Top Dog

Top Dog is located in Portland, CT on Rt 66. It is off the charts on the novelty and value scale. It is a giant hot dog shaped trailer that is pulled by an old school taxi, and has been in business for over 20 years. Today I had one chili cheese dog with the "hot" chili and pepper jack cheese. The hot dog was good quality, it had a nice snap to it upon the first bite. Roll was very generic, a potato roll would have made this much better. The chili was decent , rich, and meaty as you can see from the giant chunks of beef. If this was supposedly the hot chili, I can't imagine what the regular tastes like, as I could not detect any heat aside from the cheese. The pepper jack was an obvious great upgrade and different from the usual neon orange melted cheese that typically comes on a cheese dog. This particular dog was $3, and there was a list of about 10 specialty dogs on the menu. It was not the best dog I have ever had, but it was tasty, reasonably priced with fast & friendly service that is prepared in a giant hot dog. Will follow up to try other items.