RECREATION: Top Dog

The spiritual home of the U.S. hot dog —and the world's largest hot dog stand—is Nathan's Famous on Brooklyn's Coney Island. To Nathan's gaudy green and white stands each summer flock many of the millions of visitors to Coney, gobbling up more than 200,000 hot dogs (at 20¢ each) on a weekend. Summer or winter, Nathan's never closes. Its customers have braved blizzards just to reach a Nathan's hot dog: it is a regular last stop for many early-morning survivors of Manhattan's cafe society. In all, Nathan's Famous sells more than 8,000,000...

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