There is nothing like the crushing disappointment of sharing intel on a favorite hole-in-the-wall — the labyrinthian directions! the semi-sketchy location! the limited hours! — only to find your confidante has already eaten there.
Sniff out whether or not members of your carnivorous inner circle have hit up BullDoggies hot dogs yet (1125 Summer St., Eureka). For obscurity, you can’t beat it. It’s not even a food truck yet — it’s a tent-covered cart parked in front of a commercial kitchen behind the Clark Street Post Office.
Huddled in a tent with layers guarding against the chilly air and a platoon of condiments and relishes, the proprietors serve half a dozen variations of the beef dog on standard white bun. A standout among these is the Bourbon-maple bacon jam dog ($5.50) heaped with caramelized onions. This is not a dog with a snappy casing, if that’s important to you, but it meets all smoky-sweet-bacon needs with the “jam,” which is not so much of a preserve as a warm, loose topping.
As you chew, your mind may start racing with other applications for the bacon jam, which apparently started out as something to spoon over a pork loin. Prepare to experiment, as little jars are sometimes available for $5.
This article appears in The Last Days of the Budget Motel.
We’d like to thank Jennifer Fumiko Cahill and the North Coast Journal for featuring BullDoggies of Humboldt in a great article! We enjoy serving up the hotdogs to a wide range of folks who we think are the best!! Some come daily! Some come by every week. Still others come with their own containers hoping we have enough Homemade Macaroni Salad to “fill ‘er up!” It is a lot of fun for us! We’re very glad you stopped by and hope you’ll become one of our regulars!! Jim and Margaret Stevens