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It's the same blend as the Market Table burger, but the bun, as Ed points out, makes all the difference in the world. Sledneck, go for 50/50 to start and adjust from there.

The slices Ed describes can still be found, but not on every corner. They compete with not just the Indo-Pak pizzarias he describes as Ray-style, but also disgustingly thick and greasy efforts from traditionally italian neighborhood instituions like Vinnie's on the UWS or the place by the Bedford St. station in Williamsburg. On the other hand, I can think of a number of new places that have terrific slices that have opened up though -- and may do something about it on Grub Street. But don't underrate De Marco's. If you didn't know who it was associated with, it would register on you as a huge find, esp. the round slices.

A shout-out, too, to Vinnie Vincenz's grandma slice, the Joe's in Park Slope, and the Two Boots chain, which though trendy and unorthodox, produces some of the city's better slices, objectively speaking.

And a thumb's-down to Spumoni Gardens, which has disappointed more imaginations than Halle Berry in Swordfish. A slice of white bread with chef arturo sauce and no cheese. And they compare it to Dom!

Have the hamburger for dessert. Then the custard.

No discussion of New York hot dogs would be complete without mention of Rolf Babiel's incomparable Hallo Berlin wagon, a street cart so good it actually launched a sit-down restaurant. Mandler's, at 16th and Broadway, also produces some of the city's best hot dogs. Let's not forgetr the Stahl-Meyer dogs at Shnack, either, or the plump ones at Sparky's. Meanwhile, I've been all over the place looking for a hot dog with a buttered (or rather margarined) bun, as in my childhood Woolworth's.

Have the hamburger for dessert. Then the custard.

No discussion of New York hot dogs would be complete without mention of Rolf Babiel's incomparable Hallo Berlin wagon, a street cart so good it actually launched a sit-down restaurant. Mandler's, at 16th and Broadway, also produces some of the city's best hot dogs. Let's not forgetr the Stahl-Meyer dogs at Shnack, either, or the plump ones at Sparky's. Meanwhile, I've been all over the place looking for a hot dog with a buttered (or rather margarined) bun, as in my childhood Woolworth's.

Have the hamburger for dessert. Then the custard.

No discussion of New York hot dogs would be complete without mention of Rolf Babiel's incomparable Hallo Berlin wagon, a street cart so good it actually launched a sit-down restaurant. Mandler's, at 16th and Broadway, also produces some of the city's best hot dogs. Let's not forgetr the Stahl-Meyer dogs at Shnack, either, or the plump ones at Sparky's. Meanwhile, I've been all over the place looking for a hot dog with a buttered (or rather margarined) bun, as in my childhood Woolworth's.