Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs

The good here is definitely worth a shot, so I won’t criticize that, but I felt that it was a tad bit overpriced for the quality and quantity.

I have to agree with the other two reviews that the prices here are a bit stiff for hot dogs. The price might have been ok if the dogs had been bigger, but they weren’t. They were normal size to smallish dogs. Small enough that one dog wasn’t going to fill me up. I got 2 Coney Dogs, Fries and a Pepsi and it was $ 14. The flavor was good… but not near as good as Biker Jim’s. The atmosphere was good and the service was friendly and very attentive. I believe that they have a couple of other locations up on Larimer Street so they must be hitting the taste buds of a lot of people. I think if their prices were a little more reasonable I could become a regular… but at their current prices I will probably not be back.

Serving size is a bit on the small size. The hot dogs are smaller than the other hot dog shops and the amount of fries they give seem like just a handful. The flavor is definitely there though. Having a beer selection on tap is another plus. Armed with a Groupon coupon, we finally made our way here. Girl with the purple hair, you rock. Bill also rocks too. With their powers combined makes for a fun atmosphere. I’m looking forward to coming back again and digging into their homemade ice cream and try more hot dogs!

Had the 24 hour dog for lunch. Ingredients were fresh and service was great. Dog + drink + tax was $ 7, which is a bit stiff but not bad. Will be back!

Service with a side of…
I created my Unilocal account specifically to rate my experience with this establishment, to say it was a disappointment would be understatement.
We called for a take out order from the website, straightforward right? The establishment has two locations, as we live in Englewood, we called the number from the website and placed our order. When I walked into the store to pick up my order, I was greeted with a friendly ‘we don’t have an order for you’. I stated that I had called in 15 minutes ago… ‘ok, we still don’t have an order for you’ … I then learned that there is another location, I had called the downtown location, the website only has one phone number, I was then advised to go downtown and pick up my food because they did want them to throw it out… the gentleman then yelled at the teenager in the back to come and make more fries (there were only 4 people in the restaurant).
And there I was, and that was the solution, so I acquiesced, and drove downtown… after all, I guess I had made the mistake and called the only number available. When I did go downtown I was greeted by a friendly team of individuals and explained my situation they said I had met Billy… the owner, apparently heavy on business, light on service and quality. And that would explain the $ 38 for 3 hot dogs, 2 fries and 3 shakes and nice little commute back to Englewood where I was then able to enjoy my ‘gourmet hot dog’.
Now, I’m not picky, but gourmet to me implies quality or something else besides bad. Maybe this is tough with a hot dog, but I feel at the minimum it should fill the bun, and have a nice ‘snap’, right? My dog was boiled, the dogs on 16^th street mall put this to shame… it was mediocre at best, also it appears that Billy does not like to distribute tips to his employees, not sure what the Unilocal ramifications are for that but it certainly notches him higher up on the DB scale. So there you have it… if any of this sounds appealing, by all means, prove me wrong, but if I was able to dissuade you to try a different restaurant with your hard earned dollars, maybe check out another small business that cares about customer service and quality.