Monday, June 21, 2010

Buffalo's Best Dogs - Street Vendor

Originally today's lunch was meant to visit a grill that was outside of the Hyatt Hotel on Friday, but it was no longer there today. Luckily, there was a hot dog vendor on the corner of Main St. and Huron St. This is the second known hot dog vendor around that's a few minutes down the hot dog vendor on Huron. These small places are harder to find since there's nothing about them online. The only way you could find them is if you walk in different areas you don't normally go for lunch. This one can be spotted with Wardynski's umbrellas with a more closed off vendor station. It was a few extra minutes down from the hot dog vendor on Delaware and Huron.

This vendor, however, offered less on the menu. The vendor has hot dogs, Italian sausage, polish kielbasa, jumbo beef dog, pop, and chips. Notice something is left out and they are any hamburgers. This is a big loss. They also don't have any specialties, like a cheese or chili dog, as the other hot dog vendor does. A normal hot dog is just $1.75 which is the same as the other vendor down the street. Also, the Delaware hot dog guy is no longer a guy. As of now, it's been a young brunette girl for a few weeks. Well, at this hot dog vendor on Main St., there is a young blonde girl working.

The hot dogs here were cooked faster as many were on the grill at the same time. However, it wasn't thoroughly cooked as one could expect. The condiments are roughly similar. They do have hot sauce but it didn't even feel like there was hot sauce on the dogs. This vendor does have straws if you want to drink easier while walking with something else in another hand. However, wax paper was used to put the hot dogs on instead of one of those hot dog plates which was a big disadvantage.

It is very affordable and a quick eat. Only $4 was spent on the special of two dogs and a pop. This was the popular order of the day and this was is way below the average spending with these lunches. It's a nicer atmosphere with Main St. there and there are six benches and a convenient garbage can next to the vendor which is a big plus. There's more people walking by and it doesn't feel as lonely as the one on Delaware. The other hot dog vendor wins out at the moment though.

Final Rating: 2.5 out of 5

Buffalo's Best Dogs - Street Vendor
Corner of Huron St. and Main St.
by M&T and Bank of America

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