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Shorty's Lunch is a Washington, Pennsylvania-based hot dog lunch counter. A local landmark, Shorty's has been owned by the Alexas family since the 1930s. It has two locations, including the main facility on West Chestnut Street in Washington, as well as in Canton.The main restaurant boasts old wooden booths, a dining counter, as well a large storefront, showing the grill to pedestrians.
The trademark menu item is an Albert's frank with chili, mustard and onions, as well as fries with gravy. The food is inexpensive, with the hot beef dinner being the most expensive menu item at $5. Shorty's main location sells 600-700 hot dogs a day.
The chili is especially favored by customers. The secret recipe takes 4 hours to prepare each 7 to 10 gallon batch. American soldiers serving abroad in England, Germany, Japan, and Vietnam have all received shipments of Shorty's chili in the mail from their mothers. The favored supplier of the hot dogs has changed over time from locations in Germantown, Johnstown, and Green Valley Packing in Taylorstown.
A common belief among customers is that the secret to Shorty's resides within the grill, with many believing that it remains the original from the 1930s. However, when the original grilltop malfunctioned in the 1980s, the custom crafted steel replacement was installed under the cover of night, no one noticed.
Documentarian Rick Sebak regretted not being able to profile Shorty's in his hour-long documentary on hot dog shops, A Hot Dog Program, saying that "There's no other place like it. They haven't changed a thing in there since the place openend in the late 1930s. That's what's great about Shorty's. It has a high funk factor.
Shorty is a 15 week old Shepherd mix that is from the same litter as Socks, Cub, Oddball, Barbie, Ken and Steve. He will be available for adoption on February 18 at Petco.
Meanwhile, he is staying at my house with his buddy Curly Sue, who hovers over the poor little guy most of the time.
Two UP GPs head down the A&S main with a lone gondola, hidden by the locomotives. Lenox/Mitchell, IL
This owl was extremely photogenic, I probably spent about 3 hours total today with this particular individual. He/she was not shy and provided flyby after flyby opportunities. Awesome day out at Stanwood!
One of the more decent in flight shots I got of the Shorty's yesterday. I am still aiming for that perfect eye contact shot where they are flying right towards you looking straight down the barrel of the lens but it will eventually come! I had some moments yesterday that would have fit that description above but just couldn't get the focus to lock on at the right moment. Oh well, this one is still decent!
This very short Union Pacific east bound manifest appeared at just the right time at the summit of Peru Hill.
The cats were happy to see the sun come out late this afternoon. Shorty has been under the weather lately but hopefully is now on the mend.