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Item Title
[History & "Genealogy" of Hot Texas Wieners]
Author/Creator
Interviewer: Lloyd, Timothy, 1951-
Created/Published
August 17, 1994
Notes
Interview with Chris Betts and Nick Doris at the Hot Grill, Clifton, NJ.
The top 3-4 people in HTW history: CB says the "old Greek gentleman," William Pappas, John Patrelis (opened the Olympic Grill ca. 1940).
CB entered the HTW business after leaving the Army at the end of WWII. In 1946, he and his brothers leased the Olympic Grill, a HTW place started by John Patrelis -- who, like William Pappas, also worked for "the old Greek gentleman." After three years the Betts Brothers and Paul Agrusti opened the Falls View Grill (FVG).
CB opines that the number of HTW places in the Paterson area is about the same now as in the 1940s and 1950s.
Paul Agrusti left the Falls View in 1978 to open the Colonial Grill on the west side of Paterson. He has passed away but his son Leonard now runs it, says Nick Doris (ND).
Subjects
Interviews
Oral history
Sound recordings
Hot Texas Weiners
Ethnography
Interviews
United States--New Jersey--Clifton
The Hot Grill
Object Type
Related Names
Narrator: Betts, Chris
Narrator: Doris, Nick
Medium
Analog Audio Cassette
Language
English
Call Number
AFC 1995/028: WIP-TL-A001; Side A
Reproduction Number
AFC 1995/028: WIP-TL-A001
Part of
Working in Paterson Folklife Project
Repository
Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID
afcwip tla00101
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcwip.tla00101