My favorite hot dogs come from Mel's Hot Dogs here in Tampa. According to their website, they use Chicago-style Vienna Beef dogs. Hebrew National would be second favorite, but nothing matches the stuff at Mel's.

That's a very good question. I asked someone who runs a cart and he says you put your cart within close walking distance to a restaurant, gas station, or somewhere with a bathroom and take the cash box with me when I go. I suppose my cart could get looted for food, but hopefully I can find someone to watch it for a free dog while I go make my business.

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these are THE BEST.

period

That's a lot like the Bladder Buddy used by truckers.

Have you considered Veggie Dogs?

Most dog carts use either Vienna Beef or Sabretts 100% Beef dogs that have natural casings so they snap when you bite into them. Vienna = Chicago, Sabretts = New York.

Some people use Nathans, Bests Kosher, or Hebrew National.

These are all high quality dogs. I've never tried Thumann's.


I'll be grilling my dogs rather than boiling them. After grilling them, I'll put them in a steamer. I don't know how many of you have ever had beer steamed dogs or beer brats, but they are really good.

SACRILEGE!!!

Even if I weren't offended by them, you really don't sell enough of them that it would be worth buying them.

You might if you sold good ones. In an already saturated market, maybe the healthier options are a way to make your cart stand out. I hear from Brit and European friends that limited veggie options in restaurants and especially fast food places are one of the touristic drawbacks over here. Veggieburgers are standard fare in McDs etc. in Europe.

I see your point, but people who are into health food just don't eat at hot dog carts. It might be a good idea to make a smoothie cart, or a vegetable snack cart and park it outside the gym.

Check out this map from Clodfobble's IOtD link.
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...a-hot-dog-map/

but maybe they don't eat at the carts because there are no healthy foods on them.... not all veggies are veggie for health reasons. Some of my veggie friends just live on fries.

I've never eaten at one. We were just sitting here talking about what would make me get a street dog and couldn't come up with anything. Good lluck though, I do hope it works out.
For a while there we were spending a lot of time at CHOP (hospital) and I always wondered who was eating at all the roach coaches in the surrounding area.... really nasty looking chinese food selling trucks and stuff. I've never been that hungry.

Thanks Bruce. That is very interesting.

I don't know if it matters what hotdogs I like, but I like ones that're topped with grilled bacon and onion and cheese with a good BBQ sauce.

Those are especially good after a night on the turps.

That sounds great. Like a Western Bacon Dog.