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Bark Hot Dogs

474 Bergen St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
nr. Flatbush Ave.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
718-789-1939 Send to Phone

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  • Reader Rating:

    6.5 out of 10

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    4 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Hot Dogs
Photo by Patrick Siggins

Hours

Mon-Thu, 7am-midnight; Fri, 7am-2am; Sat, 9am-2am; Sun, 9am-10pm

Nearby Subway Stops

2, 3 at Bergen St.

Prices

$4-$8

Special Features

  • Breakfast
  • Brunch - Weekend
  • Kid-Friendly
  • Late-Night Dining
  • Lunch
  • Notable Chef
  • Take-Out

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

One way Joshua Sharkey and Brandon Gillis, chef-partners of Bark Hot Dogs, intend to distinguish their enterprise from, say, Gray’s Papaya is by the method they’ll use to finish their pork-and-beef wieners. Rather than just turning them over casually on the griddle, they’ll baste them like a Peter Luger porterhouse with—get this—housemade smoked lard butter. Another example: making everything from pickles to sauerkraut in-house, and meticulously sourcing the rest from top-notch purveyors. The franks (including an all-beef version) are churned out upstate by a venerable Austrian sausage maker, the beans are of the heirloom variety, and the bacon from S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. Because hot dogs for breakfast—lard-butter-basted or not—can be a tough sell, there’s also a morning menu of homemade biscuits and egg sandwiches.

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75% Would you go back?
33% Would you take a date?
100% Would you take kids?
0% Would you go on business?
0% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 6.8
Service: 7.5
Décor: 8.3
Value: 6.3

Lost Dog

ian_pink from 11215 | Posted on 10/29/09

Overall Rating: 5 (Mixed Reviews)
Food: 5
Service: 5
Décor: 7
Value: 5

The basic dogs here are very good despite the bizarre things patrons are encouraged to defile them with--"chickpea roasted mushroom topping" perhaps being the worst offender. House pickles are a nice thought but too acidic, and the chicken sandwich, a Frankenstien made from various parts of the bird and pressed into a loose wet patty, will give you nightmares.

Excellent hot dogs, horrible value

seery2 from 11217 | Posted on 10/9/09

Overall Rating: 6 (Mixed Reviews)
Food: 9
Service: 9
Décor: 9
Value: 1

I really wanted to like this place. The beers are cheap and good, the food is great (we loved everything we ordered), but the prices are ridiculous, especially the sides. The sides were extremely small and pricey. A side of beans was literally two tablespoons. Laughable. This is the kind of place where you feel like you could get dinner for around $10 (its hot dogs after all) but you will probably end up spending $20. I appreciate the slow food nature of this place, and the environmentalist slant, but I would rather not feel like i am being fleeced.

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