Haute Dog, Honolulu! A Five-Star Wiener Joint in Kakaako
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Legendary Chicagoland restaurateur Hank Adaniya, the owner of the celeb chef factory and noted Mobil Five-Star Joint Trio, has returned to his dog eat dog roots -- in Honolulu, no less. Before his birth, Hank's mom and dad ran a hot dog stand in Kapiolani Park. Adaniya cashed in his big restaurant chips and hightailed it back to Honolulu to open a not-so-humble hot dog stand in a sunblasted, quasi-industrial (but up and coming) nabe called Kakaako (no, its NOT walking distance to Waikiki). Natch, he named it Hank's Haute Dogs. What else would you call a humble hole-in-the-wall serving up wieners combos like seafood sausage, miso mayo and daikon relish or a duck and foie gras dog ground served with a
Sauterne, honey mustard and fruit confiture? Hot diggity.
Hank's Haute Dogs
324 Coral Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 86813 (Map) / 808-532-4265
Open 10-4 (closed Sundays)
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Comments
kendrick lee said:
I have never been here. However, my comment is that the prices seem ridiculously high, even considering that this is supposed to be the hot cuisine on the mainland. Certainly, Kaka’ako isn’t one of those areas with much decor (with the exception of John Dominis Restaurant, which is right on the Kewalo Basin shore), so the prices seems doubly high. About 0.5 miles away, Comp USA, there is a hotdog cart where the prices are only about half! Then, one could always go to Costco & get both a hotdog & drink for #1.50. No decor, but there doesn’t seem to be any here either.
—11/01/07
JASMINE said:
I NEVER BEEN THEIR BUT THE WAY YOUR SITE IS SAT UPO ITS BEAUTIFUL AND I WOULD EAT THEIR ANY TIME
—01/25/08
cw said:
best dog i’ve had ever. quality trumps price AND quantity. crispy meat, delicious toasted bun, fixings galore. oh man. i’m going today for lunch.
YUM!
—02/07/08