Like so many wonderful New York icons, this one comes from Coney Island. It was after the Civil War, and this spit of land jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean was fast becoming a summer resort favo…
Source: A Coney Island pie maker invents the hot dog | Ephemeral New York
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Birth of the hot dog
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Sounds more like a sausage roll (pastry case) than a hot dog. He left a legacy, that’s for sure. Whether or not it was a good one, that’s debatable.
Best wishes, Pete.
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