Word on the 'Street': Chicago-inspired food truck opens in Broken Arrow
I was introduced to the culinary wonder that is the Chicago-style hot dog in the mid-1980s, courtesy of the Hot Dog Connection, a family-owned restaurant that occupied a space just south of the intersection of 71st Street and Mingo Road for close to two decades. The Gaffen family were natives of the Chicago area and made it a point to bring as authentic a taste of Chicago to Tulsa as possible, starting with the Vienna Beef brand franks they had imported from points north. On top of this garlicky-peppery all-beef sausage, grilled to give its natural casing a hearty crunch, was arrayed slices o...