Rad Dog! Gourmet Meatless Hotdogs

I am always looking to hit up some Rad dog! I am never disappointed! CASH ONLY

Always eat a tofuturkey when I see this cart, the taste is similar to a hot dog which is my fav. The guy who runs the cart is so sweet and passionate about rad dog. It’s easy to fall in love

It was a great surprise two find not one but _​two_​vegetarian hot dog places when I returned to Columbus after 8 years in San Francisco… nice! But every time I tried to find Rad Dog I’d just missed them or some other reason kept me away. Meanwhile I’ve gone to Dirty Frank’s Hot Dog Palace a few times, and it’s still surprising how a vegetarian like me claims a hot dog joint to be one of his fave restaurants.
Alas, Dirty Frank’s has spoiled my expectation for a vegetarian hot dog. With it’s myriad of base dogs to build on (3 are vegetarian) plus dozens of possible toppings and combinations, the menu of Rad Dog! feels short. But it has to be, since Rad Dog’s small street cart can’t fit any more than the basic offerings. The portability is an advantage, but not as much for a shut-​in like me.
Still, I love the concept and wish there was more vegetarian-​focused food around town. If I were out on the street more often I’m sure I’d appreciate Rad Dog more. Stay Rad!

AMAZING! I tried… I think the italian sausage with some cheese, pepper, onions, and all on a pretzel bun! I really can’t come back often, its a bit pricey, but no worse than if you are getting a value meal! I’m just cheap. I’m so glad I finally got to try it though, this will be my special treat to myself when I get the chance! Even my meat-​eater hubster was impressed, well, except for the cheese. YUM!

I miss you, Rad Dog. I haven’t had you since ComFest. And even then I stood in your line for almost 20 minutes surrounded by boobs and pot, waiting… patiently waiting for my Rad Dog.
You were so worth it. It’s my sole purpose for going to ComFest. Such a great local foodie cart that I feel everyone can enjoy. Not to mention the gentleman running are pretty awesome, too.
Check them out during your lunch hour outside Patty Cake Bakery. Be sure to pick up a cookie for desert. ;P
Rad Dog… you are rad, dawg.

Super yummy– great ingredients and really filling! Great and fun selections. And I am a meat eater! looking at $ 5-​$ 7 for a fancy dog, but I’d much rather have that then a yucky fast food meal.
And super friendly! Step right up and get a great dog!
And grab a cookie and Virgil’s at Patty Cake while you are at it :)

Friends, I like meat. I especially like red meat. I super extra especially like hot dogs and sausages. I love the briny, greasy flavor of a good beef hot dog, the taut casing, the sproingy yet tender and juicy meat inside. I love it so much that I eat the best dogs plain, with no toppings whatsoever. Just hot dog, bun, and my sated taste buds. It might come as little surprise to you then, that the idea of a meatless hot dog is, to me, akin to a bunless burger, or legless pants. When you take the meat away, it’s not a hot dog anymore, it’s a… something else. A something else without a soul!
As much as I love meat, I have many friends who most definitely do not, and all of them have been raving about Rad Dog for some time now. I hadn’t been feeling much motivation to try it, since there are plenty of places with meaty-​full hot dogs I’ve been want to try, but Rad Dog made an appearance at a Unilocal event this evening and you know what? I’ll try anything with the word «hot dog» in the name at least once, even if it doesn’t include my favorite ingredient.
I had my tofurkey rad dog with sauerkraut, relish and brown mustard, and low and behold, it was actually kind of great! While the consistency was way off (it was mushier than a traditional hot dog, and didn’t have any noticeable skin to speak of) the flavor was pretty accurate. I inhaled that thing.
I don’t plan on taking the vow of vegetarianism anytime soon, and this is never going to be my favorite dog joint in town, but you know, I would come back here. I really would. I will never again judge a meatless meat by its meatlessness!

Leaving Rad Dog behind when I moved away from Columbus is one of my hugest regrets! Best vegetarian _____(insert anything from their menu) I have ever had. It’s a bummer they are no longer at Hal & Als but the lunch cart is still superb. Hey Rad Dog, make sure you find a new permanent late-​night location by the time I visit Columbus next!

For weeks and weeks I’ve dreamed of becoming less of a weekend warrior so that I can wake up in time to eat a rad dog when they show up at Pattycake (in my hood) every Saturday for the Rad Dog Stickybun Challenge… and finally, I seem to have gotten off me arse early enough to do so (and yes, they’re there until 2:30pm).
I’ve had Rad Dog at Hal&Al’s, but since they’re not longer there and since I don’t go downtown often, it’s been a while. Today, I just got the rad dog — sauerkraut, mustard, and grilled onions, and let me just tell you… I’m not a vegan or a vegetarian, but if someone would prepare me rad dogs every day, I’d gladly submit (well maybe until someone offered to make me a bloody rare steak, then I’d give in…). They’re delicious — and I actually prefer the texture of the vegan dog to a regular hot dog or sausage. It’s smushier, and more… ample. Like a pin up girl versus a supermodel. YUMMMMM.
I was talking to Tawd about where their new location might be, and he is hoping for Clintonville/​Campus (instead of Hal&Al’s in Merion Village, which is sort of a weird ass vortex of an area), and that’s really exciting… so the more you support Rad Dog now, the faster he will be able to afford to get a storefront…
Take it from me, omnivore and lover of barely-​cooked-​cow, these vegan hotdogs and other encased non-​meats will blow you away. They’re the best non-​hot-​dogs hot dogs I’ve ever had.

Rad Dog! is no longer at Hal & Al’s, but that’s okay. I finally noshed from the cart — at ComFest. Had a «Dog of the Dead» — yummmmmy!!! Dig these guys and their crazy cart food.

I just got back from Comfest and was reminded of my love of Rad Dog!
Rad Dog is simply the most amazing hot dogs! Being vegan is just the icing on the cake — or should I say the chili on the hot dog? I took a group of meat-​eating and veggie friends with me to Rad Dog, and everyone loved it. I always get a dog from Rad Dog when they have the cart down on High Street or at a festival, but I’m determined to start eating here more often!
By the way, I just got the Sloppy Dog for the first time, and OMG!

Finally a place for us vegetarians where we can indulge!!!

This place is great because it doesn’t treat vegans as delicate little flowers, instead it embraces complete gluttony. I had the «radneck», a deep fried bratt topped with mashed potatoes and gravy. The menu items are very creative and diverse, I’ll definitely be back again.

I’ve been vegan for a year now and normally shy away from faux meat products.
With that said I recently sampled rad dog’s vegan kielbasi (dirty even without the meat) at a vegan meetup at the new Scioto Audubon Metro Park and it was awesome.
The chili had such great texture and just enough spice. Good news is that rad dog’s will be a permanent fixture at Hal and Al’s on Thurman and Parsons… definitely worth checking out.

Why is Rad Dog not on here yet?
Haven’t you people ever tried the Vegetarian Reuben? Well, it’s all vegetarian which is fantastic – don’t have to ask whether or not they’ve snuck some chicken in one of those sammys. I think it might be mostly or completely vegan, actually.
Anyway, everyhting I’ve ever tried has been great. Some of the items are homemade and it’s so convenient. It’s fast and it’sright downtown. You don’t have to put up with that amazingly rude guy on Broad near 4^th who thinks he’s doing you a favor by selling you a sandwich! Rad Dog man is nice and helpful and cares whether or not you like what you ate.
Even if you’re not a vegetarian you’ll like it. I promise. Eat there already!

great selections of different options on the dogs, sloppy joes. plays nice with lots of other local eateries and pattycake bakery (watch for the sticky bun rad dog challenge dates at
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Rad Dog is an independent street vendor that sells all the usual things that a hot dog stand sells, except it’s vegan and especially delicious. Tawd Bell runs it, and he sets up near the bus stop on the corner of Gay St. and High St. downtown.
The first time I stopped by I tried the veggy chili. It tastes a little bit like Cincinnati chili– both texture and flavor– but without the pool of grease on top. Better, actually, than Cincinnati chili (read: Skyline Chili). The second time I stopped, I tried the Rad Dog. It’s a vegan beer brat with sauerkraut, onion/​pepper mix, and mustard. It was split/​grilled, and had the smokey flavor you’d expect from a brat This isn’t something you eat because you’re vegan and you have no choice, it has it’s own character– the fact that it’s vegan only matters to vegans.
You can catch Rad Dog at a lot of events and festivals around the city as well. You can track him on his website.