Deliciousness

So I've sampled a few food places the past few weeks. Results as follows.

La Sardine
Good, if not expensive, French place. Probably the best salmon I've ever had here: both the salmon and the sauce were just insanely tasty. Never thought I'd say that about salmon. Really good escargot, blood sausage, and mussels if you're into appetizers. Like I said, on the expensive side though.

Penang
Don't know much about Malay cuisine, but I can vouch for this place's offerings. Had some roti and chicken curry for an appetizer. Shared some soft shell crab, lamb, and chicken family style as entrees. By far the best part was the soft shell crab...crunchy, but not too crunchy. And spicy, but not too spicy. End result: delicious. If that's not your deal, I believe they have a sushi bar.

Patio Hot Dogs
This place is actually in my neighborhood, just hadn't noticed until recently though. Got all sorts of good stuff: italian sausage, Italian beef, chili dogs, and various other burger/dog choices. The thing to get is the sausage and beef combo. For about $5 you get an Italian sausage with Italian beef piled on top. Throw on some peppers and you're golden. Pretty filling meal for $5.

Jim's Original
Similar food as Patio, with more emphasis on dogs/sausages. Will not go wrong with a Polish or a chili dog. And I'm a fan of the chili dog. Grilled onions are abound, even on the burgers. I personally am partial to them, your mileage may vary. Fries come with everything you order, and it's reasonably priced. For $6 I got a Polish, a burger, and two orders of fries. Can't really argue with that.

Hot Doug's
Yes, another hot dog place. Not your usual hot dog place, they've got all sorts of different sausage offerings. For example: pheasant, tongue, alligator, elk, and other assorted animals/combos. And that's just off the weekly special menu. The pheasant and elk have been "games of the week." They've also got duck fat fries on Friday and Saturday, which are pretty much goodness. Not sure if it's the deep frying in duck fat or the fact that they make the fries there, but it doesn't really matter to me. If that's not doing it for ya, they've got regular Chicago style dogs, chili dogs, corn dogs, and whatnot. Only thing that sucks is the specialty sausages are a bit expensive: probably $6+ on average. So good though.