Lucky's Dog House — Restaurant in Thousand Oaks

Diogenes of ancient Greece was infamous for walking around Athens in the daytime with a lantern looking for an honest man. I feel that way often when searching for Chicagoan food in the Conejo Valley. This is perplexing because many of my friends are Chi-Town ex-pats. I would have hoped by now that at least one of them would have founded a hot dog or Italian beef stand. There has been a noticeable vacuum in CV since Dayne's Chicago Beef in Thousand Oaks closed in 2016.

Luckily, a Chicago style hot dog can be found at Lucky's Dog House in the Janss Marketplace. Their Chicago dog has a Vienna beef hot dog (other dog options are available), chopped onion, tomato slices, dill pickle spear, sport pepper, relish and celery salt. It only lacks a poppy seed bun (although their bun was fresh and puffy) and the signature neon green relish. Overall the hot dog was very good but I have to admit I was disappointed that it didn't have that "pop" you get with natural-casing hot dogs.

The restaurant is small with counter service and reminiscent of the mom-n-pop fast food stands found in the San Fernando Valley and elsewhere in the 1970s and 1980s.

I ordered the meal which included a soda and crinkle cut fries which were hot, fresh and crunchy. Total bill was $9.27, which is a bit on the pricey side for a...

Community staple at the janss marketplace. Large variety menu of hamburgers, hotdogs with quality meat Choices of Vienna or Hebrew national. Many options to enjoy such food with great/ affordable prices. They also have an extensive sandwich, substitution of different types of fries ( regular, sweet potato and chili fries), onion rings,salad, and milk shakes.

Had the grilled chicken salad, tuna sandwich, and steak sandwich in the past. I need to try the hot dogs, they look large and in charge.

Friendly employees, clean facility with options to enjoy your food inside or the plentiful seating arrangements outside. Parking is plentiful. Takes time to cook the food, so you know it...

Horrible service. Came in with my 5 year old daughter. Ordered 2 hot dogs. Waited and waited and waited. Finally went inside to ask about the order. The cook/cashier gives me a confused look and then says oh we gave your order to someone else. Then he says, “It’s not my fault.” I asked whose fault is it? He said again, this time with rudeness that it wasn’t his fault. I was dumbfounded. He never once apologized. Not once. I mean even if it literally wasn’t HIS fault (I don’t know whose fault it was), you don’t talk to a customer like that. He made it seem like I was bothering him. I’m never going back and I hope you...