Toppings don’t make the dog! Toppings are subjective. The bun and the meat make the dog. The best hot dogs in the world HANDS DOWN are served on the seacoast of northern New England: buttered griddle-fried top sliced buns with thick all-beef hot dogs. The rest of the country and the rest of the world is missing out with their side-sliced pork dog mediocre shit.