Louie's Hot Dogs

We were surprised to find out Louie's Hot Dogs had a delivery service. They advertise delivery on their website and that they are open in the morning. Considering they are known to be mostly a late night eat, we sought to try out hot dogs for delivery for the first time. They’re also not far away from downtown… one of their locations is on Elmwood which is about five minutes away.

Unsure how finely cooked the hot dogs will be after they've been delivered, we tested them out with only four of us instead of our massive order size. We also wanted to see if they could label and separate out all individual orders since someone's hot dog could be another person's. We were not sure how the toppings would be included if they would already be on the food or if they were on the side and we'd have to put them on.

Their menu has quite the range for a hamburger and hot dog joint. From subs to baked potatoes to milkshakes, the prices are small and range from two to four dollars mostly. The delivery fee was $2.25. We ended up ordering the "Big Buffalo Burger," a couple of footlongs, a couple of French fries with gravy, a quarter pounder, and a couple of bacon cheeseburgers.

The delivery came well over 15 minutes early. All our food was in one medium size Sahlen's box... we couldn't believe everything was in there when we saw the box. We asked the delivery guy if we placed an order for 20 to 30 people, how would we be able to differentiate everything... he said each person's order would be done on an individual receipt and printed out on the individual orders. We found that hard to believe since over the phone they wouldn’t write names on them. He also said they've done a delivery order for over 400 hot dogs before. He practically said whatever we need, such as condiments on the side, they'll do. They also have coupons on their website that don’t expire.

Now, time for the food. In the box, all the food was individually wrapped in wax paper and covered. The ingredients were written on the wax paper to tell which is which and all the ingredients were already placed on the food. They also gave us packets of ketchup, salt, and malt vinegar. Most of the meat felt like street meat though, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It all tasted well, but we could have guessed it came from a hot dog vendor too. Our footlong hot dogs were fine... they loaded the toppings on. The cheese sauce made the hot dog taste even better. The sauce on the Big Buffalo Burger was amazing. It was loaded with hot sauce and the blue cheese was creamy instead of the crumbed dry blue cheese some places use. The only weakness about the food were the shoestring fries, but that's not their problem. They were quite soggy by the time we ate them. However, the side of gravy side we dipped them in certainly made them better.

This would be the place if you want hot dogs delivered. On a rainy summer day if you are craving for them, pick up the phone and call for delivery. They have specials on their website too and there is no minimum charge. We would order from here again for sure.

Final Rating: 4 out of 5

Louie's Original Footlong Hot Dogs
www.louieshotdogs.com
470 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
716-884-0382