Chicago Pete's - Charlotte Center City — Restaurant in Charlotte

Since I’ve worked close by for about 6 months, I decided to give this place a try. The staff was super friendly and the place is nice and clean. I was craving hot dogs so I tried the Carolina Dog. Worried that one hot dog wasn’t going to be enough, I got the 2-Hot dog combo. It cost an extra $1 for chili on the second dog. I chose fries instead of the homemade chips because ranch was an extra $0.75. I ended up with a $13 lunch for two hot dogs, fries and a water (my choice). The dogs were delicious but maybe heavy on the slaw and light on the chili that I just paid extra for. The fries were underwhelming considering they have an entire section dedicated on the menu. Overall, the food was good but in my personal opinion, overpriced. We are talking about hot dogs, not porterhouse steaks after all. Doubt I’ll come back given that less than 50 yards away I can get two slices of pizza and garlic knots for less...

Let me tell you how my experience went. I walk in the restaurant and guess who is at the cashier? Pete. The owner. I know this because after having what I would say is the best Pizza of my life, I had to go up and let the manager know. He tells me that he’s the owner. So I let him know “Man your pizza is amazing”. His response: “I didn’t make that, my employee Rose did!” Then calls over to the lady making the pizza and tells her I loved her pizza. The guy is humble, he works when there’s not enough employees, and he respects his workers. We need more restaurant owners in the world like this guy. Definitely recommend every time and I guarantee you I’ll be eating here any time I am in Charlotte. Thanks for a...

I went for lunch today and was going to eat in, but after a considerable wait decided to change it to a to-go order. I waited for even longer, maybe 15 minutes in all. I got a cheesburger (I know, its called "Chicago Dog) that was not at all good. It seemed to be of frozen, preformed, grocery store quality - it was tough, gristley, dry, and cooked to a burnt and bitter char. The lettuce was a big piece of hard lettuce core and the tomatoes were overripe hot house pieces of mush. The fries were pretty decent but also overcooked. All in all it was disappointing. Being new to the uptown lunch scene, I wont go back for a burger, maybe I will o for a...