I must drive past this stand at least 3 times a week. I finally decided to go to sketch and get a hot dog. The stand is located in the parking lot of a Chevron gas station. I walked up to the gas pumps and sat down on one of the cement pilings. As I was sketching a woman drove up to the pump I was sitting next to and she got out and started to to fill her tank. She said to me “I thought you were going to pump the gas for me.” I said, “If you are a good tipper I will.” Another man pumping gas said “He needs to put some mustard up there, his bun is starting to bleach in the sun.”
When I finished this sketch I finally went up to the ordering window to get myself a dog. This stand is a one man show. Johnnie has a thick New York accent and the attraction of the place is how he chats up each costumer. He dropped a whole potato into a device and pulled the leaver down slicing the potato into fries which he then threw in the oil. The hot dog itself was huge, at least 12 inches. A costumer in line said “He has the biggest wieners in town”. I ordered a dog with yellow mustard and sauerkraut. It was delicious.
