There really is something quite magical about Coney Island out of season. Even in the rain and drizzle I love riding the train over here from Manhattan just to take a stroll on the deserted board walk and of course to sample a hot dog or two from Nathan’s Famous. It’s not that glamorous or…
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Sam’s Hot Dog Stand – Some classic dogs down by the boardwalk
Sam’s Hot Dog Stand on North Front street in Wilmington was a little bit of an irresistible treat for lunch when we visited Downtown for a stroll along the Riverwalk by the Cape Fear River. This place gives the impression that it has been here for years, but I learned that it has only just…
Bond Brothers Brewery – DownTown Fall Festival – Food Trucks and Beer
This weekend I had made plans to seek out some of the local breweries in Cary, North Carolina, and I had The Bond Brothers Beer Company on my radar and in my sights. It was pretty lucky for me that the same day I chose to visit coincided with the Downtown Fall Festival; a collaboration between…
Jimmy’s Famous Hot Dogs – Two Dog Combo Carolina Style
Jimmy’s Famous Hot Dogs on HWY 55 is one of two dog shack locations in the South Durham area. The one we visited is the newer one moving to its current location inside an old waffle house building earlier in the year I have been told. The sign out front says that they serve burgers,…
Hot Dogs at The Roast Grill – Family owned for generations and really good too!
The Roast Grill was number one on my list of places to visit in Raleigh NC to get a hot dog. I think it was the stories I had read about how it had been here since 1940 and how it had hardly changed during that time that really whet my appetite and piqued my excitement…
Tasty 8’s Gourmet Hot Dogs – The DogFather
Tasty 8’s Gourmet Hot Dogs in Raleigh is located on Fayettville Street up at the end near to the State Capitol building. I like a hot dog and I am always intrigued when someone says that they have a ‘gourmet’ dog, it sounds like a oxymoron. I am always willing to take a chance and I…
Nathan’s at Coney Island in Winter- Dogs are good any season!
No visit to New York is complete without a day trip out to Coney Island and a visit to the Original Nathan’s Hot Dog stand. Rain or Shine it is a day out that I look forward too. If I am honest it is more fun out of season when there are now crowds and the diners…
Nathan’s Hot Dogs at Coney Island
If you like the occasional hot dog then no trip to New York woud be complete without a trip to the mecca of Nathan’s original hot dogs in Brooklyn at Coney Island on the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenue opposite the Coney Island Subway stop. It is not just the history of the place that has…