Nogales Hot Dogs, Phoenix AZ

OK you Chicago and Jersey Hot Dog Junkies, try something new for your taste buds. Every night around 6 pm at the corner of Indian School and 20th Street, the Guitar & Keyboard Center parking lot transforms into one of the great foodie haunts of Phoenix.The condiment table at Nogales Hot Dog has salsa, guacamole, cheddar cheese, quesa fresca, jalapeños and sliced mushrooms. The base for constructing a Nogales dog is the bun pulled straight out of the steamer. This is no ordinary bun; it’s sturdy and almost brioche-like. She starts with a good schmear of MAYO! Next she places a bacon-wrapped hot dog on my mayo-smeared bun. Did I want beans, onions, tomatoes? Yes. Now it’s time to pick what I want at the condiment table. I decide to go with guacamole, cheddar, quesa fresca and a dollop of salsa. I like spicy, but not hot, so I skip the jalapeños and the mushrooms. The bun is fluffy without being out of proportion to the dog and the fixin’s. The bacon wrapped around a dog with the beans, onion, tomatoes, unctuous guacamole and cheese is a great new taste for me and the salsa tops it off nicely. They're open from 6 PM to Midnight Sun-Thurs and later on the weekends.

I've driven by that place a thousand times and never had the guts to stop for a dog. Sounds good though, I like em 'southwestern' style.