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WATCH: Super Sweet 'Coney Island Love Letter'

Posted 04.23.2012

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As the iconic wooden planks of Coney Island boardwalk prepare to be ripped out for a very plastic transformation, a touching short is paying tribute t...

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It's That Time Of Year Again ...

Posted 08.22.2011

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Overindulgence is as American as gorging on apple pie, so it makes sense that every year, on our nation's birthday, competitive eaters chow down at Na...

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The Origins Of The New York Wiener & Sabrett's Secret Sauce, Exposed

Meathead | Posted 08.16.2011

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It's about time that the rest of the country comes face to face with the charms of this liberally condimented showpiece clad in a tidy white bun.

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Joey Chestnut: 'My Body Was Built To Eat 68 Hot Dogs'

Posted 08.15.2011

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Joey "Jaws" Chestnut has eaten 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes and as a result, has been the reigning champion of Nathan's July 4th hot dog eating contest s...

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Ex-head Of Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs Dies At 89

AP | By MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 07.16.2011

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MIAMI -- Murray Handwerker, who helped grow Nathan's Famous from his father's Coney Island hot dog stand into a national franchise, died Saturday at h...

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Chua, Baby

Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

While my self-esteem couldn't be detected by an atomic microscope, I did regard myself as a sure thing in some future Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog eating contest.

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Kobayashi: I Want To Comp-eat

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO — Former world hot-dog eating sensation Takeru Kobayashi of Japan wants to compete in this weekend's annual Fourth of July contest on Coney Is...

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Coney Island Cornerstones on Surf Avenue Face Demolition

Michael Immerso | Posted 05.25.2011

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By allowing Surf Avenue's historic buildings to be razed, the city risks treating Coney Island as a brand name rather than a place. That's like Texas tearing down the Alamo to build an Alamo theme park.

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Abandoned Coney Island -- Last Chance To See?

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I heard the rumors that Satan's real estate division, Thor Equities, was allegedly planning to tear down some of the last remaining historic buildings in Coney Island, I actually felt a chill.

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HOT DOG EATING CONTEST: History Of The Nathan's Famous Event At Coney Island (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | David Vines | Posted 05.25.2011

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Believe it or not, according to archives, the Nathan's 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest has taken place every Independence Day dating back all the w...

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Stop Competative Eating Contests! Mindful Eaters are True Winners

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 11.17.2011

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Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest: over 30,000 watched the event live; 1.5 million watched on TV; 100,000 people downloaded the clip from YouTube. What kind of example do competitive eating contests set?

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Juliet Lee: Sexy Competitive Eater

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Juliet could almost make me forget how grotesquely contorted competitive eaters' faces get when they jam 10 hot dogs in their mouths at once, and how, you know, they eat their own puke. Almost.

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Pajamas And Hot Dogs With Mustard At Nathan's

Oneforthetable.com | Diane Sokolow | Posted 11.17.2011

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This post first appeared at Oneforthetable.com My dad was a two job guy. We lived in a representative, working class neighborhood in Brooklyn, whic...

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