Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – King Weenie

As spring gradually warms up, thoughts of picnics and parks begin to flutter around in our heads.  After being cooped up and cold for so long, spring fever starts to hit us hard and all we want to do is run around in grass, enjoy the fresh air and feel the heat of the sun on our skin. The taste of hot dogs outside is a signature summer flavor, and I firmly believe they taste better out in the wild.

Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a few hot dog options pop up in Fort Collins.  King Weenie has been around since 2009, when Sam Scialdone and his son, Michael Scialdone started the shop out on west Drake, sandwiched between two medicinal marijuana dispensaries.  Business started to slow down as parents from Rocky Mountain high school didn’t want their kids to go by the dispensaries. So, King Weenie packed up and moved to Old Town on College and Olive, right next to Tony’s (at least that crowd doesn’t build until the kids are in bed!).

This was probably a great move for them, because King Weenie is just as great as bar food as it is picnic food. During the day, there’s Oak Street Plaza right across the street, where hoards of kids play in the fountain all summer long.  During the late night hours there are long lines of inebriated bar hoppers waiting to munch on quick, cheap street food. Bam- King Weenie is the ruler of both situations.

King Weenie is basically a small hot dog window with outside service only. There’s a picnic table on the side walk if you’d like to stay there and eat, or you can pack it up and take it out somewhere. The menu is simple and nothing particularly special.  It reminds me of carnival food, which also reminds me of summer...

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