Jessie v. Food

The Travel Channel's Show, Man v. Food, starring Adam Richman visited the town of Sarasota, Florida on a recent episode. Joe and I started to freak out because we would be visiting my Dad and Kelley in Sarasota in a few weeks. We found Adam at a dive bar/restaurant called The Old Salty Dog that sits right on the water of Sarasota Bay. The Old Salty Dog is famous for, what else, The Salty Dog. This is a 1/4 pound hot dog dipped in their special batter (includes beer) and fried. Adam decided he needed to kick this dog up a notch and added 4 slices of 3 different cheese (13 slices in total), grilled onions and mushrooms, and loads of bacon! We had to try this hot dog!

Adam of Travel Channel's Man v. Food

Joe and I told my Dad and Kelley about this place and how we had to go to try The Salty Dog "Adam style." They luckily agreed! Somehow I was the one who ended up ordering The Salty Dog "Adam style" and everyone else ended up ordering fish. You can see their full menu here. Dad and Kelley split a basket of group and chips (a play on fish and chips). The grouper pieces were huge and the bite I had was delicious. Joe had a mahi mahi sandwich (no surprise there) and he loved it as well! Then comes out The Salty Dog that Adam ate on Man v. Food for me.

That is a big dog!

I tried my best to eat it all but the 12 slices of cheese proved way too much for me! I think if I go back next time I would order The Salty dog with grilled onions and mushrooms like Adam but say hold all the cheese and bacon. I'm glad that Dad and Kelley took us here to try the legendary fried hot dog. It was definitely worth the trip!

If you ever end up in Sarasota I would also highly recommend you visit The Old Salty Dog on City Island because the bay views are beautiful and you are basically sitting right on the water. Our waitress was also very quick and nice. Let me know if you end up ordering the Man v. Food Salty Dog!