| Franks-A-Lot | |
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 The restaurant's exterior in 2022 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Street address | 2845 East Burnside Street |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97214 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°31′24″N122°38′10″W / 45.5232°N 122.6362°W |
Franks-A-Lot, or Franks A Lot, [1] is a hot dog restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Previously, the business operated as The Dog House.
Franks-A-Lot is a restaurant in the Whole Foods parking lot on East Burnside Street in the Kerns neighborhood. Housed in a small A-frame cottage, the restaurant has "always focused on quick, take-away, drive-thru dogs", according to Thrillist. [2]
In 2022, Nathan Williams of Eater Portland described the cottage as "faux-Bavarian" and said the business serves "jumbo-sized" hot dogs and hand-made milkshakes. There are seven outdoor tables for seating, only one of which is covered, as of 2022. [1]
The menu has included the Great American Frank, the Long Wiener Frank (a longer version of a standard hot dog), and Chicago-style hot dogs with or without toppings, as well as German sausages, polish hot dogs, and vegetable franks. [3] The Jumbo American has sweet-hot mustard, jalapeños, and sauerkraut. [4] There are vegan options as well. [5]
In 2014, Samantha Bakall of The Oregonian said the restaurant "has the vibe of a Chicago joint" and described the Chicago-style hot dog as an "all-beef frank topped with yellow mustard, relish, cucumbers, red onions, sport peppers, fresh tomato slices and celery salt". [6]
The restaurant was previously known as The Dog House. [2]
Douglas Perry included Franks-A-Lot in The Oregonian's 2008 overview of Portland's best hot dogs. [3] Drew Tyson included the business in Thrillist's 2015 list of Portland's twelve best hot dog eateries and recommended the Long Wiener Frank. [7] Franks-A-Lot had a rating of four stars based on 124 Yelp reviews, as of 2019. [8] Eater Portland 's Nathan Williams included the restaurant in a 2022 list of seventeen "places serving Portland's finest hot dogs" and 2023 list of the city's "snappiest, juiciest" hot dogs. [1] [9]
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