[Sly Fox]

I agree. But I don't see where the Wikipedia reference disputed anything I stated. But I guess it is all subjective.

[SuperJon]

It means that Cincy branded themselves as the Queen City while Charlotte was actually named for the Queen.

[thepostman]

From a national reputation, Cincinnati has branded themselves the Queen City for over a century and has that reputation. Most folks outside the Carolinas aren't familiar with the designation for Charlotte. But both do refer to themselves in that matter.

I lived in Maine for 4 years, and Bangor, Maine was called the Queen city....i think its common or something...

ps....Bangor was far from Queen of anything

[bigsmooth]

grilled with chili, yellow mustard and onions on a regular bun. i agree about a good ballpark dog needing nothing. as far as brands...hebrew national, zewigels, nathans.

[HenryGale]

Mmmm...Skyline Chili.....

[RubberMallet]

i'll usually eat any kind of dog

when i was in va i was introduced to putting yellow relish and cole slaw on a dog....i love it...

i'm a big fan of chicago dogs as well...

but really....i'll eat anything on a hotdog, and any kind of dog....

[Libertine]

According to Wikipedia, the following locations all bill themselves as "the Queen City":

• Allentown, Pennsylvania
  Bangor, Maine
  Buffalo, New York
  Burlington, Vermont
  Charlotte, North Carolina
  Cincinnati, Ohio
  Cumberland, Maryland
  Helena, Montana
  Manchester, New Hampshire
  Marion, Indiana
  Seattle, Washington
  Spearfish, South Dakota
  Springfield, Missouri
  Staunton, Virginia
  Clarksville, Tennessee

Interestingly, no localities bill themselves as "the King City" (aside from the few towns that are actually named King City, of course).

[HenryGale]

Is there a King City?

SJ's hometown?

[SuperJon]

We're just King.

The town was originally called King's Cabin. Charles and Francis King lived in a cabin owned by Francis's father for a short time in the 1830s. Being Quakers the King family moved to the free North. According to television journalist and historian Chad Tucker's book Images of America, King (2006), after the King family left their home it was used by locals as a landmark or reference point in giving directions. Several decades later when a post office was established in 1888 it was named for that reference point, King's Cabin. The railroad laid tracks a few years later and shortened the name to King in its business transactions and to eliminate confusion the post office followed on September 26, 1894. Charles and Francis King never returned to Stokes County and never knew their former home became the namesake of a town. According to Tucker, the community grew into an unincorporated town of churches, a school and businesses. With the first automobile arriving by train in October 1911, new highways followed. With new roads, the town's proximity to Winston-Salem, and a new four lane highway 52 built in the 1960s, King opened its doors to growth, turning farmland into subdivisions. Community groups acted as an unofficial town council, providing services such as a fire department, water and sewer. On September 13, 1983, King became an incorporated town, 95 years after the King's Cabin post office opened.

[HenryGale]

According to Wikipedia, the following locations all bill themselves as "the Queen City":

• Allentown, Pennsylvania
  Bangor, Maine
  Buffalo, New York
  Burlington, Vermont
  Charlotte, North Carolina
  Cincinnati, Ohio
  Cumberland, Maryland
  Helena, Montana
  Manchester, New Hampshire
  Marion, Indiana
  Seattle, Washington
  Spearfish, South Dakota
  Springfield, Missouri
  Staunton, Virginia
  Clarksville, Tennessee

Interestingly, no localities bill themselves as "the King City" (aside from the few towns that are actually named King City, of course).

Anybody that has been to Buffalo, NY will vouch...Buffalo is no representation of a "Queen City"

Here is a side note...I have been to 8 of these cities...

[olldflame]

I like my dogs ALMOST any way you can fix them (including cold sometimes), but my favorite is a charcoal grilled Oscar Meyer, almost blackened on the outside (but not quite) with mustard, sweet relish, onions, chili and hot sauce.

The one thing that makes my stomach turn is ketchup on a hot dog. Maybe it's flashbacks of a scene from a Clint Eastwood movie (don't remember which one, but I think it was the Dirty Harry character). He's at a murder scene where the victim had been shot in the "groin" and another cop is there munching on a dog with ketchup on it.

[Libertine]

He's at a murder scene where the victim had been shot in the "groin" and another cop is there munching on a dog with ketchup on it.

I've got to rent that now.

[HenryGale]

I
The one thing that makes my stomach turn is ketchup on a hot dog.

Amen brother!

[thepostman]

According to Wikipedia, the following locations all bill themselves as "the Queen City":

• Allentown, Pennsylvania
  Bangor, Maine
  Buffalo, New York
  Burlington, Vermont
  Charlotte, North Carolina
  Cincinnati, Ohio
  Cumberland, Maryland
  Helena, Montana
  Manchester, New Hampshire
  Marion, Indiana
  Seattle, Washington
  Spearfish, South Dakota
  Springfield, Missouri
  Staunton, Virginia
  Clarksville, Tennessee

Interestingly, no localities bill themselves as "the King City" (aside from the few towns that are actually named King City, of course).

Anybody that has been to Buffalo, NY will vouch...Buffalo is no representation of a "Queen City"

Here is a side note...I have been to 8 of these cities...

neither does Bangor, Maine...like I said earlier...plus I don't think they have good hot dogs...which is really what this thread is about until somehow it got taken here, haha

oh, by the way I have been to 9 of these cities....and in most cases I don't think there was anything queen like about these cities

[El Scorcho]

Anybody that has been to Buffalo, NY will vouch...Buffalo is no representation of a "Queen City"

Boy are you not kidding. I could not get out of that place fast enough. Blech.

Imagine that. A Tarheel not feeling at home in Buffalo.

[Cider Jim]

The one thing that makes my stomach turn is ketchup on a hot dog.

What he said.

[bigsmooth]

buffalo sucks. end of story. i too cannot imagine ketchup on a hot dog...blasphemy!!