Nicks Hot Dogs

(est. 1920) Many well-known people have eaten at Nicks over the years-the likes of whom include the Marx Brothers, Three Stooges, Lucille Ball, and Bill Clinton The older ones remember Pappas lining up a dozen dogs on his left arm and topping them with mustard, his famous Coney Island sauce, and onions with rhythmic precision. In the 1950s Nicks acquired the nickname "Dirty Nicks" because many revelers - called "wolf gangs" by some-would pile into Nicks during the wee hours of Friday and Saturday nights and wolf down a dozen dogs to dilute the intoxicants within. Nicks current owner does not serve up the dogs on his arm, today trays are used. But the 100-year-old school chairs are the same and so is the famous Coney Island sauce. Despite the competition of many fast food restaurants that have come to Fall River over the years, Nicks hot dogs continues to be one of the region's most popular eat-in or take-out foods. To date Nicks has sold more than 10 million Coney dogs to its loyal patrons - a group that includes people from every U.S state and beyond.