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Joey Chestnut taking home the gold. (Photo via Nathan’s Famous [https://www.facebook.com/nathansfamous/]/Facebook)Joey “Jaws” Chestnut wolfed down a record-setting 72 hot dogs in over 10 minutes (that’s one hot dog every 8.3 seconds) on Tuesday, shattering his own record in Nathan’s Famous
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Joey Chestnut winning the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest. (Photo: Nathan’s Famous [https://www.facebook.com/nathansfamous/photos/pcb.1043315615705202/1043315355705228/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Joey “Jaws” Chestnut wolfed down a record-setting 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes Monday to take back his title in the
Food & Drink
Joey Chestnut winning the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest. (Photo: Nathan’s Famous [https://www.facebook.com/nathansfamous/photos/pcb.1043315615705202/1043315355705228/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Joey “Jaws” Chestnut wolfed down a record-setting 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes Monday to take back his title in the
Arts & Culture
Last year’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating championship. (Photo: Nathan’s Famous [https://www.facebook.com/nathansfamous/photos/a.120889251281181.8732.109841792385927/864848380218594/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Grab those wieners and buns! Also, hot dogs and bread. This weekend we celebrate our nation’s independence — and what
Events
Last year’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating championship. (Photo: Nathan’s Famous [https://www.facebook.com/nathansfamous/photos/a.120889251281181.8732.109841792385927/864848380218594/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Grab those wieners and buns! Also, hot dogs and bread. This weekend we celebrate our nation’s independence — and what
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Thousands visited Nathan’s Saturday for the company’s 100th Anniversary. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Thousands visited the Nathan’s Famous flagship location on Surf Avenue Saturday to pay a nickel for a frankfurter during the company’s 100th Anniversary. The company rolled back prices to 1916 [http://www.
Announcements
Thousands visited Nathan’s Saturday for the company’s 100th Anniversary. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Thousands visited the Nathan’s Famous flagship location on Surf Avenue Saturday to pay a nickel for a frankfurter during the company’s 100th Anniversary. The company rolled back prices to 1916 [/nathans-celebrates-100th-anniversary-with-5-cent-hot-dogs/] to
Food & Drink
Original Nathan’s in Coney Island. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Nathan’s Famous is rolling back prices to 1916 to mark their 100th Anniversary on Memorial Day weekend. The flagship location at Surf and Stillwell Avenues will be selling hot dogs for five cents between 11am and 2pm on
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PDESJ5HSbU Senator Bernie Sanders did not disappoint while stumping in Coney Island Sunday. Following a series of appearances at Brooklyn College [https://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner/posts/1233178426724198] and in front of his childhood home [https://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner/videos/vb.335119629863420/1233214206720620/
Food & Drink
(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
attorney general
Original Nathan’s in Coney Island. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us
feltmans hot dogs
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 restaurant’s namesake. Instead, the hot dog is believed to have been invented [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2013/09/nathans-famous-history/]by a
Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld and comedian Todd Barry visited Coney Island in the latest episode of Seinfeld’s web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee [http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/]. Barry, a stand up comedian from the Bronx, is know for voicing characters in shows including Dr. Katz, Tom Goes to the Mayor and
coney island ymca
Source: Wikimedia CommonsA new YMCA is coming to Coney Island, and administrators are looking to mark their grand opening by burying a time capsule. News 12 is reporting [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/coney-island-ymca-to-bury-time-capsule-1.6134365] that the representatives from the Y are looking for community input as to what should
nathan's famous
Source: @NYCFireWire via @evgrieve via the Village VoiceA fire broke out at Nathan’s Famous on Coney Island (1310 Surf Avenue) over the weekend, according to a report [http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2013/05/fire_on_the_roo.php] by the Village Voice. The famous hot dog mecca is
1310 surf ave
Source: J. Reed via Wikimedia CommonsNathan’s Famous, battered and closed since Superstorm Sandy blew into town, is in the midst of demolishing the interior and rebuilding hot dog heaven for a spring reopening, according to a report by the Village Voice [http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2013/02/demolition_