There used to be one of those hole in the wall hot dog places in Tulsa downtown. I think it was just called Coney Island. I worked out of the Federal Building and would eat there ever day I was in the office.
The customers were an odd lot. There would be what appeared to be skid row bums sitting beside what could have been top executives from the oil companies in their $1000 suits.
I actually tried to figure out how they made them. One thing is they were very slow grilled. They would put out the first batch on the grill around 8 in the morning and they would not be really ready until around 10:30. I watched a delivery and they were Swift brand wieners in plain white boxes. The buns were simply Bunny Bread buns.
I will say their onions were very mild and grated extremely fine. Probably the secret ingredient was their chili which was mild but tasty. In fact I don’t think it was really chili at all.
Of course everything was fresh. The cooks were all Greeks, some of them could not speak English except for the typical hot dog phrases.
You have to cook hot dogs until they bust open.
Put some chili on the bun first so it doesn’t run off.
Hot dogs are good but I prefer Pollock Johnny’s .
The original Coney Island location near the federal building in Tulsa was recently demolished but they still have several other locations around town.