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Take away the condiments and fancy buns and one hot dog stands alone, the Kogel Vienna from Flint, Michigan period.

I'm sure if you like bland tomatoes, plain yellow mustard, and raw onion, etc etc... then Chicago dogs are fine. I personally don't like drowning a good beef hotdog with all those condiments. Give me a delectable grilled Hebrew National topped with a slightly spicy mustard and some homemade relish...absolute perfection! If you go this route with a Vienna dog, you will soon realize where it pales in comparison to the much superior Hebrew National dog. Sauerkraut can also be a good option, but it's an acquired taste. I find tomatoes and yellow mustard to be a clash of flavors in any situation. Long live Hebrew National, king of the hotdogs!!!!

I second the opinion on Hot Doug's. Absolutely a must stop place, especially when they have the French Fries cooked in duck fat. *Sorry, I'm salivating on my keyboard*. Rabbit hot dogs with blueberrys and creme fraiche. Worth the wait.

Pink's hot dog in LA is, by far, the best hot dog I've ever eaten. I was in Kat'z last night but I didn't try their dogs. They looked tempting but that pastrami is too hard to forgo.

Amazing Hot Dog is just one of many fine places in North Jersey. In my previous post, I only named a few. Amazing does use a natural casing Best, and has the widest array of toppings I've seen at a hot dog establishment. Personally, I prefer just a good deli mustard on a quality all beef dog, in order to enjoy the flavor and spices of the dog itself, though sometimes I have one with chili. I do prefer the other sizes (long and thin) of the Best dog to the thick quarter pounder at Amazing. Jerry's in Elizabeth makes a great dog. Eight to a lb natural casing Best that is boiled then finished off on a grill. It is snappy, fresh and delicious.

For German style dogs prepared on a grill, Galloping Hill Inn, Karl Ehmer's cart, and the Weenie Wagon (grilled Thumann's) are three of the best.

You guys need to grow up. Wow, yogurt and toast, I'm sure the highlight of your week is going out for a wine cooler with your coworkers.

I'll usually pop a couple biscuits in the oven, then slice up a potato and get that going with olive oil in a pan. After a while I add onion, red or yellow bell pepper, and garlic. Plate up the potatoes then top the biscuits with a fried egg and a couple slices of American cheese.

After a breakfast like that I'm all set to be bored at work for 8 hours and not get hungry till dinner time.

Two skinless, sriracha-coated chicken legs from the econo-pak I roast on Sundays. Old Weight Watchers trick.

Although I nominated Clifton NJ I simply cannot let the type of food bigotry perpetuated by JungMan stand. Only someone woefully ignorant of the actual food practices of New Yorkers would ever suggest that the city was nominated on the back of a dirty water dog. Have you ever heard of Nathans? The only dirty water anywhere near the dogs is in the ocean. How about Katz' Deli or Grays Papaya? Basing one opinion on the lowest common denominator is hardly fair.

My breakfast goes like this every weekday:
Coffee #1 (milk, no sugar, brewed one cup at a time)
Whole-wheat toast with peanut butter or cashew butter
Smoothie (banana, yogurt, frozen fruit, flax meal, apple juice)
Coffee #2

I am one of those people who is ravenously hungry in the morning, so I have to eat a pretty big breakfast. And I love sleeping, but I love coffee just a little bit more!

I have a rotation because I get bored easily. :)

+one egg, cheddar and tomato on toasted multigrain bread
+Greek yogurt with walnuts and honey
+cottage cheese or a hard boiled egg and a glass of vegetable juice (I prefer Knudsen Very Veggie, but V8 will do in a pinch)
+ricotta from Saxelby's with apricots, pine nuts and a drizzle of balsamic

I love oatmeal but I generally only eat it during the cooler months of the year. When I do I dress it up with blueberries and almonds, or butter and sea salt, or a few dashes of hot sauce, or a little grated sharp cheese.

I drink iced Earl Grey in the summer, hot tea the rest of the year. I'll occasionally have coffee with milk instead. And I drink a ton of water.

Since I love my bed and can barely leave it in the morning, I don't eat until I get to work. I used to keep milk in the fridge there for cereal (my favorite, could-eat-it-for-every-meal food), but that got annoying. So now it's instant oatmeal in a cup. Generic (sorry Quaker, I'm poor!) lower sugar apples and cinnamon costs me about $3 for a month's worth.

light multi-grain english muffin w/ 2% cheese

or

rice krispies w/ blueberries and milk

always a big thermos of hot tea

Oddly right now it has been bread fingers and soft boiled eggs. Alternately a piece of whole wheat/spelt raisin/cranberry bread toasted with pumpkin butter.