Coney Island Hot Dog Stand
On our way up to Crested Butte this past weekend, we passed the new location of the Coney Island Hot Dog stand in Bailey, CO. My daughter was so amused by it, that we had to visit it on our way back home. Most people consider this little stand one of the best remaining examples of road side archtitecture. This stand has quite a history. It was originally constructed in Denver on Colfax Avenue in 1966. In 1970, it moved up to the mountains to the town of Aspen Park, where it sat for a few more decades. In 2006, it was moved again to Bailey in order to make room for a Bank in Aspen Park. Now it is in a great location, with mountainside dining, as well as riverfront picnic tables. I do know that an attempt was made in the late 1990’s to landmark this structure, but I am not certain if that was ever finalized.
The day we were here, the place was packed, with lines out the door. We thought this place must be fabulous. It took almost an hour from the time we arrived, to the time we actually were served our food (a full 30 minutes after we recieved drinks and floats). The staff didn’t seem too terribly organized, or in an particular hurry, even though they only making hotdogs and hamburgers. To make it worse, it was not that cheap, and the food wasn’t all that good. I can make better hot dogs on the back yard grill. Oh well, it was the ambience!
December 3rd, 2015 at 10:33 am
HELL YES ITS ABOUT DAM TIME!!!!!!! yayyyyy for drama. yay all the way. and such a good sbjceut to!Neil so had that coming. I was waitinggggg. Its times like this i wish Val was around cause she woulda called him out on his bs a longggg time ago. But Gai did a great job. I hope he thinks she dissapeared and goes nuts worrying. It would serve him right to think about someone other than his dick. Nicole seems like a cool chick. Very nice and down to earth. The kind of girl you look at and think i wanna have half asian Jon and Kate+8 babies with her . OMG neil would so be Jon in that situation. Totally his personality. But Jon is cuter. Cause hes half asian Omg wouldnt Neils babies be so cool. 1/4 black 1/4 white 1/2 asian. SO cool. You only need some hispanic in there and u covered all your bases.And Gai in a frat .she needs to slut it up for a tad. Forget her rep and screw all three of those boys. Pull on the long haired one likes theyre reigns on a horse. Hair that long is meant for that you know