Gourmet Slim Jim

Dogmatic Gourmet Sausage System is the new hotdog joint in the former -Mandler's Original Sausage space. The space was renovated with cool modern white tiles with a cartoonish mural of Union Square lining the walls around a big butcher block cafeteria like dining table. Even though the renovation has brought new life to this old space, the sausages are missing the Mandler's sausage magic.

Dogmatic has a new twist on the pig in the blanket. They grill the mini french baguette on hot pokers creating a hole for the gourmet sausage. The presentation is original but the taste is disappointing. The skinny sausages were jerky-dried like a Slim Jim. The jaw-breaking hard baguette was injected with so much of their blend of specialty sauce that it proceeded to ooze out the bun and onto your hands.Union Square: 26 E17th St, NY (btw Broadway & 5th Ave)