EditorialHot dogs at the Mets vs. Yankees game at Citi Field in New York on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, the night before they played again the next day, on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. (OK McCausland/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople gather outside Nathan’s Famous hot dogs on Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, May 29, 2021. (Sara Naomi Lewkowicz/The New York Times)
EditorialHot dogs with pico de gallo in New York, May 6, 2021. Props styled by Paige Hicks. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (Christopher Simpson/The New York Times)
EditorialA supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement grills burgers and hot dogs at the Robert E. Lee monument in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Richmond, Va., Jan. 18, 2021. (Erin Trieb/The New York Times)
EditorialDan Rossi serves up hot dogs from his cart outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Aug. 18, 2009. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
EditorialA smoked carrot “hot dogs” that the chef Will Horowitz created for the vegan restaurant chain By Chloe, in New York on July 2, 2019. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialAhmed Ahmed at his hot dog cart near the Time & Life Building in a Midtown Manhattan emptied out during the coronavirus pandemic, July 21, 2020. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times)
EditorialAhmed Ahmed mans his hot dog cart near the Time & Life Building in a Midtown Manhattan emptied out during the coronavirus pandemic, July 21, 2020. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times)
EditorialJoey Chestnut competes at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in New York, July 4, 2020. (John Taggart/The New York Times)
EditorialOpen-air seating at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs at Coney Island is fenced off, though the restaurant is open for takeout busines, in Brooklyn, May 22, 2020. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)