Charles Feltman

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Crowd-Funding Campaign Seeks To Revive Feltman’s — The Original Coney Island Hot Dog

(Photo: Feltman’s of Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/1576674405946671/photos/a.1576677459279699.1073741827.1576674405946671/1576681102612668/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)For more than a half-century, Coney Island’s Nathan’s Famous has been peerless among Brooklyn’s seaside hot dog slingers — both as a local favorite and a

Charles Feltman

At Sycamore, A Brooklyn Historian & Blogger To Pay Homage To The Original Hot Dog King

Image via Feltman’s of Coney Island [https://www.facebook.com/1576674405946671/photos/pb.1576674405946671.-2207520000.1429661579./1576675642613214/?type=3&theater] Call it a case of the student outshining the teacher. While Nathan’s Famous hot dogs have become synonymous with Coney Island, it wasn’t invented by the

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History Of Nathan’s Famous Explored By Brownstoner

Nathan’s Famous in the 1950s (Source: eBay via brownstoner.com)Every time I am tasked with writing something about the original Nathan’s Famous (1310 Surf Avenue) I get really hungry. There is something about those delicious, ketchup-covered* hot dogs, the salty crinkle-cut french fries and the sea breeze