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| - This place is awesome. After one night, I am a huge fan.
First, I was struck by how unassuming this place is. The sign outside is rather small and on walking inside it looks like any corner bar you'd find in Old Brooklyn or Parma. A few booths, a few tables and plenty of red, swively bar stools. Very low-key and very comfortable. With the success of Momocho, Eric Williams really could have made this place into something much more trendy - but he didn't, and I respect him greatly for that.
During the day you'll see a mixed bag of people: families, couples, blue collar workers, white collar workers. After dark, the hipsters emerge like vampires and fill the place up. If you arrive to watch the transition you'll have some great people watching.
The menu is simple: hot dogs, veggie dogs, falaffel. Your sides include fries or tater tots. Toppings are another story. 50 hot dog toppings ranging from bacon to "alien" relish to fruit loops. The guy down the bar from us got fruit loops and nacho cheese. No joke. I had chorizo chili, blue cheese slaw, relish and potato chips. Amazing!
Now, normally I am all about the snap on a hot dog, but here I didn't miss it. The hot dog is so thick and so flavorful and so full of toppings that you don't miss it. You kind of need to result to using your knife and fork anyway. If you get past bite 5 without your bun eventually seizing from the weight of the greatness on top, you are a) a faster eater than I or b) totally unadventurous and didn't get any fun toppings.
High marks for the fabulous tater tots (with chipotle hollandaise and a fried egg, in my case) and a great selection of beers.
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