Nathan's Famous Hot dogs at Coney Island

Nathan's Famous Hot dogs are an institution at Coney Island. One of the first places you see on the boardwalk as you exit the subway station, Nathan's Famous offers everything from burger, fries and chicken tenders to fried seafood and raw clams.

Every year on July 4, Independence Day, the world famous hot dog eating competition takes place on Coney Island and contestants are required to scarf down as many Nathan hot dogs as they can in 10 minutes. This year's winner - Joey Chestnut, managed to get 68 hot dogs down in 10 minutes!

We went for the light two standard franks and cheese fries (pictured right). The Nathan's Famous beef franks were thick and juicy (hmmmm) and bursting with hot doggy goodness. The cheese fries, weighing in at a whopping 440.00 calories, packed a warm cheesy punch with oozing cheese sauce on thick, ridged, super-cut french fries. Our hearts and stomachs were a little worse for wear after the meal, but nothing that a large soda couldn't temper. Our next adventure in NYC hot dogs will have to be the "dirty water" franks that Anthony Bourdain so lovingly describes on his show "No Reservations."

Here's to more healthy eating in New York!

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