It's in Hayward on Sept. 15 (Centennial Hall) and Saag (from neighboring San Leandro) is one of the major sponsors.<BR><BR>

So, it really IS small world after all! I will be in Greece from 9/6 through 9/23. I will, however, tell my brother (also Mark) about the Fest. (I live in Marin, he's in San Mateo) Thank you!

Without doubt the best "hot dog", hausgemacht (homemade) grumpelwurst, is to be had on a sunny March day at an outdoor table in front of Hotel Wetterhorn at the end of the road south from Grindelwald in the shadow of the Eiger nordwand washed down with a Rugenbrau or two, or now that I think about it, three, after skiing down from Oberjoch while waiting for the bus back to town. The waitress will carefully show you how to hold the bread over the grumpelwurst as you cut into it so that the bread, rather than the tablecloth or your partner, will absorb the lovely spurt of tasty melted fat that issues forth.

The best hot dog you get in Peking.

Big Al refers, I think, to the Yankee Doodle, where the hot-dog assembly involves bacon, cheese, and butter.

.<BR>Deutsche Frau, "ROTFLMAO" is acronym for "rolling on the floor laughing my ass off".<BR>

Hands Down The dirty water dogs in NYC

We have move around quite a bit but my 2 favorite areas are Chicago (a Chicago hotdog with mustard, pickles, peppers, tomatoes all beef hot dog on a seasame roll. Portillo's is a great place in Chicago for these but there are many other smaller local places. <BR><BR>I know you did not say chili dogs but I must vote for Cincinnati chile dogs The chains I can think of are Skyline and also Gold Star. They are small hotdogs with a very sweet chili sause (some people say it is made with a little chocolate) covered with Cheese, mustard and onions.<BR><BR>Hot dogs are a great regional food item and every area I travel to has different and distinct styles of preparing them.

Best hot dogs are from a Lucky Dog street venders' cart in New Orleans. Also had a great hot dot in Bern, but I'm not sure if it was the special bun it was served on that made that one so good.

DF, the Santa Clara County Fair is being held this weekend at the San Jose Fairgrounds. www.thefair.com

Are chien chauds safe to eat?

Hoffmann's hot dogs in Syracuse NY. Now sauerkraut, Toronto can't remember the vendors name, kosher, sold in the ball park.

The bleacher seats at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York. When you hear the guy or girl walking through the aisles yelling "HOT DAWG HEEAH!!", you pounce on it. Make sure there's lots-a mustard, relish, and ketchup on that sucker. <BR><BR>So - considering you've paid for a cheap seat, a low-price meal, and are probably getting an earful of the cheapest cheap-shots heckling you'll find anywhere, you should be in 7th heaven...

Gotta go with SF on this one!

I had 3 incredible sausage experiences:<BR>1. A hot dog stand in Salzburg (I know it by sight not by name)<BR>2. A hot dog stand in Frankfurt in the main shopping area (if you have been there, you know which one!)<BR>3. Pfalzer Weinstube in Munich.

Clifton, NJ<BR><BR>Rutts Hut.....YUMMY!!!!!!

Dog gone it! You guys are dogging me round but you are hot!<BR>Best hotdogs(gag!) are at Fenway Park.

Jill - There is also a Ted's hot dogs in Tempe, AZ. Same owners. Great dogs and wursts.<BR><BR>In Vienna, (Austria - not Virginia), I had some great Weiners (Wein = Vienna) in a small cafe.<BR><BR>However, I think the best hot dogs can be purchased at the German Sausage Company in Phoenix. Even my wife and son, who don't really care for hot dogs, think they are terrific.

Just outside the train station in Vienna.<BR><BR>It is a little cart where they take the bread, "impale" it in a hot spike and leave it there for a minute or two, then they put in a very good sausage and some dijon...

Little cafe in Munich---kids demanded a "hot dog" and we all loved whatever type of wurst it was. For those of you in Northern California, do you know about Dittmer's on San Antonio in Palo Alto. They make all there own sausages and get awards constantly. Lots of German speaking clients come from all over the bay area. Also great ham, bacon, bologna etc. Dittmer is from Germany---never asked from which part.