spike\'s junkyard dogs: a trip report (w/ pics)
 

so about a week or so ago me and a few friends, including rare 2+2 poster fatmongo, went to this place called spike's junkyard dogs. we went to the davis square somerville location for anyone interested.

they specialize in hot dogs, all different kinds of toppings and whatever. these aren't your normal hot dogs though. they are wicked thick and come on this big ass french bread bun, like half a sub roll or something.. i dunno, they are big.

anyway they have this thing called the "kennel club" where you have to eat 6 hot dogs (or more) in 90 minutes and you get your pic taken (with number of dogs eaten) and put on the wall, and also you get a free t-shirt. they also have a special section of pictures on the wall titled "top dogs", reserved for pics of people who ate the most. i guess if you beat the record all your dogs are for free too, so that's an added bonus.

anyway i've never even eaten more than one at this place. i'm not really the biggest hot dog fan first off, but recently i decided it's about time i joined the kennel club. fatmongo has done it countless times. spike's has a few locations around the boston area and fatmongo has his pic up in almost all locations. in fact i think he has at least 4 pics up on the wall at this davis sq. location alone. some of my other friends have also done it, so yeah it was about time for me to do it.

we took off on a saturday morning with empty stomachs, headed for spike's. on the way there we talked a bit about strategy. i really wasn't positive that i could even do it, so i was trying to think about what my best bet was as far as which flavor of dogs, order to be eaten, stuff like that. i decided that if i got all plain ones i would get sick of the taste of hot dogs too fast, so i figured i'd star out with some flavored ones (2 buffalo dogs and 2 57 t-birds) and finish it off with 2 plains.

we got there and informed the guys behind the counter that we'd be doing the kennel club thing. they don't allow you do leave the restaurant or go to the bathroom or anything, presumably so it's clear that you haven't vomited or anything haha..

since fatmongo has done it before his goal was to beat his personal record of 9, so he went up to the counter and ordered 10 buffalo dogs. i got my 6 and pretty soon we were ready to go.

here are the dogs all lined up:

mine

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...f/DSC00571.jpg

fatmongo's

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...f/DSC00572.jpg



anyway i guess i'll let the pics do the talking

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01108a.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01109a.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01110a.jpg


things are getting tough for the both of us:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01113a.jpg

note the sign for somerville hospital in the background

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01120a.jpg



the last bite for me

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...f/DSC00576.jpg



fatmongo finishing dog #8

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01116a.jpg



posing for my pic, a moment of victory

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...f/DSC00577.jpg


fatmongo hits a serious brick wall

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01128a.jpg


he ended up only doing 8. 2 dogs went uneaten [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] no double digits today mongo. still he got a shirt and another pic on the wall. note the nice gang sign style hand placement, representing the 8 dogs eaten

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e170/darynf/edit.jpg





oddly enough, the "top dog" at this location was a chick. she had the record of 13 dogs. what's funny was we were talking about her while we were eating, and i made a joke likening her to billy mitchell from the king of kong movie, where they say "when billy walks into an arcade, everyone stands still". then like 10 minutes later, she walks in! weird coincidence. i recognized her immediately somehow and we got a pic

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01127a.jpg



on the ride home fatmongo let us know he wasn't feeling to good, so we had to pull over to the side of the road for some relief

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...f/DSC00580.jpg

we also have some cell phone video of that incident but i don't think anyone wants to see that.



all in all i felt like it was a success for me, but not so much for fatmongo, especially after that roadside refund. he says anything less than double digits is a failure in his mind, but don't worry he'll be back soon enough.

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Hahah well done. I have never soberly decided to eat at spikes. Although on a few occasions I have woken up with a bag of their food on my floor...although I have no idea what I ate and if it was good.

On the subject...anyone ever eat at Uburger? They opened one up near fenway...wondering if it was any good.

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Some of those pics are hilarious lol... but no pics of the t-shirts??

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Awesome, I love that your buddy keeps it real without the sleeves.

Fat free veggie dogs??!?!?!

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there's one of mongo with the tshirt held up, and i'm clearly holding mine in my pic

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yeah but a close up is necessary to determine the value of free t-shirt vs hot dug vomit

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http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01122a.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e170/darynf/edit2.jpg

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lol, definitely worth it

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Awesome, I love that your buddy keeps it real without the sleeves.

Fat free veggie dogs??!?!?!

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yeah that was the big debate.. do we go real dogs or veggie. but when you eat veggie ones they write on your pic "6 veggie dogs" or whatever, so F that.

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fatmongo gang-signing 8 is too [censored] funny

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sounds like a cool place,, how much is a regular hot dog?

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http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e170/darynf/menu.jpg

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Those prices make me a little ill. It's like four bucks for a plain nathans dog at the joint near me.

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I am totally going to the one on Mass Ave and Boylston tomorrow for lunch.

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This girl

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../DSC01127a.jpg

ate 13 dogs?

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also there's a pic of that dog on the back and it says something.. hot dogs chicken and burgers or something

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yeah she did

i recommend the 57 t-bird as far as flavor. honey mustard and swiss, mmmmm.. the buffalo dogs were good too. i have had pizza dogs before i think and they were good also.

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the samurai, the '57, the reuben, the all american and the patriot have all entered my stomach and i can vouch for all of them.

this makes me miss boston. i used to always go thrift shopping at urban renewal on brighton ave then hit up spikes.

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i want 6 reuben dogs plz

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i want 6 reuben dogs plz

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from simmon's fantasy preview:

8. Brian Westbrook
Replaces Tiki Barber in the old "Reuben Sandwich" analogy that I've been making for years. When you had Tiki on your team, it was like ordering a Reuben at lunch -- for some reason, there's a hesitation as you're making the order, but when you're eating it, you're thinking, "Man, why don't I order the Reuben more often?" and your friends are all looking over and wishing they had ordered it. Now, Westbrook is like that. You never hear someone say, "Man, I wish I didn't pick Bryant Westbrook." Er, Brian Westbrook.


never have truer words been spoken...until brandon jacobs got all the goal line touchdowns...but the reuben part still stands

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oh shoot, the texas ranger is awesome too

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I love Spike's. My friend Charles goes and refuses to eat less than 6, but has temporarily given up on his dream to break the record. 13 is a pretty low record. The Thayer Street (Providence) location's record is like 18.

Samurai, Texas Ranger, Buffalo, and Chili & Cheddar all get a thumbs up from me.

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I live like 1/3 of a mile from that Spikes. My picture is not on the wall because I'm a nit.

Maybe I'll starve myself for a couple days and go attempt it.

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I am totally going to the one on Mass Ave and Boylston tomorrow for lunch.

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So am I now.


Edit: Cocoa, nice avatar of no-hitter-saving Pedroia

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right. now that i think about it this wasn't a saturday, it was a sunday. saturday night we all ate big qdoba burritos. i actually woke up full on sunday morning, ugh.

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next time i'm there i'm joining the kennel club, book it

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I am now living in providence and will definetly go to the thayer street location for some late night drunk food

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And yet another picture where daryn looks nothing like he's ever looked before. Good to see you still got it man.

Congrats on the dogs.

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Man I wish we had these kind of things over here. I'd be cruising around trying to beat them.

But... an Internazionale shirt, why oh why? [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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haha sorry. just a souvenir. i probably should have gotten one of these

http://thesoccerauthority.com/shopsi...erseylarge.jpg

but i like the color scheme of inter better

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but i like the color scheme of inter better

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ygos?

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wow wow wow
I woulld kill for a dog place like that in the twin cities. I am drooling.

<insert joke re: chick eating a lot of weiner>

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but i like the color scheme of inter better

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ygos?

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ugh, is this a bbv thing? keep out ty

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daryn,

awesome job, and dids point is also hilarious and on point.

And man, fatmongo looks different without the hair! I'm not sure if its weird that I can picture him with it...I'll just say i have a good memory...for...guys....uhhm....

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Damn those are some pretty big dogs. Nice job puttin 6 away. Was that the absolute limit for you? You think once you finished the 6th you could have maybe gone for 7?

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yea i mean i went through 3 with ease, the 4th was where it started getting tough. after i did 4 i was feeling BAD. i saved the 2 plain ones for last... good strat imo. i decided to eat the last ones by taking them apart, eating the meat first, then the bread. after 6 i felt like i was at capacity, but they give you 90 minutes to do it. it took me like 20 maybe 25 minutes.. so after hanging around for a while after that waiting for mongo to finish, i started to feel like i could do 2 more.

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daryn,

awesome job, and dids point is also hilarious and on point.

And man, fatmongo looks different without the hair! I'm not sure if its weird that I can picture him with it...I'll just say i have a good memory...for...guys....uhhm....

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OOT has seen a picture of fatmongo COUNTLESS times. Although less as of late.

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I'm heading over to Mass Ave./Boylston right this second for my maiden voyage.


2+2 dog-off in the near future?

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yes
yes
yes

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As soon as I hear eating competition and fatmongo in the same sentence I am psyched!!!!


I would love to go to this place. In fact I've been by the one in Allston/Brighton quite often but everytime end up going to Sunset Cantina for their excellent beer selection and nachos instead.