a job — they make a mean BBQ dog!) The Superdawg meal will cost you less than $ 5. By the way, their merchandise is housed in some spiffy recycleable packaging.
Worth a trip if you’re passing through. If you’re in Chicago you’ve probably already had a taste of the Superdawg.

we had a layover here. figured, when in chicago, eat a chicago dog. we were greeted with superdawg as we walked out of our gate STARVING. i liked the cute little hotdogs on each side of the counter…
we ordered a superdawg and a superchic.
i had the superchic. no pictures b/​c it wasn’t worth it. i’m not sure how the superdawg was, but it was entirely consumed so it couldn’t have been that bad. the superchic is supposedly this chicken breast sandwich with their special sauce (think local supermarket generic bbq sauce). the bun was hard, even though it was toasted. the sauce, well, the sauce was just that, sauce. the chicken on the other hand… i felt like i was eating chicken jerky. dried out and very tough.
really expensive, service kinda sucked. the people after us tried ordering everything but the superchic and superdawg, but ended up having to order it b/​c they were supposedly out of everything else on the menu.
sucks for them, their Unilocal review will probably be the same as mine.