Nine Atypical Hot Dogs To Try Right Now
It's not just mustard, kraut, and stewed onions anymore
Hot dog, pup, frankfurter, frank, wiener, weenie, glizzy, red hot, Coney, footlong, tube steak — whatever you call them, they are delicious, easy to eat while perambulating, and relatively cheap. Here are some of my recent favorites, including a few not well known to the general dining public — but deserve to be.
S&P Lunch
Hot dogs may be only a footnote at this historic black-marble lunch counter, founded in 1928. The franks are natural-skinned, all beef, and of the usual circumference and length. A pair can be had for $16, mounted on the kind of toasted and split buns found in lobster rolls, but why not go for the Plattsburgh ($10) — presumably named after a university town on Lake Champlain that falls just short of the Canadian border. This frank is deposited in the same perfectly toasted bun, squirted with mustard, heaped with onions undoubtedly diced by some cooking-school grad, and heaped with a chunky beef chili that’s a little on the sweet side — and all the better for it. This is currently the tastiest hot dog in town. 174 Fifth Avenue, Flatiron
