SHORT ANSWER

FRANKIE SELLING HOT DOGS AKA FRANKS

LONG ANSWER

CHANCES ARE IF WE MET AFTER I STARTED HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN 2004, I INTRODUCED MYSELF AS FRANK. BUT TO THOSE CLOSEST TO ME...MY PARENTS (LISA & FRANK), BROTHERS, FIANCEE, EXTENDED FAMILY, & FRIENDS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED FAMILY, KNOW ME AS FRANKIE. THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONFUSING IF MY DAD AND I WENT BY THE SAME NAME SO I TOOK ON FRANKK / FRANKK MC 

A MOBILE FOOD CART SERVING UP GOOD 'OLE FASHION NY STYLE HOT DOGS

WHEN I MOVED FROM LONG ISLAND, NY TO HOLLY SPRINGS, NC BACK IN 2008, ALL WE SEEMINGLY HAD WAS A WALMART. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S WHEN MY MOM AND I HAD FIRST TOSSED AROUND THE IDEA OF STARTING A HOT DOG CART.

I GOT MY FIRST JOB WORKING AT FAT PHILLY'S IN FEBRUARY OF 2009. IF YOU EVER STOPPED IN, I WAS THE GUY WEARING A BANDANA AKA 'BANDANA GUY' AS MY FRIENDS 7 Y/O DAUGHTER USED TO CALL ME. I LOVED WORKING THERE. I LOVED THE HUSTLE, THE FOOD, AND THE CREATIVE FREEDOM I WAS GIVEN TO CREATE NEW MENU ITEMS AND PROMOTIONS. I LOVED TALKING TO CUSTOMERS, TRULY ENGAGING AND ASKING HOW THEIR DAY WAS. I LOVED THE REGULARS THAT CAME IN ONLY WHEN THEY KNEW I'D BE WORKING.. IT WAS GREAT! THIS IS WHEN I KNEW I WANTED TO EVENTUALLY OPEN A RESTAURANT OF MY OWN ONE DAY. NOTHING TOO FANCY, NOTHING TRENDY, JUST A PLACE THAT WOULD END UP BECOMING A STAPLE IN THE TOWN I WAS GROWING TO LOVE! 

2020 DID A NUMBER ON MY MAIN BUSINESS, DPD STUDIOS - I MOVED MY WORKPLACE INTO MY HOME AND LET'S JUST SAY, WORKING FROM HOME AIN'T ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE. QUITE FRANKLY, IT SUCKS!

FAST FORWARD TO THE MIDDLE OF 2023 - I DOVE INTO THE HOT DOG CART ENDEAVOR AGAIN AND DECIDED THIS TIME I'M GOING TO PULL THE TRIGGER.

AND HERE WE ARE...

BOILED!

BACK IN KINDERGARTEN / ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MY DAD WAS IN CHARGE OF PACKING OUR LUNCHES. ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES WAS OPENING MY LUNCHBOX TO FIND A THERMOS WITH WARM WATER AND A FEW HOT DOGS IN IT.. YOU COULD IMAGINE HOW JEALOUS MY CLASSMATES WERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I PULLED OUT A FRUIT BY THE FOOT! HAHA

ALSO, AS YOU MAY KNOW, NYC IS KNOWN FOR THEIR 'DIRTY WATER DOGS'. SURPRISINGLY, WE DIDN'T GO INTO THE CITY MUCH GROWING UP, BUT WHEN WE DID, MY DAD MADE SURE WE GRABBED A 'DIRTY WATER DOG' FROM ONE OF THE 58 CARTS YOU'D PASS WITHIN A 4 BLOCK RADIUS.

SHORT ANSWER 

A BOILED HOT DOG TYPICALLY FOUND AT STREET CARTS IN NYC 

LONG ANSWER 

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW STORIES ABOUT WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM.. SOME WORSE THAN OTHERS. I'LL SPARE YOU THOSE AND INSTEAD TELL YOU WHY WE CALL 'EM' DIRTY WATER DOGS'.. IT'S BECAUSE WE SEASON OUR WATER WITH A BLEND OF SPICES TO GIVE OUR DOGS A DISTINCT DELICIOUS FLAVOR!

YES! WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ALL KINDS OF EVENTS. 

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