Lizard Lounge Kitchen - Bacon Cheddar Burger / Mozzarella Sticks

Full disclosure - I work for the Chameleon Club/Lizard Lounge... However, my reviews here are not in any way endorsed, sponsored or influenced in any way by that fact... What I mean is, I'm not getting any sort of kickback for giving something a positive review, and as far as I know, reviewing the menu is not in any way jeopardizing my employment there. If I give something a positive review it means that I really did enjoy it, if its a negative review, well.. hopefully I was right about all of this "not jeopardizing my employment" stuff... My opinions on the food served there are just that - MY opinions. You can do with them what you wish...  I am merely eating and writing about it (like I'm doing all over this town) it just so happens that now, it's from a place where I also get paid sometimes.
That said, I feel as though I need to mention, that you should all visit the Chameleon Club and the Lizard Lounge, "With its 10,000 sq ft divided into three floors, and seven bars, (and now a kitchen!) it is a convenient venue for area music fans to see their favorite artists in an intimate setting." (and the DJ on Tuesday nights is the best!)

Hot Diggity Dog - The Albuquerque Dog

Chili, cheddar cheese, jalapenos, hot salsa, crushed tortilla chips

I really don’t deal well with spicy food. I can handle a little bit of heat sure, but on a scale of 1-10, I try to stick closer to 1 or 2… It hasn’t always been this way, there was a time I can remember in my life where I was eating hot wings indiscriminately, and actually preferred them to be cooked as if cast in the fires of hell. “The hotter the better” I thought then, but not now… So what went wrong? When did all of this change? I don’t know exactly, but I do know that now, I am spice’s bitch, and we’ve been trying to avoid contact with one another for a while now.

So why ON EARTH would I ever get the Albuquerque dog from Hot Diggity Dog? A torturous monster of hot salsa, jalapenos, and hate. Why would I challenge something that I KNEW was going to best me? Because I have some fool’s notion that I will try every hot dog on their menu, and I will write about it… and I will not stop with Hot Diggity Dog, I will eat everything everywhere, and I will write about it all. Lofty goals, yes, but when one sets up a challenge, one follows through. To do a thing only 80% of the way is to not really do a thing at all… I was setting myself up for misery, but certainly not failure.

With that steadfast commitment, I reluctantly ordered the hot dog that would be as yet, my greatest challenge… here’s how it went.

Hot Diggity Dog - The Kansas City Dog

BBQ sauce, bacon, cheddar cheese.  


Recently, when Hot Diggity Dog revamped their menu, adding new hot dogs to their already fantastic lineup (which I have only begun to scratch the surface of here) I was intrigued to try out these new concoctions. Its kind of odd when I think about it, getting excited to try a new hot dog... What can really be done to change a hot dog? how do you reinvent the wheel? I had never thought of hot dogs as being an empty canvas on which to tirelessly throw random ingredients onto, like you're some sort of Jackson "Hot Dog" Pollack, Hot Diggity Dog has proven it possible, and none more so than with this: The Kansas City Dog...