The Nathan’s (R) Famous chain of restaurants, which is practically synonymous with the Brooklyn, New York borough of Coney Island, is known around the world for its annual hot dog eating contest, which has been held every Fourth of July since 1916 on Coney Island. The delicious franks, or hot dogs that Nathan’s (R) Famous ...
The world record for the most hotdogs eaten in a short time span of 12 mintues was broken at the weekend by a man from California, the Associated Press reports. The contest took place on Saturday and the winner managed to eat 59 hotdogs and buns in just 12 minutes, breaking the previous world hot ...
A brief history of the American hot dog. In the 1870’s German immigrant Charles Feltmen began serving sausages on rolls in Coney Island. While sausages and bread are by no means a new culinary creation, could this be the first conception of the American phenomenon known as the hot dog? Among the most famous hot ...
Because July is considered National Hot Dog Month, I thought that I would run down my picks for the top five brands of hot dogs. Here they are: Sabrett Hot Dogs In the Gonzalez household, Sabrett hot dogs lead the pack when it comes to grocery store dogs. There is just something about the casing ...
What better time than around the 4th of July to be “puttin’ on the dog?” Every year on Independence Day, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs holds its annual hot dog eating contest at Coney Island in New York. Legend has it that the whole thing started back in 1916 when four immigrants settled a debate about ...
Coney Island has always been a place for family fun and good summer times. A place devoted to release and memories. And there is still no place more synonymous with noises of summer and joyful chaos. The charming name comes from konijn, Dutch for “wild rabbit”, which was about all the first European settlers found ...
