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43rd Street Donuts' Shocking Secret

VICTORIA HOLT

One time at the Wildrose, my friends and I were talking about what the straight equivalent of the bar's Taco Tuesday would be. Of course, one proposal was hot dog and doughnut night. When I saw a banner advertising "Hot Dogs and Donuts" on 43rd Street Donuts' tiny storefront, I immediately wondered what went on in the space besides dough-frying and meat-boiling. Something does—absolutely the last thing the name implies.

When I asked the woman at the counter if she was the owner, she opened a door behind her to reveal a workshop containing several people repairing watches. Owner Roman Broyzer came into the hot dog area and gave me a business card for Golden Horseshoe Jewelry. Originally from Russia, Broyzer owns three jewelry stores and has been an antiques appraiser for 25 years. His specialty: diamonds. The hot dog and doughnut stand was his wife's idea. He wasn't sure why she picked the combination, or why I was asking.

Because I'm sure you're wondering, you can't order a hot dog in a doughnut—the doughnuts are tiny. A bag of three fluffy, powered-sugar-sprinkled doughnuts was only a dollar, and I got to watch them float through the fryer to a tray that catapulted them into a basket. I didn't try a hot dog. "Just don't write anything crazy," Broyzer said. recommended

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Isn't the straight equivalent of Taco Tuesday simply Taco Tuesday?
Posted by RonK, Seattle on November 14, 2012 at 3:32 PM · Report
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In the 70s and 80s, there was a donut store in San Francisco called "Donuts and Things." Its logo showed a cartoon donut and hotdog happily holding hands, definitely hetero imagery, and yes, that's what they served. I spent a summer tending the two huge fryers, 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. A hot dog and a donut made a pretty good "lunch", if that's what you call the meal you eat at 1:00 a.m when you're working graveyard.
Posted by Eric from Boulder on November 14, 2012 at 4:33 PM · Report

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