2 UWS Hot Dog Spots Named Among Best In New York City

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — With the summer weather heating up, baseball games happening daily, and people spending more time outside — the season of enjoying hot dogs is entirely upon New York City.

Whether you like topping your hot dogs with ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, or just enjoying it straight-up plain, a new list might pique your interest that was just published by Eater NY highlighting the "27 Superior Hot Dogs Around NYC."

The Upper West Side doesn't always find its way onto best restaurant lists, but Eater NY critic Robert Sietsema included two neighborhood eateries on his list of the city's 27 best hot dog makers.

The two Upper West Side restaurants featured on Eater's best hot dog list were Gray's Papaya and Pastrami Queen.

Here's what Sietsema had to say about the two eateries.

Gray's Papaya: 2090 Broadway (The corner of West 72nd Street)

• "You can’t get any more fundamental than Gray’s Papaya when it comes to New York hot dogs: slender, natural-skinned, all-beef franks made in New Jersey; a puffy white bun; and your choice of sauerkraut, mustard, and stewed onions, washed down with chalky fruit drinks. Open till 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. each evening at the prime Upper West Side corner of Broadway and 72nd St."

Pastrami Queen: 138 West 72nd Street

• "Pastrami Queen recently hopped across Central Park and established a larger branch on the Upper West Side. The pastrami is distinguished, and so is the classic Jewish-deli frank. It has deli mustard smeared on it, and the all-beef frank has heft, length, and a natural skin, which more than fills the rather less-distinguished bun. The epitome of the deli frank."

You can look through all 27 of the best hot dogs around New York City on Eater NY's website.