Dad's Coneys — Restaurant in Columbus

I’d give a 2.5 if possible. Perhaps my expectations were too high after losing the previous wonderful hot dog joint. I went for two cheese conies, fries, and my son had a garden salad with chicken added.

First, the good.

Prices are very reasonable for what you get. Service was quite good, we ordered whilst at Target and then waited only about five minutes.

Now the bad, the French fries were blah. I suspect they aren’t doing the traditional double fry method. They were barely golden and on the floppy non crispy side.

The hot dogs were traditional plain steamed dog. (I suspect steamed because they weren’t water logged like boiled.). The bun, I can’t tell if it was steamed or just got steamed after it was wrapped.

But the really bad, the sauce. I mean you go there for the sauce am I right? There was no flavor at all. I don’t taste cumin, or cinnamon, or pepper, nothing. It tasted like boiled ground beef mixed in plain tomato sauce. My son said the chicken on the salad also had no flavor.

I know I’m hard to please coming from Toledo where we have three great coney shops, but it was so disappointing.

I wanted to like the place but I’ll stick to DQ. (I LOVE Ritzys but not the bread bun thing.)

Suggestions for improvement:

Griddle the dogs and buns a bit before serving. Add some flavor! Spices open the taste buds.

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