Unreal traditional Chicago Dogs. Hard to beat their two dog special and fries for under five bucks. Dining area will get cramped during peak hours, so you may have to take your feast to the car. Definitely worth a stop if you're in the area. Get the hot dog with everything; you won't be disappointed. As for everything else on the menu, it was my first time here, so you're on your own. Mustard, relish, pickle, tomato....perfection.
Review Source:I know this may sounds strange as this place is called Donald's Famous Hot Dogs, but this place seriously has the best Gyro's in the city, hands down. Â I've been on a mission (as challenged by my husband who swears by the Gyros at Donald's) to find a better one - still haven't done it. Â Been to hole in the wall places in Greektown, more yuppy places on the Northside, Central Gyro over on Belmont and Central (and that's just to name a few places) and I have yet to find a better Gyro. Â Meat is piled so, so high, the pita is soft, and I always order it with Feta cheese (and they are so, so generous with the Feta). Â Everything is good about this Gyro!
Review Source:Allow me to assure you, once you're leaving Donald's, you're not going to be hungry for quite awhile. This is unless you're getting it 'to go', which I highly recommend, as you will be wanting to take a nap as soon as you get this stuff in your system.
This place, is awesome. It was an actual factor that made me move to Pilsen. If you've never been to Donald's, you're in for a "cheap eat treat".
Not a whole lot of seating, but you don't necessarily come here for the environment. It's basically a one stop grease shack heart attack in a box, specializing in a lot of delicious food. They even have signs for Donald's hand painted on a few over-passes in the area.
They have my favorite gyro of all time here. It has more meat than any gyro I've ever encountered. Try one, trust me.
They have a pretty good foot long polish sausage. One time I couldn't finish it and my buddies started ragging on me.
The Big Anthony is pretty good, try it after you've had the gyro.
This place is easily one of the most delicious places in Pilsen (that doesn't get enough credit). If you're reading this and are still yet to indulge in a gyro, go get one, you won't regret it.
I was going to Marche the other night for dinner, so two hours beforehand, what could be smarter than getting a hot dog? Â I know, I know, I'm a fatass. Â It's true. Â
Hot dogs are good, and they have all the appropriate toppings, though I usually just go with mustard, onions, and pickle. Â They could have made it a bit more mustardy. Â I thought the fries were pretty decent for a place like this and they're seasoned. Â They also have specials and soups of the day. Â I'll be back every time I have a long hard shop at the Dollar Tree. Â Bargain shopping is insanely hard work yo. Â And guess what. Â I still ate my whole dinner at Marche, because, yes I am a fatass.
Donald's is my neighborhood place for Chicago fast food. The soup they have everyday is good. I do not care for the seasoning salt on the fries, so we order, usually in the drive through, Â shouting, "NO SEASON SALT" on the fires . The order usually comes out without the season salt on them. A bonus to no season salt is that we always get fresh fries since they have to make a fresh order for us.
The beef, gyros, hot dogs and italian sauage is all passable.  If you're in the area its worth a stop for a quick bite.  My  go to items here  are the gyro, italian beef or sauage, or the combo if I'm really hungry
Found this place since it's really nearby my friend's apartment and honestly didn't know what to expect. It's pretty much fast food but I was surprised by their vast menu and homemade soups.
Service was quick when getting the food out. I got a regular hot dog with fries. Their hot dog came Chicago style with a pickle, tomato, onions and mustard. The fries were nothing to write home about except that they use seasoning salt. I also got a chili cheese dog and it was total crap. The regular dog tastes good, but the chili dog tasted bland and didn't very appealing.
This place also serves burgers, salads, soups and gyros.
this is the perfect greasy joint to get your fix of anything that can be deep fried or slathered in cheese...or both! Â they have pretty much everything that you could imagine in a place like this: hot dogs, hamburgers, gyro, salads (with iceberg lettuce), and of course fries, onion rings, cheese sticks, and other fried delicacies. Â they use seasoning salt on their fries, which is a nice touch and adds a bit of color.
the only thing that they offer that is pretty unexpected is their soups of the day. Â they normally offer 1 or 2 different soups, which are not as bad as you'd think. Â definitely better than what you can find in a can.
of course, everything on the menu is really cheap, so that is always a plus. Â solid joint.
I stopped in here for a quick lunch last weekend. Â I really wanted a deli sandwich but since there was nothing like that on the menu, I opted for the gyro. Â They are very generous with the meat serving. Â The sauce seemed a little light but since I got it to go and was eating in the car, that was okay. Â Overall I'd say it was a pretty average gyro but in no way is that bad. Â My friend got the 2 hot dog special which came with some really delicious fries! Â It wasn't that warm outside but they had the air conditioning cranked. I thought that was kinda weird but definitely something to remember when I'm hungry on S Western in August.
Review Source:The soup is delicious! The hot dogs are solid but the cheeseburgers taste like the cheap frozen kind. The fries were the biggest dissapointment as they put too much of their special seasoning on them. I couldn't get the disgusting cajun smell out of my house  for a day because of the seasoning. The fries would have been good if they just seasoned them with a little salt.
Review Source:A few months after I moved to Chicago I found myself craving a lunchtime steak sub. Â I polled my coworkers and no one could suggest a good place to get one, but they all told me to try an Italian beef instead. Â Thus began my weeks-long quest to sample every Italian beef to be found within driving distance of my job.
In addition to quite a bit of weight, I gained a thorough appreciation over the course of those weeks for a good beef. Â Donald's sells a good beef! Â They also had, at the time, some of my favorite fries in the city, but I think they may have changed their preparation methods since then. Â They're definitely selling the fries in smaller portions than they used to.
I've had to adjust my eating habits in the face that unfortunate weight gain; now I usually get a grilled chicken sandwich when I go to Donald's. Â They ask me whether I'd like my onions grilled or raw, and I say grilled, and they make me up a fine sandwich. Â I've heard good things about the cream of chicken rice soup, but creamy soups are not my particular cup of tea.
This place gets three stars because 1. they have become stingy with the fries and 2. although it is fantastically tasty, I would feel bad about highly rating food that's so obviously bad for you.
have not been in a while but used to run by this place with my old man a lot, had the craving the other day and drove past but could not get into the right lane quick enough and was pissed off at myself. solid dogs good fries super quick, fast, and cheap. it is what it is, get in, get your dog, hammer it down, and move on with your life. it does the job quite nicely.
Review Source:***In my opinion, best gyros on the southish side. Â George has the best on the north side.
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Donald's is far and away my favorite hot dog/hamburger/grease-pit take-out. My first experience  was a pity burger one of the guys at work dropped off when I first transferred. It was a huge, messy, oozy, melt-in-your-mouth mess of meat, cheese, mayo, ketchup, onion, and tomato. It was like a Rallyburger when Rally's was still good. It made my day. The first time I went into the actual restaurant, I went a little ape-shit inside as it was everything I imagined it would be. From the ancient chairs and tables and the MOB of men working in unison to the hand-lettered signs and smart-ass counter girls,there is not one thing I would change about Donald's
My top picks:
GYRO PLATTER. Melty meat piled high on a grilled pita, delicious tzatziki sauce, with feta, extra sauce, and a MOUNTAIN of fries. I order an extra pita and save half for another meal. *Skimpy on the onion and tomato, which is okay with me, but if you like a lot, be sure to order extra.
FRIES. thick, salty, not soggy, delicious. slightly seasoned. You can ruin an entire meal on these.
POTATO SOUP. Really any soup, but this is my favorite. Thick and creamy without being too salty. Soup is made from scratch every day and you can taste the difference. This is my comfort food. When I am sick, I will call into work which is about a half mile from here, and then drive from Wicker Park to Pilsen for soup.
BURGERS. Maybe more like a Big Buford instead of a Rallyburger. But better!
MUSHROOMS. Fried anything here, but I love these mushrooms. They are addictive.
Any place that offers a 10 hot dog with fries special, I have to love. Â But my personal favorite from here is the foot long polish and cheese fries. (This is the Tuesday special-every day of the week they have different specials.) Â Anything I have ever gotten from here has been fresh and very tasty, especially their cream of broccoli soup in the winter.
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