Chris Barr

Skippy’s Hotdogs

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Today my dad took me and one of his old friends out to eat at Skippy’s Hot Dogs in downtown Winston-Salem.  I’ve ben there once before but not since this site’s been up!  Skippy’s main attraction is their pretzel recipe they purchased from a Pennsylvania Dutch man who was made famous for his pretzels.  They use this recipe to make their own pretzel dough in house, but they do much more with it than just make plain pretzels.

My personal favorite is the Chicago style hotdog in a grilled pretzel bun.  The bun is a very thick bread, just like a soft pretzel, and it’s grilled briefly to give it a nice crispiness on the inside and out.  The hot dog itself is split open and relish and banana peppers are piled on top.  On one side there’s a tomato slice, and on the other is a quarter of a dill pickle.  All in all, it makes for one really great hot dog.

Skippy’s is also one of the few places I’ve seen outside of Pennsylvania that will sell genuine birch beer, which I love.  If you’ve never had birch beer, it’s a soft drink very similar to root beer, but it’s a bit sharper in flavor.  If you get the chance, buy some!  Every time I take a trip up to Pennsylvania to visit relatives I always buy several bottles of it to take back and enjoy, mostly because it’s just hard to find anywhere outside of that state!