Prevent me when you’ve heard this one ahead of. Walt Disney Global has a brand new eating place alongside the BoardWalk that not too long ago opened, serves up meals that received a fan-following due to viral social media posts, and is beautiful well-liked regardless of top costs. I do know what you’re considering: we don’t want but some other put up about Cake Bake Store.
This isn’t about Cake Bake Store. Walt Disney Global by hook or by crook, a way has controlled to open two inexplicably pricey eating places this yr alongside the Crescent Lake BoardWalk between EPCOT and Hollywood Studios. In the meantime, the extra reasonably priced and extra mainstream eating places were slowly vanishing.
Now in equity, most likely we will have to no longer blame Walt Disney Global for those costs. In the end, those are 3rd celebration eating places and Disney does no longer set their menu costs. (They do, on the other hand, set hire and most likely take a lower of gross sales…and that does not directly dictate minimal menu costs.)
Every other commonality between Cake Bake and Blue Ribbon Corn Canines is the anemic tempo in their building. Or on the subject of the latter, its “building.” This was once truly the refurbishment of an present waterfront kiosk, which was once spruced up and given a brand new blue and yellow colour scheme. I’m no longer certain whether or not we technically imagine Blue Ribbon Corn Canines a snack stand, meals sales space, eating place, or the extra imprecise “eating venue.”
Blue Ribbon Corn Canines wouldn’t upward push to eating place standing as regards to any place else, nevertheless it’s develop into narrow pickings alongside the BoardWalk all through the final couple of years. For the reason that, this arguably turns into the highest counter provider eating place possibility for visitors of Disney’s BoardWalk Inn and Villas.
That’s very true for visitors from the Northeast who’re nonetheless perturbed in regards to the purported regional authenticity of BoardWalk Deli. That reimagined eating place is encouraged through the delicatessens of the Northeast area, with a menu that (supposedly) takes you on a highway go back and forth of vintage candy and savory flavors from New York to the Jersey Shore. Regional authenticity or no longer (“no longer” in line with just about all of our readers from the Northeast), BoardWalk Deli does have the deeper and extra well-rounded menu. See our complete BoardWalk Deli Overview for extra on that.
As for Blue Ribbon Corn Canines, it has already evolved a fan following over the previous couple of years. The primary location opened in Downtown Disney at Disneyland Hotel a number of years in the past, and it made a giant splash when including its fried pickle corn canine to the menu in April 2021.
For many who don’t recall, Disneyland and Disney California Journey had been nonetheless closed at the moment. Influencers, meals bloggers, and Disney lovers had been all starved for content material and issues to do…and everybody loves a just right gimmicky meals. It was once the easiest hurricane for a snack stand to head viral. And Blue Ribbon very a lot did, with posts in regards to the fried pickle corn canine garnering tens of millions of perspectives.
This viral second for that menu addition most certainly is what resulted in the otherwise-unassuming Blue Ribbon Corn Canines getting a 2d location at Walt Disney Global. It’s for sure why the hole of this eating place eating venue was once being so carefully watched and anxiously expected through Walt Disney Global lovers.
Suffice to mention, the hype ranges had been top for the year-plus between the announcement of Blue Ribbon Corn Canines and its exact opening. If that year-plus “building” timeline is any indication, that is for sure a cafe!
Turning to logistics of Blue Ribbon Corn Canines, visitors order by means of a window at the aspect of the kiosk nearer to Flying Fish. They pick out up their order at the reverse aspect, nearer to Cake Bake.
The menu is slightly easy:
- Vintage Canine ($12.50) – All-Red meat Scorching Canine fried in Cornmeal Batter. Served with a bag of chips.
- Pickle Canine ($15.50) – All-Red meat Scorching Canine wrapped in a Dill Pickle, fried in Cornmeal Batter, rolled in Panko Bread Crumbs. Served with peanut butter and a bag of chips.
- Youngsters Canine ($10.50) – All-Red meat Child Dimension Scorching Canine fried in Cornmeal Batter. Served with a bag of chips.
- Mexican Boulevard Canine ($15.50) – Jalapeño Cheddar Sausage, fried in Cornmeal Batter. Crowned with Garlic Mayo, Corn Kernels, Cotija Cheese, and Cilantro. Garnished with a Lime Wedge and served with a bag of chips.
- Golden Dragon ($15.50) – All-Red meat Scorching Canine, fried in Cornmeal Batter, rolled in Panko Bread Crumbs. Served with Sriracha Mayo, Candy Thai Chili, and a bag of chips.
Along with corn canines, Blue Ribbon provides lemonade for $7 to $10 in keeping with cup. There also are two cotton sweet choices at the menu, which price $8 to $9. For a restricted time (I’m no longer even certain whether or not it’s nonetheless to be had), there’s additionally a Massive Mozzarella Stick for $15.50.
The whole thing at Blue Ribbon Corn Canines is made-to-order. After paying, you’ll obtain a buzzer that is going off when your meals is able.
This permits you to pass experience the remainder of the BoardWalk, sweltering within the solar or shaking your fist on the posted menu costs at Cake Bake Store. You recognize, the entire amusing stuff the BoardWalk has to supply!
I’m joking, however handiest partly. I used to be lucky sufficient to obtain a “Blue Ribbon View” room at BoardWalk Inn (a brand new reserving class with a 12.5% surcharge) and spotted that there was once nearly all the time a crowd congregated out of doors the eating venue.
It was once hardly a line of visitors ordering corn canines–it was once other folks looking ahead to pickup. The one exception to this was once all through a downpour. I’m certain they had been nonetheless round–no longer such as you drop fifteen-plus dollars on a corn canine and abandon it in a drizzle–however most certainly underneath the resort’s overhang, so I couldn’t see them.
For my order, I waited about quarter-hour for pickup. I didn’t time it, since I didn’t await this being a subject, however that’s about how lengthy it took. All the way through that point, I noticed two different visitors inquire about their orders, so I do know I wasn’t the one one.
If my dad had been right here, he would’ve made the ‘previous dude’ funny story in regards to the eating place having to head and catch the…I dunno, no matter thriller meat corn canines are manufactured from…ahead of cooking it. Vintage comedy.
Level being, when you’re considering Blue Ribbon Corn Canines is a handy rapid meals possibility…you’re fallacious. BoardWalk Deli can be a a lot better guess.
Because it’s an out of doors meals sales space or no matter, the seating house is solely those preexisting tables throughout from BoardWalk Deli. Those are incredible on a cloudy or overcast day–very best all through the iciness months when it’s somewhat cooler. All the way through Central Florida’s 47 weeks of summer time? No longer such a lot.
There’s additionally out of doors shaded seating that’s steadily unused and to be had over through Trattoria al Forno. But when that eating place is the usage of it to seat desk provider visitors, they could shoo you away like a dirty pigeon.
After pictures and preliminary taste-testing, I finished up taking the corn canines again as much as my room and ate at the balcony. It felt like a VIP skybox with that Blue Ribbon View. This will have to be how celebrities consume their corn canines.
As for the corn canines, let’s get started with the Mexican Boulevard Canine. I used to be truly having a look ahead to this, as I’m a sucker for elote.
Taste-wise, the toppings delivered. The corn canine itself was once freshly-made, as marketed, and each the cornmeal batter and scorching canine itself had been just right. A pleasant interaction of semi-sweet and savory. I’ve 0 lawsuits in regards to the high quality.
Then again, I do have complains about value-for cash.
This corn canine was once small. I did a double-take, questioning if that they had given me a kid’s measurement through mistake. Nope. Even ahead of ordering, I believed $15.50 was once steep for corn canines, however given the portion measurement, it’s downright laughable.
I assume when you’re on holiday, haven’t any finances, and handiest view the corn canine as a snack, it is a viable possibility. Once more, no lawsuits relating to taste. However this turns out extra a snack-sized portion that may be served on the all-hot canine The us sales space all through the EPCOT Meals & Wine Pageant. And in reality, the ones scorching canines had been higher and extra filling than this for lower than half of the fee!
Subsequent up is the Pickle Canine.
As discussed above, that is what put Blue Ribbon Corn Canines at the map, and is most likely why the Walt Disney Global outpost exists within the first position.
The Pickle Canine is a smaller and stouter corn canine–through design. It’s nonetheless a extra sizable portion than the Mexican Boulevard Canine.
So far as gimmicky meals pass, the Pickle Canine is forged.
It’s amusing. It appears cool. It tastes unusually just right. It provides quite a lot of flavors and textures. You marvel “how scientists made it occur?” It assessments the entire proper bins.
My largest criticism in regards to the Pickle Canine is that the peanut butter was once served ice chilly–nearly frozen–and made it not possible to dip. I overheard visitors at some other desk additionally commenting in this. This would possibly appear to be somewhat factor, however I assume I be expecting the little issues to be paid consideration to if I’m shedding $16 on a corn canine.
The Pickle Canine is the only factor that it is sensible to reserve at Blue Ribbon Corn Canines. It’s much less in regards to the value-proposition and extra in regards to the revel in.
Get this to percentage with buddies or circle of relatives, communicate and snicker about it, and transfer on. Don’t order a half-dozen of those doggies as a complete meal, except you wish to have to take out a 2d loan previously. By which case, do it up proper–have this be the hole path ahead of a meal at Cake Bake!
In different phrases, I don’t assume the Pickle Canine is “price it” as a counter provider entree, nevertheless it arguably is as a amusing meals revel in.
In the long run, I went into my meal at Blue Ribbon Corn Canines considering that it’d take me a few days and willpower to study the entire menu. I left this one meal nonetheless hungry and with my pockets over $30 lighter. I used to be additionally annoyed through little issues–the loss of consideration to element with the frozen peanut butter and serving generic luggage of Lay’s as a substitute of housemade chips.
Most likely I’m being nitpicky right here, however that includes the territory of charging $15+ for a corn canine. Those costs are upper than the hand-dipped corn canines at Sleepy Hole in Magic Kingdom and the in-park corn canines at Disneyland. The ones in-park parts also are higher and the flavor is solely as just right. (I’d say fairly higher, however most likely that’s the citadel view speaking.) Sleepy Hole stays my favourite corn canine at Walt Disney Global: it’s larger, a minimum of as just right, served with housemade chips, may also be eaten within the shadow of Cinderella Fort, and prices $11.49.
All of this was once sufficient for me to nix plans to check out the remainder of the menu at Blue Ribbon Corn Canines. I simply don’t see a situation the place I’d counsel having a corn canine right here over one within the parks, which might be by hook or by crook less expensive and simply as just right. I’m shocked and, frankly, annoyed that no different critiques that I’ve noticed name consideration to any of these items. The social media sentiment about this position is admittedly effusive. Truthfully, I wouldn’t have even stricken with Blue Ribbon Corn Canines within the first position if I knew all this getting in…and that’s why I’m scripting this overview, so that you probably gained’t make the similar mistake I did.
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