ou know I love hot dogs and there are lots of great ways to prepare them. There are also lots of great places to get them, like the Varsity, where you can get a chili cheese dog or Sonic and get a Coney Island dog. Heck even Rally’s and Checkers is not bad. But I wanted to talk to you about convenience store hot dogs. Yes the kind on the roto grill See every Friday night I head out to see the team I help coach, the Riverwood Raiders. I don’t have time to get to the school and ride with the team and since they have no stadium this year, I have to meet them wherever they play on game day. Most teams have a pregame meal and this year they are lucky to have Roasters Chicken and Ribs cater the pregame. So by not being there I have to grab some thing on the road. Needing a paper to check out who is playing and to see if Dearal Maxie picked us to loose, I stop at the local QT if I can find one. If not I am in trouble. QT does a great job and the dogs are only .99 cents. But I was thinking what other convenience stores have really good dogs? Most stores let them dry out, get overcooked, and nasty. The Chevron next to North Spring High School sure does. So I got to thinking and could only come up with one, a little place in Brookhaven. The Mom and Pop Food Store. Now there is no Mom and Pop, well not any more. It is run by two Indian Guys and they take pride in there Dogs. 1. They always have some on the roto grille and 2. They are always cooked just right, see they rotate them. We all know how good they are so we all eat them and then they don’t go bad. And they don’t go bad because they take care of them so we will eat them. See how that works. Give people what they want and you get what you want. But the great thing about them is not the dogs themselves, but the fresh salsa the guys make every day. Fresh Tomatoes, Onions, and Jalapenos chopped up and in the chiller waiting to be put on a dog. Fresh every day. Now I know you are saying Salsa/Pico on dog, what? Yes, Yes, Yes. It is that good. I have at least one a week and a coke. I have no idea what they cost, like $1.25 or some thing. But they are good. So the next time you are in Brookhaven go see the guys at the Mom and Pop food store on Dresden Dr. You won’t regret it.