Hots

Hots is a Rochester term for hot dogs. Hots come in different flavors: white hots, red hots and grey hots. Hots are great to adorn garbage plates. Rarely would you eat a hot with only a bun unless stumbling home from a bar and happen across a mobile hots stand. See Hot Dog Variations for a round-up of variations on the hot dog, including the white hot.

A white hot is a pork hot dog primarily associated with Rochester, possibly dating back to the 1920's meat market turned Otmens Tavern on Front Street.

"Otmens was a jazz bar that had been a meat market and looked it. It was alleged to be the original home of the "white hot," the pork sausage that is part of local lore." ¹

Zweigle's is credited with popularizing the white hot by being first to bring it to the stadium. See their page for more details.

A red hot may also be a pork or beef hot dog. Many refer to the standard hot dog as a Red Hot - mostly to distinguish them from the white hot.

Grey hots may refer to other sausage-like "hot dogs" such as the bratwurst and sometimes rumored that grey hots are turkey hot dogs.

See also: Automated List

• Balsam Bagels
  

• Bill Gray's
  

• Center City Hotts
  

• Chili Inn
  

• Culver Hots
  

• Dogtown
  

• East Ridge Hots
  

• FLX Wienery
  

• Harbor Hots
  

• Lake Avenue Hots
  

• Magic Wings
  

• Nick Tahou's
  

• Mark's Texas Hots
  

• South Wedge Hots & Subs
  

• Vasko's on Park
  

• West Ridge Hots

• American Hotel - Lima
  

• Bill Gray's - Numerous locations
  

• Burger Shack Grill - Victor
  

• Burger Stop - Gates
  

• Chili Hots - Chili
  

• Don's Original - Irondequoit and Brighton
  

• Empire Hots - Webster
  

• Fairport Hots - Fairport
  

• Greece Hots - Greece
  

• Henrietta Hots - Henrietta
  

• Hungry's Grill - Pittsford
  

• Penfield Pub - Penfield
  

• Steve T's Hots and Potatoes - Gates
  

• Sullivan's Charbroil - Spencerport
  

• Tom Wahl's - Numerous locations
  

• Webster Hots - Webster
  

• Wimpy's Burger Basket - Gates

• Donna Daddy's
  

• List of food trucks

Dan Didsbury and Dr. Smoov wrote and recorded a song called "Rochester Hots (I want some Nick Tahou Hots)" filled with references to local businesses, foods, and slang. Listen to the song on YouTube (contains language)

• America's Regional Hot Dog Styles - good article with photos includes Rochester Hots

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