I would like to start off by saying that Doug Sweetser I really enjoy a good hot dog!
I don't eat them as often as I use to because my doctor mentioned that I cut down on eating so many.
Well..he a little more than mentioned it. I think it was closer to, "if you don't stop eating those things they'll kill ya!" So, I cut down to 5 or 6 a year when I get a hankering for a hot dog. I am not always close to my favorite place to get them which is, "Green's Lunch" down town Charlotte, N.C. I have been eating those since I was 13 and I haven't found a better one yet. I have found some that came pretty close but still no cookie.
Last week I had one of those hankerings while I was out on the north end of town at a car dealership and I asked a couple of guys where I could get a good hot dog and they suggested, "South 21 Jr." just down the road.
First I would like to mention that everyones idea of a "good hot dog " is not necessarily the same. As
a matter of fact it couldn't be farther from the truth, as I found out.
Entering the parking lot it was full of cars and people walking in and out of the restaurant. I found a place to park went in and stood in line. After a short wait a friendly girl took my order of 2 hot dogs all the way and ice water. ( For those of you that don't know what "all the way" means is: mustard, slaw, onions and chili sauce.) She took my money and gave me a little claim number ticket.
My piping-hot hot dogs were out in less than a couple of minutes. I was so excited! I found a booth in the corner in the back in the dark and started to eat my hot dogs. My first bite was a disappointment. No wait.. a disappointment is putting it very lightly! It was more like..."what the *#%"! I think you know what I mean.
The weenie had to have been the cheapest one that money could buy. The slaw was far from the standard that goes on a hot dog and the bun was so charred that it crumbled when I bit into it.
Entering the parking lot it was full of cars and people walking in and out of the restaurant. I found a place to park went in and stood in line. After a short wait a friendly girl took my order of 2 hot dogs all the way and ice water. ( For those of you that don't know what "all the way" means is: mustard, slaw, onions and chili sauce.) She took my money and gave me a little claim number ticket.
My piping-hot hot dogs were out in less than a couple of minutes. I was so excited! I found a booth in the corner in the back in the dark and started to eat my hot dogs. My first bite was a disappointment. No wait.. a disappointment is putting it very lightly! It was more like..."what the *#%"! I think you know what I mean.
The weenie had to have been the cheapest one that money could buy. The slaw was far from the standard that goes on a hot dog and the bun was so charred that it crumbled when I bit into it.
I tried adding some salt, that didn't help. I tried adding some catsup, that didn't help either. I forced down a couple more bites just to quench my hunger pain and threw the rest of my horrid meal in the trash and left!
I have always asked my friends this question when the subject of buying food at a restaurant comes up.
Do you think the owner would serve these same hot dogs to his friends and family if he had a cook-out at home. My thought is absolutely not. Then why is he serving them to people who are paying. I have gotten a much better hot dog at the, "fix it yourself" corner convenient store, which you might not except!
Well that's my little affair with South 21 Jr. restaurant.
I hope I never forget... and go back for another hot dog!
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