Ted's Hot Dogs Buffalo, New York

We were walking around Buffalo and decided to stop at a

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hot dog icon, a little place called Ted's hot

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, let's check it out. My grandfather, like so many other immigrants who came from the old country, probably came because he had a relative who came. before him, when my grandfather ventured out alone and stopped working with other family members, he started with, if I'm not mistaken, just one thing around his neck, like Sekar cigars, cigarettes and Perillo's walking in the parks walking around the city of Buffalo selling popcorn. and peanut graduated to a horse and buggy driving popcorn peanut popcorn eventually got a lunch truck we like to say we were way ahead of their time by having a food truck when they were building the Peace Bridge in En 1927, the contractor was using a construction shack, just a small one, it was old and rickety.

I don't know how big it was very, very small and when the bridge was completed in 1927, my grandfather bought the shack for $100 and put up a sign. on it and that was the first time there was an official building that said Ted hot

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and that was there, believe it or not, until 1969 when they were widening the ramps of the Peace Bridge and they had to tear down the shack and the irony is that my grandfather was alive at that time, he lived until 1969, they kept the closure and my grandfather passed away a month later, so it was really very ironic that you knew that he left when that building was the second generation to take it from a small shack, yeah, I would say then my dad came in and before that I had a couple of uncles that also joined my dad and my grandfather took him maybe to another location, which was the front location of the park, which was right around the corner. corner of the original.

Shack and then dad with my grandfather my grandfather my dad wasn't responsible until 1948 the next building that still exists today I share and drive that one I would actually say it's not our newest location at all probably the oldest location but it's like the ship insignia, you know, a lot of posts all they talk about is a shared location on the Drive and someone else was making boiling charcoal down the street from the Sheridan Drive location, so my dad was the one who said, you know dad. I think we should try it, so they switched to coal and now it turns out that coal is our niche.

I mean, that's what a lot of people love: cooking over real charcoal. Texas, Texas, nice, you know? I just got back into the business because I was out of the business for a while. I just got back into the business and I think because I grew up in the business. I just went with my dad. We went to the stands at night. into things and it was just part of our lives when I got back into the business. I don't think it was the first time I appreciated how much the Teds had touched people in the area and how much it meant. for them and they all had stories and they all wanted to tell their stories at Ted's, so we really are part of the fabric.

I would say there are a few things that make it special for Ted's, besides the charcoal, the charcoal, the homemade onion rings. A lot of people really like onion rings, it's something we make homemade every day, hot sauce, which is another homemade thing, that is different and unique to us. I want other people to make them, but we make the smoothies from scratch and Loganberry, which is a local phenomenon, just heads. That was in Canada at the Crystal Beach Orchard amusement park that's the purple drink. I think Logan berries are a mix of blackberries and boys and berries or something, yeah, I'll give you some on the way out, so yeah, it's not carbonated, super sweet, you know, and ours is made with cane sugar, so it's very sweet, but those are some things that are iconic to us, besides good food, hopefully it's cooked well and served in a friendly way, regular hot dogs are the special thing about us. homemade hot sauce - it's very good, okay, I'll do it, no, no ketchup, okay, I'll make sure my eyes are homemade onion rings, have one of each yes, what kind of hot dogs are we going to use here today?

We have the same. the red has a pretty good twist on a special patient just for texas, all good, the price will be fine, that looks like a lunch. I love food. I love patterns, so I love food. It's always good. These are the best Italians. sausages and half dogs I've ever eaten in my life it's great to try to call you before you open very well. I love Ted's. I come here all the time and they are obviously the best hot dogs in the world. I am very proud of what Do It Here, it is a great company, ideal for a product.

Last of Us for the last 85 years. You can come into a friendly environment, get what you want and leave. It's perfect for having a hot dog or whatever. We don't make you nervous. so I don't know, it's just a simple simple formula, stick to a real quality product, just cook it the way you would like to eat it if you were eating it yourself, take very good care of your customers, give them great excellent service and a great experience a nice clean tent and usually those are the ones you know, the basics, eating tents, that's the hot dog man that