Famous 'Michigan' Hot Dog Originated in New York Not Michigan
Did you know the Michigan hot dog didn't actually originate in Michigan? It came from Upstate New York. Several people claim to have invented the Michigan, but it was Garth and Eula Otis who started it all, according to Greater Adirondack Ghost and Tour Company. While living Michigan, Mrs. Otis learned to make a special hot dog meat sauce known in Detroit as a Coney dog. Over time, she developed her own recipe and when the couple moved to Plattsburgh, New York in the early 1920s, they opened the Michigan Hot Dog Stand. In the 1930s, Jack Nitzi Rabin, who was working as a carhop, bought the...
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