Someone wrote: : Am driving from Philadelphia to Toronto in a couple of weeks. : Looking for unique, classic, inexpensive to moderately priced : joints and greasy spoons en route or en Toronto. : These are the places where the locals have been eating for years, : but which rarely make the Chamber of Commerce restaurant listing. : They usually do one or two things exceedingly well. : These are places where grease may be considered an ingredient, : where the waitresses may have tatoos, where the food speaks for : itself and where ambience isn't. : I also collect Hot Dog stands. There must be some distinguished : dogs between Philadelphia and Toronto. : And breakfasts are important. Real important. : Detours up to 200 miles are reasonable. : Thanks! Allentown, PA (Just off off the PA Turnpike's Northeast Extension) has a good Hot Dog Chain (I think thatthere are 4 places) called Yocco's. It is a strictly local phenomena started by a relative of Lee Iaccocca's many moons ago. The hot-doggeries are called 'Yocco's' because the Pennsylvania Dutch denizens could not properly pronounce Iaccocca and it came out 'Yocco'. The name just stuck. The Hot Dogs are good and come with a slimy chile-like sauce. A friend's former co-worker used to eat 4 of them with all the slime and a chocolate milk to neutralize the effects of eating 4 of them! All in all, a rather tasty dog. E-mail me if you want more info.... Rich
Pennsylvania