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Sure, this place is a gigantic novelty. Alice Cooper themed.
It's a HUGE restaurant with big screens everywhere, a full bar, a nice giant outdoor seating area, too.
The waiters come out with make-up like Alice Cooper, as well.
It's quite the sight, but unfortunately, I was never a huge Alice Cooper fan [not to say I dislike Alice Cooper, I was just never that into him.]
So, obviously, that isn't what brought me here.
What brought me to Cooperstown was their claim of having the "Longest Hot Dog in the World!"
I'm all about gimmicks and I will absolutely put down $15 for a gimmick dog, especially because I love finding unique hot dogs.
I went down to Cooperstown, got seated, make-up clad waitress asks me what I'd like and I tell her I'll have the 2 foot long hot dog: To-Go, please. She looks at me strangely and then leaves with my order. My two friends didn't eat anything.
About fifteen to twenty minutes later, a big red light flashes and an alarm goes off, which draws everyones attention to the door by the kitchen. Just then, my waitress enters the dining hall with a 2 foot tinfoil spear, which she placed in front of me. I was happy with the size, to say the least. I opened it up, threw on some ketchup and took a bite before leaving.
I let my friends try it, as well, and we all agreed, the dog was juicy and delicious! The main issue I had with it, though, was the bun. The bun was simply a baguette. It was very hard and definitely not like eating a hot dog.
If this place wants my extra 2 stars, they'll have to invent a softer 2 food bun to go with this [did I mention the hot dog actually sticks out on both sides of the baguette, it was huge!]
Aside from my hot dog, the service was a little slow and the place, though blasting music, was somehow empty, stale, and awkwardly quiet. It's likely because it's such a huge space occupied by so little.
Either way, it's definitely worth the experience, but I'd go in the evening when there's possibly more atmosphere around.
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