The Dog House

Their food might be good, I don’t know. I walked in one night around 6:30 and got in line behind about four or five other customers. After a few minutes, the guy behind the counter looks up at me and tells me they’re closed. When do they close, I ask. Fifteen minutes ago, he says. Nevermind that according to their sign they stay open until 8, he’s already serving four other people, and assembling a hot dog doesn’t exactly take that long. Maybe he got a booty call and had to close up early. I complied and left, never to return.

I get so excited about hot dogs! A friend and I were planning on going here together for a long time and things just kept getting in the way of our plans, but we finally made it a couple of weeks ago. It was one of those strangely hot fall days, so we sat outside and watched the Coventry traffic (which can be really entertaining and a little terrifying at 3pm).
I went with a Chicago dog since I’d been craving one (and, yes, I know there will be no Chicago dog like a Chicago dog from Chicago – DUH) and it was pretty impressive for a tiny little hot dog shop in Coventry. I was pleasantly surprised. I was also disappointed that I wasn’t any hungrier so that I could stuff myself with more juicy hot dog goodness, but oh well. It’s not like I live far…
The man behind the counter was pleasant and jovial – he even joked with us a bit when we expressed how overwhelmed we were with excitement and choices. This is obviously a run in and out with your food kind of place unless you want to sit outside. The interior is small and cramped and reminds me of the concession stand I worked for pee wee baseball games when I was 15; it’s not somewhere I’d get excited to go sit down and eat at, but more of an «eat as you walk coventry» treat.
ps the prices are pretty standard for hot dogs and hot dogs piled high with crazy toppings.

The lady refuses to grill any onion to make a Maxwell St Polish properly. Blasphemy. I want mine like the Chicago Maxwell St Polish poster she has hanging on the wall, not it’s half assed Cleveland raw onion cousin.

I love this place. It is ideal for a quick bite. The guy who cooks and also serves here is awesome. They have veggie dog, which is my first hot dog and I would not mind having many more of these whenever I feel like eating a hot dog.
The location is ideal for a evening snack. I would not recommend this place for a dinner but good to grab a quick bite on the go.

It is what is and it is good at it. Owner/​preparer of the dogs is friendly and patient. The menu is actually quite huge as far as the different types of toppings so you can pretty much get anything you want.

amazing

They have Chicago-​style Italian Beef Sandwiches and make Chicago-​style hot dogs that are tastier than most of the dogs you can get in the windy city. These are the only two items I’ve tried from their menu and that’s not going to change anytime soon!

It was a hot and humid summer day. We saw people on Coventry walking with swirls of orange on a cone… ice cream cone! Process of elimination deduced it was from The Dog House. They have vanilla and orange flavors; cost of delicious-​ness piled high $ 1.50.
(Sorry, if you were expecting a review for the hot dogs.)

Like my friend Joyce P., I’m also a huge fan of the dog house! I’ve been there a couple times for a chili-​and-​cheese (nacho or cheddar) dawg. I might branch out next time– they offer quite a variety of dogs! I also love the cheese fries. There’s really nowhere to sit inside, but the place is painted the colors of ketchup and mustard and covered with cute pictures, so it gives a nice, nostalgic feeling. Extra points — they actually sell MYSTIC (the juice drink) — who remembers Mystic?!

I love this little hole in the wall place near Coventry Village. The Dog House serves up variations on a hot dog. I had the «Atlanta» — so delicious. The corn dogs aren’t bad either. It’s great to go on a breezy summer day and sit outside with a dog house hot dog!