And, while you can certainly build a Chicago-style hot dog on a seedless bun, it won't be a true representation of the Windy City, even with all the other toppings.

The Chicago-style hot dog is a unique combination of ingredients that reflects the city's rich and diverse history, with celery salt being added to the bun to preserve the tomatoes and add flavor.

Vienna Beef Hot Dogs’ Chicago Style Hot Dog Kit includes 16 skinless beef franks and poppy seed buns plus condiments like Vienna sport peppers, green relish, yellow mustard, and celery salt.

Here is a look at the history of one of Chicago's most iconic foods: the Chicago-style hot dog. This Great Depression-era meal has survived through the decades and is beloved to this day.

Kraig said while the traditional garden-on-a-bun-style Chicago hot dog did exist prior to the war, the “Depression dog” was the dish eaten at ball games and throughout the city’s history.

I’ve always lumped Chicago-style hot dogs—the ones with tomatoes and pickles and a pile of vegetables—in with other overrated American regional classics, such as Pittsburgh’s Primanti ...