My favorite dog
January 5th, 2007 by ktula
Nathan’s Famous hot dog is hands down my favorite hot dog. Nathan’s Famous is the sponsor of the yearly Fourth of July International Hot Dog eating contest, which for the past six years, has been won by this eating machine Takeru Kobayashi of Japan. I first experienced Nathan’s hot dog when i was traveling to Baltimore to work a few years ago. Slightly longer and narrower than most of the hot dogs, the taste and the texture is amazing. Especially when the skin of the hot dog is grilled just to the right crispiness, it’s really like a slice of heaven. I have not found a better hot dog since then, though the spicy hot dog i had at a few other airports was a close second.
There is a Nathan’s Famous restaurant at Concourse C of the Baltimore/Washington International Airport. Everytime i took a departing flight out of BWI, i would get two hot dogs. Concourse C used to serve Northwest Airlines but in recent years, it was moved to Concourse D and has remained there since. What did that meant to me? Since i was traveling mostly on Northwest Airlines to BWI, it meant i was missing out on my favorite hot dog, since Concourse C and Concourse D were not connected. Imagine my utter disappointment when i realized that Northwest Airlines was no longer located in the same concourse as Nathan’s Famous. So what i did was i would go through the security to get to Concourse C, even though my boarding pass clearly indicated it was for Concourse D. Of course, i had to explain to the TSA guys that i was going to Nathan’s for my hot dogs. After grabbing four hot dogs, i would get out of Concourse C and go through the security checkpoint again, to Concourse D.
Nathan’s Famous hot dog seems to be just an East Coast thing. I couldn’t seem to find any Nathan’s Famous hot dog in the state of Washington. Supposedly, some Costco warehouses are supposed to be carrying them, but so far i have not found them in any Costcos around here. At one point, i was seriously considering ordering from its website but the price, especially the shipping and handling cost pretty much snuffed out my craving. On the Nathan’s website, 3-pack hot dogs (6 hot dogs in each pack) sells for $14.99 and the 2nd day USPS delivery costs a whopping $38.55. That means each hot dog will cost me almost $3. Fortunately, i discovered a location in the Seattle area that carries my favorite dog. At the Lincoln Square movie theater in Bellevue, each Nathan’s hot dog (including the bun of course) goes for $3.50. Now you know which movie theater i will go to whenever i want to watch something on the big screen 
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blaringSmelly
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nathan’s is pretty good.
Jan 7th, 2007 at 17:17