Eventually reaching Chicago, Franks served in buns became popular at fairs and baseball games.

[13] Two Austrian Hungarian immigrants sold their Vienna Beef franks at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Boz Hot Dogs locations offer a unique nacho cheese sauce with pieces of jalapeño peppers.

[23] The typical beef hot dog weighs 1⁄8 pound (2.0 oz; 57 g), and the most traditional type features a natural casing, providing a distinctive "snap" when bitten.

[24][25] The buns are a high-gluten variety made to hold up to steam warming, typically the S. Rosen's Mary Ann brand from Alpha Baking Company.

[14][12] A "hot dog stand" in Chicago may serve many other items, including the Maxwell Street Polish, gyros, pork chop and Italian beef sandwiches, corn dogs, tamales, pizza puffs and Italian ice.