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Feeling the dog days of summer right about now? Well, how about stopping by Evanston this Saturday for some dollar hot dogs and corndogs? Think that’d make things a bit better?

The Wiener and Still Champion is celebrating National Hot Dog Day this Saturday and is offering every Vienna Beef, Chicago-style hot dog (and freshly battered Dipping Dog) for $1.00, so make like a Kobayashi and get yer fill.

Now there’s some conflicting info on the web as to whether July 19th or July 23rd is the actual National Hot Dog Day this year, but I like having the offer available on the weekend. National Hot Dog Month is also most definitely July, so there’s little to do now but kick back and enjoy some super sausage… on the cheap. Eat up.

Price: $2.05 for 1 Dipping Dog regularly; paid - $3.00 for 3

Promotion: National Corndog Day deal; buy more, save more

Location: 802 Dempster St., Evanston, IL 60202 (map); phone: (847) 869-0100

Rating: 4 out of 5 - good

Status: independent

If you noticed that new last line up there, this is the first time I’ve reviewed something from a non-chain restaurant here on the site. Not that I have anything against the more independent establishments out there; it’s just that I’ve tried to keep to items people can easily find outside of northern Illinois (and, particularly, the City of Chicago). I’ll make exceptions for the offerings I really enjoy, however, and the Dipping Dogs at Wiener and Still Champion certainly fit the bill with regards to my personal tastes.

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Are you as tired of fish from Lent as I am? Well, fret no longer as there’s a $1.25 deal for The Wiener and Still Champion’s Dipping Dogs on Saturday the 22nd.

Maybe you can’t find a better way to celebrate Holy Saturday than by digging into a freshly dipped corndog from Gus and company (over at the WASC on 802 Dempster St. in downtown Evanston), but the occasion is actually supposed to mark National Corndog Day. I helped taste test the special dipping sauces also on offer, of which you can get one free by buying three Dipping Dogs that day, so see you there if you make it early. (That’s tomorrow!)

If eating hot dogs of any kind just gets yer goat, then there’s always the excellent cheddar cheeseburgers and fresh hand-cut fries to fall back on as well. This isn’t the typical fast-food chain being mentioned here, I know, but it would feel wrong not to talk about some of the better made-to-order menu items on the North Side — especially when they’re being promoted and especially affordable. Check out the full press release for all the details.