'''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" 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 [wiki:wikipedia:Hot_dog_variations Hot Dog Variations] for a round-up of variations on the hot dog, including the white hot.

'''White Hots'''
 A [wiki:wikipedia:White_hot 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.''" [[Footnote([http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/v55_1993/v55i3.pdf A Front Street Jazz Note] by Robert Koch in Rochester History - Vol LV No.3, Summer 1993 - Page 19)]]

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

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

'''Where to Find Hots''' - see also our ["Hots/List" Automated List]
 * ["Balsam Bagels"]
 * ["Bay Side Pub"]
 * ["Bill Gray's"]
 * ["Burger Shack Grill"]
 * ["Burger Stop"]
 * ["Charlotte Hots"]
 * ["Chili Hots"]
 * ["Culver Hots"]
 * ["Dogtown"]
 * ["Donna Daddy's"]
 * ["Don's Original"]
 * ["East Ridge Hots"]
 * ["Empire Hots"]
 * ["Fairport Hots"]
 * ["Frank-N-Steins"] - Upcoming
 * ["Greece Hots"]
 * ["Gitsis Texas Hots"]
 * ["Harbor Hots"]
 * ["Henrietta Hots"]
 * ["Hungry's Grill"]
 * ["Jimmy Z's Texas Hots"]
 * ["Nick Tahou's"]
 * ["Irondequoit Hots"]
 * ["Mark's Texas Hots"]
 * ["Penfield Hots"]
 * ["Rochester Hots"]
 * ["Street Meat"]
 * ["Steve T's Hots and Potatoes"]
 * ["Sullivan's Charbroil"]
 * ["Tom Wahl's"]
 * ["Webster Hots"]
 * ["Wimpy's Burger Basket"]

'''Music'''
 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. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3_VId0GJXc Listen to the song on YouTube] (contains language)

'''Notes and References'''
 * [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042991/posts America's Regional Hot Dog Styles] - good article with photos includes Rochester Hots

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