Saturday July 12, 2025 we were on vacation and in Binghamton, New York so we could check out Rod Serling's hometown and the memorials to him. You can read all about those adventures here:
After viewing all that Serling that Binghamton had to offer it was lunch time. Kate had done a quick search for some hot dog joints and found Tony's Texas Hots, in Johnson City, and another joint called Pinkies. After looking at photo's we decided on Tony's because it looked like a fantastic old hot dog place, and it was. Turns out Pinkies was closed down, so it wouldn't have even been an option anyhow.
Texas Hots is a regional name for a pork or beef hot dog topped with a bean less meat sauce or chili, raw onions, and yellow mustard. Even though it's called a Texas Hot, you won't find them in Texas.
Kate, Wesley, and I put our order for dogs in and some French fries. The man working the counter was a bit standoff-ish at first, but he did warm up to us by the time we left. His wife was working there as well, and she was very friendly.
We chatted about "Weird" Al, and going to the Woodstock grounds to watch him. They talked about concerts they had been to there as well.
What I thought was cool was in mid conversation the mailman stuck his head in the door, they made hand signals to each other, no words at all, and the mailman left. The guy grabbed a soda an started putting his order together. I love stuff like this.
Everything was terrific, the prices were reasonable and the atmosphere of the old diner was very cool. More just a stand there is counter stools and booths for people to sit in. The meat sauce was very good!
It's well worth your time to stop in if you are in the area.
Later Readers!
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