Marysville tastes like cream cheese, jalapenos and Sriracha sauce.
Or at least that’s the culinary interpretation of My Awesome Dogs.
Melody Patrick opened the business at 13901 Smokey Point Blvd. in Marysville in September. She specializes in offering regionally authentic hot dogs — including Chicago-style dogs with poppyseed buns, neon relish, onions, dill pickle spears, tomatoes, peppers and celery salt.
She found herself fielding several requests for Seattle-style dogs, with cream cheese, bacon and grilled onions.
“I didn’t have any because this is Marysville, not Seattle, but it inspired me,” said Patrick, who debuted the Marysville-style dog on her menu earlier this month.
Patrick asked her customers what should go on a Marysville dog, and the first ingredient they all agreed upon was cream cheese.
As for the jalapenos and Sriracha sauce, Patrick said, “Marysville needs to be a little spicy, I think.”
She added that she can tailor the Sriracha sauce to make it as mild or as hot as the customer wants.
Patrick cited the increasing demand for the Marysville dog, which sold two on its first day and eight the second.
“As they get to know it’s available, I predict it’ll become one of our most-popular dogs,” Patrick said.
She also plans on serving a Virginia-style dog next month, to cater to her many Virginia customers, who request chili, onions and coleslaw on their dogs.
“We’ve got folks from the military and all sorts of other places, so we should have dogs that cater to them,” she said.
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