AUGUST 2023 46 62 62 1916 1916 HOW HOW MUCH? MUCH? HOW HOW LONG? LONG? DID YOU KNOW? HOT DOGS HOT DOGS At the 2023 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, reigning champ Joey Chestnut ate 62 hot dogs (with buns!) in ten minutes. That’s not even his best record – in 2021, he won the famed Mustard Yellow Belt by eating 76 hot dogs. So far, Joey has 16 championship wins under his belt. 230 Fifth, a Rooftop Bar & Lounge in New York, once had the world’s most expensive hot dog on its menu – the cost? $2,300! The hot dog was crafted from dry-aged Wagyu beef infused with Cognac. It was topped with Vidalia onions, caramelized in vintage Dom Perignon champagne, plus edible gold leaf, saffron, caviar, black truffles and truffle butter. Customers had to order the meal two days in advance! In 2019, a Coney Island diner called Feltman’s earned itself a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest hot dog. Supported by a 5-foot long hot dog bun made in a Brooklyn bakery, the sausage was five feet long and two feet wide. In total, it weighed almost 75 pounds. In 1916, Polish immigrant Nathan Handwerker started a nickel hot dog stand on Coney Island, armed with a $300 loan from friends and his wife’s secret spice recipe. Today, Nathan’s is the most famous hot dog in the world, with restaurants across the globe and products in grocery stores across America. The original Coney Island restaurant, where it all started, still stands at the corner of Surf and Stillwell in Brooklyn, New York. $2,300 $2,300 5 5 FEET FEET HOW HOW MANY? MANY? WHAT WHAT YEAR? YEAR? Burgers, Dogs, Burritos! Scrumptious Fish & Chips! Best Chicken Nuggets & Tenders! Fresh Breaded Onion Rings! Drive Thru/Take-Out is Our Specialty! Best Shrimp & Chips in the Valley! VOTED BEST SEAFOOD IN THE EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE 2021, 2022, 2023 VOTED BEST LOCAL BURGER IN THE EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE 2020, 2022 VOTED BEST SEAFOOD IN THE WEST VALLEY VIEW 2021 VOTED BEST SEAFOOD IN THE GLENDALE STAR 2020, 2023 20% off any order over $12.00! Offer expires 8/31/23. Valid with coupon only. Present coupon at time of purchase. May not be combined with any other offer. 1 coupon per person. Valid at all 8 locations. No cash value. Coupon cannot be reproduced. Phone orders taken till 10:00pm Monday thru Saturday. 602-840-0630 4121 N. 44th St., Phoenix Cash only. ATM on Patio. 7 other Valley locations to serve you. Arcadia residents traveled all over the world during their summer vacations. PAGE 38 A family’s medical need spurred a neighborhood rally that raised over $5,000 in two days. PAGE 10 Medieval Times provides revelry and rivalry at their new location in Scottsdale. PAGE 34 SUMMER PHOTOS THIS IS ARCADIA DINNER AND A SHOW ARCADIA • BILTMORE • CAMELBACK SEPTEMBER 2019 VOL. 27 NO. 6 WANTED: SUMMER VACATION PHOTOS Deadline: Tuesday, August 8 Email: editor@arcadianews.com or instagram: @arcadianews Your photo may be featured on the cover! Check out this year’s summer vacation photo spread to see where Arcadia spent the summer! PAGE 32 The sixth-annual Good Soles drive donated over 600 pairs of shoes to Child Crisis Arizona. PAGE 25 Four Arcadia High seniors plan to spend their last year of high school conquering the volleyball court. PAGE 47 TWO PAIR OF GOOD SOLES SENIOR SPOTLIGHT SUMMER PHOTOS ARCADIA • BILTMORE • CAMELBACK CORRIDOR SEPTEMBER 2022 VOL. 30 NO. 6 SUMMER VACATION PHOTOS THAT MADE OUR COVER: 2019: Antonella, Owen and Avianna Klein fishing in Darling Lake, Minnesota. 2020: Cole Krawczyk and Loki take in the views at Yellowstone National Park. 2021: Avianna and Antonella Klein at Mount Rushmore. 2022: Henry McCarty (with Zane Gulick behind) at the Arizona Country Club.

47 AUGUST 2023 WORD SEARCH BROOKLYN CONEY ISLAND DACHSHUND DOM PERIGNON FELTMANS HOT DOG JOEY CHESTNUT KETCHUP LABOR DAY MICKEY MOUSE NATHANS ROOSEVELT SAUSAGE TAD DORGAN WRIGLEY FIELD HOT DOGS FACTS SAY WHAT? DID YOU KNOW? HOT DOGS HOT DOGS ALL IN A NAME Where did the term “hot dog” come from? Some say the name was coined in 1901 at the New York Polo Grounds, where vendors were selling hot dogs from portable tanks and shouting “They’re red hot! Get your dachshund sausages while they’re red hot!” A New York Journal sports cartoonist, Tad Dorgan, watched the scene and drew a cartoon of barking dachshund sausages nestled in rolls. Not sure how to spell “dachshund,” he wrote “hot dog!” The cartoon is said to have been a sensation – but no one has been able to find it, so Bruce Kraig, Ph.D., hot dog historian and professor emeritus at Roosevelt University in Illinois, believes this story to be untrue, and perhaps a joke between Tad and the hot dog vendor. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council was established in 1994 by the American Meat Institute to serve as a resource to consumers and media on questions related to quality, safety, nutrition and preparation of hot dogs and sausages. Hot dogs are not considered sandwiches. In 2022, consumers spent more than $8 billion on hot dogs in U.S. supermarkets. Franks and wieners were the original names for Americanized hot dogs. During peak hot dog season – from Memorial Day to Labor Day – Americans consume more than seven billion hot dogs. Americans eat around 150 million hot dogs on July 4 – enough to stretch from D.C. to L.A. more than five times! Los Angeles residents eat more hot dogs than any other city. Mickey Mouse’s first on screen words were “Hot dog!” In 2021, the NHDSC published a survey that found Americans’ favorite topping is mustard. The survey said that 68 percent chose mustard and 61 percent preferred ketchup. The NHDSC also says that folks should stop using ketchup on their hot dogs after their 18th birthday. In 1893, sausages became standard fare at baseball parks. This tradition is believed to have been started by a St. Louis bar owner, Chris Von de Ahe, a German immigrant who owned the St. Louis Browns Major League Baseball team. In 2014, Chicago’s Wrigley Field and New York’s Yankee Stadium tied for best stadium hot dog. Rogers Centre, home of the Toronto Blue Jays, was the only MLB stadium to not receive a single vote.