Easterbrooks Hotdog Stand

I’ve eaten at Easterbrooks since I was a little kid. Everytime we’d go to the Botanical Gardens we’d stop and eat at Easterbrooks for dinner. Even to this day it remains one of my favourite places to eat. Along with being old and funky, they’ve always had good food. It is an awesome landmark and got a long history that is awesome :3

Neat little hot dog and burger place with ice cream. Very retro looking. The hot dog (I got the Guided Missile) was pretty good. I wasn’t big on the bun being toasted, but oh well. The chili cheese fries were pretty good also. They have a variety of hot dogs to choose from. I’d probably come back just to try a few of the others, even if I wasn’t wowed by my first choice.

Very disappointed by this place. It was recommended to us by some friends who had eaten there some time ago.
I expected to find a diner, in fact it is an old wooden shack that specializes in hot dogs. I expected something simple, but at least clean.
I should warn you, this place is not for the faint of heart and some people might find it disturbingly dirty.
Service is bad. No welcome, no hello. Cash only. Wow how convenient in 2015 ! How many places do you know that don’t accept debit or credit cards? What a joke ! I didn’t have any cash on me, I had to walk all the way back to the botanical garden to find an ATM.
Secondly, this place is absolutely disgusting, dirty, smelly, greasy and sticky. I mean filthy dirty. You can see food leftover from previous customers on the tables, and food leftover on the floor probably from days/​weeks ago. I don’t think anyone ever sweeps the floor in this dive. They might not even have a broom.
The salt and pepper shakers, the ketchup and mustard bottle are disgusting and sticky, as are the tables.
I haven’t seen the kitchen, but quite often you’ll find that what you see in the front of the house reflects what you don’t see in the back of the house. Probably a sanitary hazard waiting to happen.
Finally, onto the food itself. The hot dogs are ok, but honestly it is hard to mess up a hot dog. It’s as simple a dish as you’ll ever find. The fries and the rest are ok as well, albeit nothing to write home about.
Overall this experience is best described as an ordeal. Filthy, rude and only ok for taste.
I do not recommend this place, not even to my worst enemy. There are much better diners our there. Hell, Denny’s is better than this hell hole.

In my quest for the perfect Hot Dog brought me here {plus Unilocal} this is a must stop for hot dog lovers, My wife had a Dog w/​bacon, onions, fries I had a Dog w/​chili, onions and fries but what make this combination is its hot dog bun it’s was like a small loaf of French bread absolutely fresh and moist we did not try the burgers but we will next time. I have to mention the Hot Dog stand it self what a treat a collector of cool things such as a 100 photos of entertainers that have stopped by a dinner a style from 80 years ago [ My Favorite ] there was a arcade game called Genco’s Circus Rifle Gallery I used to use all of my dimes in a machine like this in the 60’s I am still trying for high score.{*_*}

If you happen to be anywhere near here you must come here. It’s a time back in time you will feel like your in the late 60’s.
This place has a great retro look. They just left it the way it was built and never did any upgrades. The hot dog itself is great, the place may be retro but the hot dog is totally worth it.

The hotdogs at Easterbrooks are delicious but these are a rather hard thing to mess up, my issue with Easterbrooks is that the burgers they serve at their New Street location are rather bad and has resulted in family members telling me they will never eat there again. However their Ice Cream, Hot Dogs and Fries are all great choices and terrific if you’re looking for something fast and decent in quality.

This place is amazing. A total dive, that’s been around probably longer than I’ve been alive. And it was a nice way to end the summer. May have to go back in a few weeks though! I uploaded pod of the «Belly Buster» dog, chili, cheese, fried onions, bacon, tomatoes, & mustard. & then fries & gravy, both sooo good. Thick lovely gravy & chip truck style fries. Delish! A must go! Tip: take a few mins & know what you want before stepping up to order. The staff is always crazy busy & short on patience. But hey I would be too. Dealing with tons of «hmmm, ummm… Well… Oh this one! No… Wait…» Etc.

We love popping in for a hotdog and fries before an afternoon at the botanical gardens. The restaurant is a bit cramped but they have picnic tables in the back.

Found this place by accident after it was recommended to me by colleague. It has a greasy spoon dinner feel. The hotdogs are good, but the $ 1 upgrade to a sausage is worth it. The milkshakes are excellent. There is not enough sitting inside, but its nice to be outside on the picnic tables when the weather is good. I usually stop by this place when I am in the area. It is right beside the royal botanical gardens.

25min wait for 2 hotdogs! Not cool. Taste good bit not worth the wait.

This place is a landmark. Yes, maybe there is not enough sitting inside but there is plenty of history and there are lots of picnic tables outside. The food is great. My friends went back for a second serving. The veggie burger was great too. We are planning on becoming regulars there.

Saw the sign across from the Royal Botanical Centre. Who can resist the lure of a foot long dog? Small diner with checkered floor and a single counter big enough for 7 or 8 folks. Ordered fries and a cheese burger. Must have been good as it was wolfed down in record speed. Fries were good. Coffee not good. Steady stream of people ordering take out plus some families at the counter. Come for the dog and fries for sure!

I found this place during a business trip to Toronto. I was dissapointed to find that there were no «Diners, Drive-​ins, and dives» in Canada. I did a search, and found this posting on Chowhound:
They mentioned Easterbrooks. Since I was driving down from Toronto to the Bell Homestead in Brandtford, this was on the way.
I got a foot-​long hot dog with onions and cheese. I also got fries. The dog was perfect and the fries were light and crispy. I was there at a weird time (3PM) and it was empty at that time. A very young (high school?) girl was running the counter. I asked her for directions back to the highway but she didn’t know (maybe she was too young to drive?).
I was running late so I took half the hot dog and fries to go and ate the rest in the car.
The place has a lot of obvious history. They had a note up on the wall that «since 1930 we have served over 1,579 miles of hot dogs and over 512 tons of ice cream».
There are business cards, articles, and pictures all over the walls, some dating way back.
I would definitely go back if I am ever in the area again.

I have drove past this place hundreds of times threatening to par take of their famous footlong hotdogs… well I’m glad I followed through on this threat! This places is a hidden gem hole in the wall — far from glam but rich in ambiance and taste — I certainly recommend you try this place when you have a craving for a frank!