Metro Hot Dog Cart

Just ate here and had the half smokes and wow they were delicious, with a little spice. I will definitely be back again! Also the specials are so cheap for a guilty pleasure

I second Alex S. This guy also has excellent, cheap half-smokes…which you can have him top with raw onions and hot sauce and then you really have something beautiful. My only minor knock is they don’t have bags of roasted peanuts in the shell anymore. This is a go-​to place for the half-smokes…so much so that I’ve never tried anything else… but there’s a fairly extensive «menu.»
Pricing update: a half-​smoke is $ 1.95, tax included, with all the toppings you want except chili (which is 25 or 30 cents more). I’ve only gotten chili once. Both the half-​smoke and the chili are good, but they kind of clash together, so get a ‘smoke with any combo of: onions, relish, ketchup, hot sauce, yellow mustard or brown mustard. Only a pupusa rivals this for a cheap, CHEAP satisfying snack or «light» lunch.

The hot dog cart guy at the Ballston Metro. A guilty pleasure. Cheap hot dogs ($ 1.75, $ 2.25 w/​chili). Cold soda ($.75).
It always hits the spot. Being Virginia, I think he even sells Marlboros. Truly one-​stop shopping.