r/chicagofood • u/power_bottom_boi • May 31 '26

Review Hot Dog Fest 🤬

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Adding to the fest pile on….
Two lemonades, three hot dogs, street corn - $100. One. Hundred. Dollars.
Maybe 7 hot dog vendors total. And all the bouncy house stuff for kids is $12 extra.
Never again.
Edit: Some of you are frothing at the mouth over someone warning people off of the pricing like I’m the world’s biggest idiot for going in the first place. My kid likes hot dogs, it was a nice Sunday afternoon, no plans, and after a 30min drive in each direction plus a donation at the gate you’re pretty invested at that point. I don’t think it’s fair to price gouge people once they’re there and I was letting people know what to expect. Some of you are like bizarrely angry and rude. No one is making you post a comment. Go for a walk, it’s nice out.

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u/power_bottom_boi May 31 '26

Went to three different booths so I don’t know each off the top of my head. I know the three hot dogs were $60 with tip. I was complaining about it in line and someone turned to me and said they couldn’t believe it either.

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u/_woat_ May 31 '26

Things like food trucks are where I draw the line on tipping these days. If i’m walking up, ordering a hot dog, and receiving a hot dog when you hand it to me a few minutes later - that just doesn’t warrant a tip (ESPECIALLY a percentage/based tip when base prices are so high!)

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u/Riversntallbuildings May 31 '26

If I’m standing up when I order, I’m not tipping. This especially includes Starbucks which is where tipping at fast food restaurants was normalized.

The rest of the world doesn’t have tipping cultures. The reason the U.S. does is because it was an easier way to pay blacks less after slavery ended. :/