Mustard's Famous Hot Dogs — Restaurant in Melbourne

Mustard's Last Stand 1288 N. Harbor City Blvd. Eau Gallie, FL 32935

3 Stars (local chain review)

Intrinsically tied to my love for America's Pastime (baseball, not identity politics) is my love of Germany's greatest contribution to civilization: the frankfurter, more commonly known as the hot dog. Originating in Frankfurt, Germany, these delectable sausages have been around since the early 13th Century. Starting with the coronation of Holy Roman Emperor Max 2 a hot dog was given to the people in the event of an imperial crowning.

Craving a dog, like a Grampus craves seals, I headed to the Eau Gallie location of Mustard's Last Stand (the name alone is worthy of 2 Stars). My conundrum today was going to be how does one rate a hot dog? The best damn dog I ever consumed was a Sabrett's in 1987. This guy had a cart in Canova Beach (there's a lost name) when I was a deputy and stopped to get a dog. One bite and I was hooked. The second best I've ever had was an Original Nathan's. I've just named two of the top four brands out there, the other two being Vienna All Beef and Hebrew National.

The help today was outstanding. Both Trenton and Xavier were busting their respective tucheses. To mix it up a bit, I had to go with the Chicago Hot Dog and one Roast Beef Sandwich. My order was up in no time, and I got to work. One bite in, and I knew this dog was not one of the four mentioned above, or if it was, it was past its prime. It was, however, cooked properly and served in the traditional Chicago style—poppy Seed bun, peppers, green relish, fresh tomatoes, onions, dill pickle, and celery salt. The bun was fresh and warm. This would have been better had the base sausage been of higher quality.

The Roast Beef Sandwich, while tasting fine had that rainbow slime on it that beef products get three days before it goes bad. The execution was outstanding and the flavors were there; however, I can't score it higher due to the meat situation.

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Ive been going here for years and it used to be good. I was told by the kid taking my order that if I wanted grilled dogs, I'd probably find spit in my food. Joking or not, what a discussing comment. They no longer do daily specials and it took almost 20 min for my food when I was the only one ordering. I ordered my usual 3 dogs, fries and a beer and it came to almost 20 dollars! My order was not completed when he delivered it and he said I he'd be back with the rest. . He forgot and instead of an apology, he said, here you go. I asked for a side of ranch and he said for a 2 oz cup, it would be an additional dollar. I expressed my feelings about waiting for my food and still being asked for the dollar. He came back with the side, rudely SLID it on the table and walked away. Then then came back out and now in front of other patrons waiting forever for their food, told me that the ranch was on the house. Thanks buddy! Oh, that just made everything so much better. All in all, the dogs were cold, the fries were hot, but soggy and not worth even 5 dollars in my opinion. I always try and help local businesses, but this is the last time I'll go there. Rude, horrible service and everything was sticky. Too bad to see a local business not care about their locals enough to make things...

Passed this place 3 times since moving here. Decided to swing through this evening. Sooooo many hotdog choices I wasn’t sure where to begin. Just ate the three I ordered with the jalapeño crushed pepper sauce. Now I have to make it my mission to eat everything on the menu. The dogs were phenomenal!!!!

Edit: I have to update because of this ladies review. I was in the restaurant and the man behind the counter was never racist. She asked a question and didn’t like that he wasn’t snappy enough for her questions and preceded to berate him and pull out her camera to start filming as most of society does🙄, and then talked smack about how much he probably made there and how she runs 19 food trucks and blah blah blah. She was a total C U next Tuesday. She wouldn’t stop flapping her gums and I decided to step in and ask if she was fine because we listened to this go on for a solid 6 minutes and she proceeded to continue filming while my family and I ordered our food. She sounds like someone I would never want to work for or patron her establishments. The guy behind the counter held his cool however and gave some sarcastic comments, but everyone was over her relentless yapping. Friggen...