There's a lot that's very special about WindMill Hot Dogs. WindMill Hot Dogs (200 Ocean Avenue\Route 36, Long Branch, 732-870-6098, www.WindMillHotDogs.com) is "Jersey shore." Devour a WindMill hot dog, or any other item on their menu, and you "hear" waves crashing at the shore line. And with seven Garden state locations in the shore area, you dine nearby the Atlantic Ocean realm. WindMill Hot Dogs is an actual, turning windmill -- and you can see it at the first ever location in West Long Branch -- and a tiny, lending library onsite in North Long Branch. WindMill is most of all about its people. Like Nishon, who I first met in his early days as an employee when I visited to write an article for Hitzel's Restaurant Magazine in 2013, and this day took our order. The ownership team, siblings Rena Levine Levy and Steven Levine, who truly embody friendliness all around, and are key charitable contributors in the area. Lucille and I visited on an overcast Tuesday afternoon, and ordered hot dogs ($4.69), mine with just mustard, hers with the same with the addition of sauerkraut, along with a side of French fries ($3.69). We enjoyed them so much, we each ordered another one. Please consider that we are over 50 miles away, therefore the extra order. We're never sure when we'll be in the area again.
A special thank you to Tony's Pizza & Restaurant (300 Route 35, Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, 732-441-3444/7/9, www.tonyspizzacliffwood.com), often a stop for us either on the way to see a show at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, or for a pizza pickup prior to tour trip home. Monday - Wednesday, a large plain pie is $8.50, pickup or delivery.
It somehow, someway, remains well intact during the 35 mile trip home, delicious and ready when placed on our dining room table. Steve
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