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etifosi SuperDork
9/13/16 4:03 p.m.

Hot Dog Johnnys on rt 46, about 15 miles from the Delaware Water Gap.

Wit' is how you order, as in "I'll have 4 wit'." Wit gets you a dog fried in peanut oil, dressed with onions, mustard, and a wedge of dill pickle.

It's an institution.

Once, when I sold cars, I worked a dealer trade with a dealer in Clinton NJ. He was worried about the miles the car I was swapping with him would have and I calmed his fears by telling him I was only an hour from Hot Dog Johnnys!

oldeskewltoy UltraDork
9/13/16 5:32 p.m.

etifosi wrote: Hot Dog Johnnys on rt 46, about 15 miles from the Delaware Water Gap. Wit' is how you order, as in "I'll have 4 wit'." Wit gets you a dog fried in peanut oil, dressed with onions, mustard, and a wedge of dill pickle. It's an institution. Once, when I sold cars, I worked a dealer trade with a dealer in Clinton NJ. He was worried about the miles the car I was swapping with him would have and I calmed his fears by telling him I was only an hour from Hot Dog Johnnys!

Another NJ roadside eats.... The After - charbroil route 206 in Flanders NJ

Mitchell UberDork
9/14/16 7:10 p.m.

I typically try to find nice hole in the wall places to eat, but after two years of living in CA and NJ, I miss the Waffle. Having a fine dinner at one now on a trip back home.

outasite Reader
9/14/16 8:37 p.m.

etifosi wrote: Hot Dog Johnnys on rt 46, about 15 miles from the Delaware Water Gap. Wit' is how you order, as in "I'll have 4 wit'." Wit gets you a dog fried in peanut oil, dressed with onions, mustard, and a wedge of dill pickle. It's an institution. Once, when I sold cars, I worked a dealer trade with a dealer in Clinton NJ. He was worried about the miles the car I was swapping with him would have and I calmed his fears by telling him I was only an hour from Hot Dog Johnnys!

Speaking of hotdogs and NJ, is Russ Ayres still selling hotdogs in Trenton NJ?

Marjorie Suddard General Manager
9/15/16 6:24 a.m.

My friends back home swear by Hillbilly Hot Dogs near Huntington, WV. Haven't managed to combine a trip back with a meal there, but this is from people I trust:

There's a bus. So it must be good.

I tend to like hole-in-the-wall cafeterias ("meat and three" restaurants if you're from the South) that haven't changed in 40 years or more; a good one is Niki's West Steak and Seafood in Birmingham. It's all about the steam table veggies and the fried chicken:

Pretty sure my home gardening MIL would NOT consider these vegetables, but WTH.

Also love super-local dives, like Nick Tahou Hots in Rochester, NY. I just like their chili sauce, but they're famous for their garbage plate:

Delicious vomity plate of love.

Caution: These are all later-in-the-trip recommendations, good for when you've abandoned all resolve and fatigue has hammered your taste buds into blunt instruments of destruction. In other words, the best part.

Margie