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grw
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Username: Grw
Post Number: 345
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 11:14 am: | 
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You really want a hot dog, one that is worth the pain after you eat it-go to Jimmy Buffs |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 2843
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 11:18 am: |
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Hirem's in Fort Lee. I eat a hot dog maybe once a year, for that meal I choose Hirem's. |
Rod
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Username: Skimrod
Post Number: 40
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 11:47 am: |
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Jimmy Buffs in Irvington behind Kless Diner on Springfield Ave |
kevin
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Username: Kevin
Post Number: 413
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 12:44 pm: |
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Syd's in the Millburn Mall for dogs.
http://www.hollyeats.com/Syds.htm
I found that the cigarette smoke in Manny's was a bit overwhelming the two times that I've been there.
Chris's Texas Weiner in South Orange (on the Ave) has great breakfast. I can't comment on the dogs.
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Zoesky1
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Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 632
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 12:51 pm: |
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Funny, I have never noticed any smoke at Manny's, and I consider myself very sensitive to smoke when I am eating (except in the Pub...for some reason it doesn't bother me there). I didn't even used to go to the Maple Leaf when it permitted smoking. Guess I just manage to go to Manny's when there aren't any smokers! |
Derek
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Username: Derek
Post Number: 109
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 1:20 pm: |
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The only place I'm going to think of when it comes to Texas Weiners is the White House. |
Zoesky1
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Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 640
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 1:51 pm: |
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Ond
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Username: Ond
Post Number: 25
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 2:54 pm: |
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Manny's is awesome. Their breakfasts are a great value with large enough portions to let your children share. The extensive renovation they underwent over the past year really transformed the interior from a "greasy spoon" into a nice family restaurant.
kevin, if they still allow smoking, it's only at the counter and I believe they have improved the ventilation system such that you don't notice it in the regular dining area. You may want to give them another chance. |
joeltfk
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Username: Joeltfk
Post Number: 53
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 4:33 pm: |
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Syd's is really the best hot dog if you prefer a meat hot dog. I thought Manny's was made with meat when I first went and they didn't so my son and I left. Pork dogs are fine in a baseball stadium, but for my money, a real hot dog is a nathan's dog grilled, and Syd's is just as good, though quite pricey. |
kevin
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Username: Kevin
Post Number: 414
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 5:22 pm: |
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I haven't been to Manny's in a little over a year, so maybe they did improve the ventilation.
To be fair, the Texas Weiner's on South Orange Ave was too smokey one time I was in there and I walked out without ordering.
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cmontyburns
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Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 618
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 5:36 pm: |
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Stop at Manny's all the time (usually to load up on breakfast before braving Home Depot). Never really noticed smoke, and I hate smoking in restaurants.
Everyone is friendly, food is great and cheap. |
Montagnard
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Username: Montagnard
Post Number: 1387
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 - 9:47 pm: |
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We've been to Manny's several times and liked it every time. It's better than most of the other nearby diners that we've been to. Don't let the name throw you off. |
Katie Clayton
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Username: Grovykndofluv
Post Number: 143
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 3:35 pm: |
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jj's hot dogs in newark.....yummm! |
Angus MacGuyver
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Username: Macgyver
Post Number: 14
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 3:39 pm: |
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May I recomend Hot Dog Johnnys on Rt 46 in Butziville, NJ. http://www.hollyeats.com/HotDogJohnny.htm
or for more Hot Dog info check out:
http://www.hollyeats.com/JerseyDogs.htm |
KB
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Username: Computergeek2
Post Number: 17
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 4:15 pm: |
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I take the family (kids age 6 and 3) there for breakfest on the weekends. The staff is very friendly. I hear many of the staff referring to customers by name. That's my kind of place! |
tabby
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Username: Tabby
Post Number: 170
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 6:12 pm: |
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Based on this thread, we had breakfast there today. Food was good, place is nice and staff was friendly. We will be going back again!
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Steinism
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Username: Steinism
Post Number: 18
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 7:17 pm: |
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we also went there for breakfast this morning and thought it was good. The staff was really nice. |
gtonne
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Username: Gtonne
Post Number: 46
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 8:13 pm: |
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I also had a disappointing experience there a few months ago. We went to the one across from Home Depot because of all the positive comments on MOL. It was smokey, there were flies buzzing around, and the waitress treated us like we were interrupting her while she was in the delivery room (and it was not busy). The bathroom was really clean though, so that's something good. |
CageyD
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Username: Cageyd
Post Number: 211
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 2:04 pm: |
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Organizer,
I did let the waitress know and they didn't charge us for the hot dog. Reading the many posts in praise of Manny's certainly would lead one to believe that my experience was an anomoly. HOwever, when I have a bad experience at a restaurant, especially when it is my first or second time there, I seldom go back - I just don't feel comfortable doing so. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5164
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 4:26 pm: |
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I recently read that Texas Weiners are, in fact, a New Jersey creation. For all I know, this is the only place you can get them. There are many places on Springfield Ave and Rt 22 that sell them.
I haven't been to Syd's, but I notice that all those ugly places I've been to in the sorry-looking Millburn Mall have reasons to recommend them. DRUG FA is fun just because it's so badly laid out. (The IR is unlit, so we now call it DRUG FA.) Tabatchniks has excellent halvah, and their lox etc. are pretty good, too. The bagels at Sonny Amster's bakery are good, and their hamentaschen are excellent. Haven't been to the other places, but if this is a trend, we should try all of them. |
jasper
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Username: Jasper
Post Number: 214
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 5:33 pm: |
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Tom, thanks for the giggle about Drug Fa.
Oh, I love halvah too. It's my hands down favorite confection in the world.
Tabatchnik's chicken soup in a pot (in the big white tub) is also good, especially if you're feeling too sick to make your own.
Sonny Amster's also has good challah and other breads, as well as chocolate danish/babka. |
Stu Gotz
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Username: Stu_gotz
Post Number: 4
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 5:37 pm: |
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One of the best places is Rutt's Hut in Clifton |
organizer
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Username: Organizer
Post Number: 10
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 10:14 pm: |
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HEAR YEEEE HEAR YEEEEEE!!! TAKE NOTE!!
In the newest addition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine, page 61, just received by subscribers but not yet at your local newstand...
MANNYS TEXAS WEINERS....
RATED #1...
THAT'S RIGHT...#1
FOR HAVING THE THE BEST EGGS IN ESSEX COUNTY!!!
(yeah yeah,we and Manny know they are truly a Union County business...but theyr'e only three blocks away from the Essex County Line ....maybe this magazine is related to the News Record!!)
Anyway...
We're proud to know Manny,his family,staff and those eggs since the late 70's.... they truly deserve the recognition!!! They are hard working, good people..
HATS OFF MANNY
HIS WEINERS,
HIS GREAT BUNS
AND THE YOLKS!!!!!
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Derek
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Username: Derek
Post Number: 133
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 10:19 pm: |
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Okay, is it me or does this last post sound like the script for a bizarre infomercial? |
ajc
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Username: Ajc
Post Number: 3411
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 11:04 pm: |
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It must be you Derek, cause everyone knows Manny has the biggest and bestest Weiners in the area, even bigger and bester than ours...  |
Derek
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Username: Derek
Post Number: 134
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 11:15 pm: |
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bestest...bester?
I reckon y'all are smokin' them weiners not eatin' 'em. |
ajc
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Username: Ajc
Post Number: 3413
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 11:25 pm: |
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David
Citizen
Username: Philip
Post Number: 5
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 4:14 am: |
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Been to Manny's, Syd's, Hot Dog Johnny's (in Buttsville, where you accompany your dog with a frosty mug of buttermilk), Toby's Cup in Phillipsburg, Callahan's, and others. They are all fine with their unique character. But, I my humble opinion, absolutely nothing compares to Rutt's Hut - deep fried puppies - crispy on the outside, tender on the inside. And the onion rings..... Oops! I drooled on my keyboard. |
Derek
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Username: Derek
Post Number: 135
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:10 am: |
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And I'm sure they do wonders for your insides. |
alison mccoll
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Username: Alikoz
Post Number: 72
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 9:39 pm: |
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I love Manny's! The staff is wonderful and the Gyros are worth every last calorie... |
extuscan
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Username: Extuscan
Post Number: 418
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 11:23 am: |
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Was that hot dog place in Newark my grandparents used to take me to called Dickey Dees or Mickey D's... We'd go there after stopping at Garrutto's for sausage.
Anyone remember?
---John |
Elizabeth Sarkisian
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Username: Elizabeth_s
Post Number: 18
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 4:44 pm: |
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So now I know where to get a great dog and breakfast. New to town... where to go for the great burger? |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5291
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 6:08 pm: |
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Welcome to town, Elizabeth! |
Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 354
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 11:28 pm: |
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Best burger for lunch is at a bar called the Roscommon House, in Union, on Vauxhall Road, the other side of Route 22. An old-fashioned bar, but with fresh and real hamburger meat, and so fresh it takes about 15 minutes to make it the way you want it. Be warned---it's an old fashioned "saloon" but friendly and serves hot food from about 11 AM to 5:30 PM only, but the burgers are worth the ride. |
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