2534 Durant Ave(between Bowditch St & Telegraph Ave)
Berkeley, CA 94704
http://www.topdoghotdogs.com/

• Eated: Lemon Chicken
• Pros: Excellent Eats, Unique varieties, Grill (not boil) their dogs
• Cons: Parking (college town, some lots a block down)
• Price: $3.00

After seeing the yelp reviews and friends that went to Cal reccommended, I knew I had to stop by this place if I am in Berekely. I had to park in one of those lots $1/hr, and walked right one over. It's a small establishment with about 4 stools to sit and a line that extends out the door. Only one guy works behind the counter to take your order, cook, and handle your cash. As you walk in the smell of dogs grilling fill your nose and the unique menu makes it hard to decide which one to go with. On the grill he's stacked up rows of all kinds of dogs to quickly serve his patrons. There's a self serve bar complete with deli mustard, regular mustard, ketchup, chopped onions, relish, and sauerkraut. The walls are plastered with cut outs of comics and there's an old tv that was flickering playing the adam's family to keep you entertained while waiting for him to cook up your dogs.

I decided to order the Lemon Chicken. I had to wait a little while. Most of the other patrons ordered the top dog and the hot link (I'll try next time). The chicken took longer to cook because it has to be fully cooked. He called out our order and I topped my chicken dog with deli mustard, relish, onions, saurkraut and ketchup mmm. The chicken dog laid happily inside a toasted seasame roll. As I bit into it, I smiled. The lemon, garlic, chicken flavor melted into my mouth. I love bread and this had a french bread feel to it, not sure if it is or not. BUT I LOVE the roll, some may complain that its too hard because typically you have a soft roll with your hot dog. This is my favorite place to eat when visiting Berkeley.

2340 Telegraph Avenue(between Bancroft Way & Durant Ave)
Berkeley, CA 94704

• Eated: Whole Wheat Vegitarian Pizza
• Pro: Good Eats (Yummie pizza), Quick service, Cheap
• Cons: Crust is a little hard/burnt, parking (but it's telegraph/college town you gotta walk to your eats in Berekely)
• Price: $

I had just eaten at Top Dog and I only had one hot dog, so I had room for a tasty snack. As I was strolling down Telegraph, I got a glimpse of some people perched on barstools in an open window devouring some good looking pizza. I quickly walked in and first thing that caught my eye was the large sign that said "Whole Wheat Vegetarian". The pizzas are lined up next to the register and I loved the color on the pizza. So I order a slice and she takes the slice and places it into the over to heat up and make the crust crispy and hot. The sauce is light which I like, and the cheese wasn't over cooked. On top the veggies included, spinich, olives, mushrooms, yellow zuccinni, tomatoes, and onions. The pizza overall tasted crisp, fresh, light, and healthy. At the end, the crust was a tad burnt and hard - so I tossed it - maybe next time when I'm feeling to be a little guilty I'll dip it in some ranch. :)