Eating like a rockstar

What: Dogs with Rockstar monikers
Venue: Rockstar Dogs (corner of Chicago and Ashland), ~3:30 am.
Bottomline: Accessible late night dogs. Decent to boot. 

Flaming. Vedder. Tommy Lee.

Another Saturday late night, hungry as usual. Chinatown was considered, but coming from The Store, it was too far and frankly a cliché. Fortunately, I remembered that the Vedder Dog made Timeout Chicago's Dish Wish List of 2008, so we zoomed via auto. Parking--a cinch, but perhaps many were home having Valentine's sex. A cash only joint, but no worries because there's an ATM fee patiently waiting inside. 

I ordered a Vedder, Aussie a Flaming Lips, and Ian a Tommy Lee. Vedder was a cheesy, charred take on the Chicago classic. The Flaming was flaming, obviously. And Tommy Lee was an allusion to that infamous phallus. Good eats. The fries had Aussie raving all the way home. Definitely from a frozen package, but delectable nonetheless. 

So was the Vedder worthy of a Best 100 list? Nope, but I realized TOC's credibility was questionable after seeing Pork and Scrambled Eggs at Hon Kee on their list. True litmus: am I compelled to take a detour for a rockstar? Definitely not, but if it's past a weekend midnight, we happen to be in the area, and no one is craving Chinese grease, we'll be there.

(Tip: There is another location in Lincoln Park on Armitage.)