FORT LAUDERDALE – Longtime customers and owners reminisce over the closing of iconic Fort Lauderdale eateries, including Hot Dog Heaven.
When just any old hot dog won’t cut the mustard, Nick Ristick and Steven Carr head straight to their tried Hot Dog Heaven on Sunrise Boulevard, their tried and true takeout.
Ristick and his family have been coming here for 40 years and Carr has been a fan for 20 years.
“It’s like being back in Chicago. It’s a good hotdog,” said Carr.
The hotdogs have been cooked and served up for 46 years by owner Barry Star, who has decided to sell the landmark eatery.
“I’m 69. I’ve made a lot of hot dogs. I’m fairly complete.”
“My friends say no one gets points on their tombstone for working every day,” he said.
If that’s true, the death knell has already sounded for another iconic Fort Lauderdale hangout.
The owner of the historic Downtowner restaurant and Maxwell Room Banquet Hall announced on social media he could no longer keep the business going at that location. The doors will close on October 6th.