Butler Hot Dog Shoppe

No inside seating but their chili hot dogs and fish are iconic. Hot with chili pickle and onion are my go to.

Great little hot dog shop! First time there, will definitely go back! Chili sauce is good, not spicey. French fries perfect, nice and crispy.

Great little place. Fries are amazing and it's a good value these days. Highly recommend!

Not good, fries are always cold and greasy. The buns are not fresh like the used to be and not good overall.

This Butler chili is weird. I did not find it appetizing at all. It's more of a gravy chili meat soup. I did not like it and would never order it again. I will never go back here again.

I had heard from a number of people that this was the heir to Butler's hot dog history. Everyone from this area over a certain age grew up with "3 hots, pickle also" & frIes with orange gravy. The former, being what the waitress would shout back to the cooks when the order was for hot dogs with, "everything" (chili, onion, pickles), and the latter being the most amazing orangeish gelatinous mess on top of fantastic fries. Long after I'd moved away, I'd drive 60 miles back to Butler to grab a few dogs & a container or two of the best hotdog chili ever, to take back home to savor. Decades later, the old dog shop downtown had gone out of business (it's Slippery Rock doppelganger having closed long before) by the time I moved back to Butler, leaving a hotdog shaped hole in my heart (and stomach.) I had heard there was a place down by the Monroe Hotel that had the chili and gravy but I hadn't ventured down to try it. Side note: The original Butler hotdog shop is so important to area culture that the local Brighton franchise pays homage to the old place in the form of their "Butler Dog" and is the only one of their franchises where gravy is available for the fries. So, anyhow, a year or so after moving back I see that they've opened a new Butler Hot Dog Shoppe over on the Conno side of town. I immediately went to go try it, only to dIscover they were closed for a holiday. I have to admit that I wasn't too keen on a diner inside a youth sports complex but I resolved to forego judgement until I tried the food. A month or so later, my son and I were out looking for sustenance and gave it another shot. The moment I walked in the door and was greeted by the smell of that chili sauce I knew so well, I was happy as a clam (whatever that means.)I asked for three hot dogs and an order of fries with gravy, and may have shown a slight moment of consternation when asked how I wanted them & if I wanted orange or brown gravy (as if any civilized person had other than chili, onion, pickle and orange gravy for the fries.)The hot dogs were excellent. Not as tasty as, say, a well-grilled Hebrew National, but with the right density, a good bun, and ohhhh that chili. The fries were tasty & the gravy good (though more yellow than orange & not as thick as it should have been.)A note on that gravy: the first thing I thought of when tasting it was how similar in taste it is to the poutine gravy from Franktuary in Lawrenceville, though much thinner and without the sharpness of the cheese curds.All in all, despite the not-quite-orange gravy, I'll give this place four stars for being exactly what they aim and claim to be: Butler's Hot Dog Shoppe.

Very disappointed with my hot ! Took a bite and tossed it a long with the cold, old grease fries. I grew up on hots from Butler. When I return home it's a must! I can say the 3 ladies working were very friend and all smiles. Can't think I'll ever go back.

They've had the best of times, they've had the worst of times. There have been many hot dog shops in Butler, all inspired by the ex famous main street shop. When this location on Monroe Street was first opened I enjoyed their awesome food. Then it was sold, and the food was awful. Then it was sold, and the food somehow became even worse. However it was sold again to the current owners, and I must say, it has now improved a lot!Current food is wayyy better than it was 1 year ago. I give them serious props for their turn around so far. I hope it continues to improve into its former glory!

Great fish sandwich. Great service too! Much more than a hot dog shop.Eric is an excellent chef, anything he's attached to will produce great food.

This place is not for me. The service was odd and angry. The hotdogs were so-so, and the chili sauce is bizarre... think "chili gravy." But, don't think "good chili gravy." That would just be wrong. I think this place has to be more of an acquired taste/nostalgia rider...