Upcoming trip through Birmingham in January. I've decided to hit some of the old school hot dog parlors that put the city's eating scene on the map decades ago.
Here's the itinerary so far:
1] Sol's Hotdogs 3002 12th Ave. North
Opened 1970
Sounds like this is the one that the aficianados claim is the best.
2]
Gus Hot Dogs at 1915 4th Ave North
Opened 1947
This is the one that gets lots of positive verbiage from the old school hot dog eaters
3] Pete's Famous 1925 2nd Ave North
In business since the early 1900's it became Pete's in 1939.
Mixed reports with some folks saying no longer worth a visit. Possibly coasting on old glory.
4] Lyric Hot Dogs and Grill 1808 3rd Ave North
Opened in 1957
Good reports on owner Collins' chili
5] Sams Super Samwiches 2812 18th St S. Homewood
Opened late 1970's
I've eaten here several times and know it to be good
6] Scott's Koneys 2021 3rd Ave S.
Opened 1977
I seem to remember this hot dog joint being in a different location but could be wrong. Not a lot out there on Scott so I'm curious as to how the chow is.
The old school Greek run hot dog joints are dying out.
The owners have worked hard their whole lives making their money a dollar or two at a time so their kids could go to college and get "good" jobs.
Get out to an old school hot dog joint today and write about it.
I started this thread on chowhound
http://chowhound.chow.com...ag=boards;topic-754285 but am hoping to maybe find some hopelessly obscure joint that only the most ardent roadfooder knows about.
Thanks y'all
