Chicago's Monster Dogs food truck is scary on the outside and serves up equally terrifying hotdogs that are surprisingly tasty.
Their frightening menu includes hotdogs topped with pork rinds, potato chips, and even Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal.When one visits the horror-inspired Monster Dogs food truck, they're greeted by a red and green-eyed, freakishly huge, foam Chicago-style hot dog. It doesn't represent one of the four, terrifyingly tasty hot dog varieties offered by the Windy City's newest restaurant on wheels, but its goal is to draw a crowd.
"The dogs themselves are monsters so we decided why not go monster with it," said Gilmore. "They're hot dogs; they should be fun." Gilmore said another popular menu item, 'The Gremlin,' was inspired by baseball, Crackerjacks, and hot dogs. It's topped with miso maple sauce, sriracha mustard, sesame seeds, scallions, and caramel popcorn.
"That one came to me in a dream I guess," said Gilmore. "Cinnamon Toast Crunch is the best cereal ever, so why not put it on a hotdog?" The truck debuted at Riot Fest, a three-day punk rock festival on Chicago's Southwest Side. Monster Dogs became a popular destination with concertgoers almost immediately.