Entries tagged with 'hot dogs'
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Photo: Joe DiStefano Football holds even less interest for me than watching paint dry, but when bacon-wrapped hot dogs loaded with all manner of toppings are involved, I can be persuaded to pretend to watch a few... innings? (That...
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While by any measure, Bark in Park Slope has had a wildly successful opening, a sad piece of news has gone unreported: Once open bright and early seven days a week, Bark now only serves breakfast on weekends, from...
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On the New Yorker's Cartoon Lounge, Matthew Diffee first agrees with a friend's assessment of the New York frank—"There's not a lot of things in the world that are better than a New York sidewalk hot dog"—but then goes...
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The end of the summer is just around the corner, and I haven't gone on a single vacation, or made it out to the beach even once. But still, this summer has been pretty great—I've been rediscovering the pleasures...
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An occasional journal of a habitual restaurant diner; or, Not Eating at Home in New York. As many meals as I eat in a week, that is how many times I eat out. It's not that I can't cook—it's just...
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The original Nathan's World Famous Frankfurters shack, opened in 1916 on Coney Island, may be threatened by the ever-shifting landscape of Brooklyn zoning. One true Nathan's fan has penned an online petition to assign the building landmark status and save...
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Imagine your local Greek coffee shop or diner being taken over by a hard-working fancypants celebrity chef, who happens to be Greek-American. Sounds promising, doesn't it? See what chef
Michael Psilakis (of Anthos, Kefi, and Mia Dona) has done at the new Gus and Gabriel Gastropub on the Upper West side.
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And you thought the only hot-dog contest going on in July was the Nathan's competitive-eating challenge. Nope. The Minneapolis Star Tribune held a hot-dog dressing contest. Not with mustard, relish, or ketchup but actual costumes. Sort of like the...
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The new fancypants hot dogs, or should I say
haut dogs, are threatening to take away the glory from Gray's Papaya and other streetside dogs. But can chefs really improve on what many observers say is tubesteak perfection?
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Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut competing in Nathan's Hot Dog-Eating Contest 2008 during overtime. Despite New York City's proposal to crowd Coney Island with high rises, the original Nathan's hot dog stand will remain the venue for this year's...
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