Susan Ades

Bronx

Nathan's Hot Dog

Hot dogs cut across American culture from one end of the socioeconomic spectrum to the other. Who doesn't love hot dogs? And the best and most iconic hotdog in the world was born in none other than Coney Island, Brooklyn. Nathan's! Served at the White House (by Jackie Kennedy, no less!) at Yankee Stadium and even at Yalta (to Churchill and Stalin), the Nathan's hot dog IS Americana. But more than that, it's New York. According to Nathan's lore, New York's own governor Nelson Rockefeller once said, “No man can hope to be elected in his state without being photographed eating a hot dog at Nathan’s Famous." 'Nuf said.