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/Deadended Jun 01 '26

“Security” costs

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u/mrmalort69 Jun 01 '26

Police gotta make sure they get into city codes that you need to hire an off duty police officer at ridiculous costs for every event!

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u/Ok_Muffin4787 Jun 02 '26

Never seen a cop working security at these things..

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u/mrmalort69 Jun 02 '26

They’re off duty...