Nathan's Famous, Bridgewater

     The second destination of our tour took us to Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs.  No, we did NOT travel to the original stand on the Coney Island boardwalk.  That would have been well outside the boundaries of this tour (though it may have improved the experience!)  It was only an 8 minute drive from our last stop....  hardly enough time to swallow, much less digest!!  Fortunately, the walk from car to counter was quite long, as this stand resides inside the food court of Bridgewater Commons Shopping Mall.

     The overall consensus was that the regular dogs were overcooked and too crunchy, the corn dogs would have been miserable if not for the cornbread coating, and no matter what you ordered, the service was lousy!  More than one customer praised the mustard as the "saving grace" of the meal.

     Being a native New Yorker, this review did sting a little.  Growing up on the Island (ok, Staten not Coney!) there was a certain reverence held for Nathan's Famous.  Perhaps in the rush for geographical expansion Nathan allowed the quality control to slip... I'm not sure why I'm making excuses. After all, I was the main critic!!  Oh well, I'm afraid this stop gets very low marks.  Now off to number 3!