Skoogies Chicago Style Deli

Had a craving for a hot dog and found this little hole in the wall joint. A solid hot dog, despite being a little small for the price, with a great chili sauce. I got mine with cheese and mustard. The star to me though was the basket of fries with season salt. I will be stopping here to get some chili cheese fries FOR SURE!!

They moved since I last ate there. They also downsized the menu greatly. But if you're looking for a hole in the wall to get a Chicago Dog and good french fries, this is the place. It is literally in the Dunkin Donuts building. Has maybe 3 tables, a counter with a dozen stools and a walk up order counter. It's a hot dog dive, with pool hall chili. Food's good and very reasonably priced. No pastrami. Great place to take a Cubs fan!

I dream about this place. I haven’t lived in Charleston in almost a decade and still crave it. Literally the best hot dogs hands down. Def number one on my list the next time I come home.

Classic hot dog joint. I’m a New Yorker living in Charleston, generally super judgmental about hot dogs. I ordered an all the way dog (Chicago style plus kraut) and a kraut/mustard/onions and they were both solid. Good bun to dog to toppings ratio and I ate the Chicago style second and the bun was not soggy at all. Fries were good too and a large portion. All for $15!

I can understand that this place is a local establishment and the regulars love the old time charm of it. But it was a little unorganized ordering and the guy taking our order seemed a little stressed out handwriting tickets and giving them to the kitchen. I was going to go with the Italian beef but they seemed kind of overwhelmed so I just went with a chili cheese dog and a corn dog. I was going to get just the bigger hot dog but they were out so I went with the regular. There wasn’t anything bad about it, there just wasn’t anything really great to me. I want to go back and try the Italian beef next time. I think that would be more of what I would prefer next time.