cincinnati cincinnati cincinnati style mediterranean meat sauce topping way hot dogs dishes developed immigrant 1920s ingredients include ground beef stock paste mediterranean chocolate soup like consistency include cheese beans specific combinations known ways cincinnati confusing unfamiliar expect dish similar con result common encountering time conclude poor example served local restaurants associated restaurants specializing cincinnati found greater cincinnati franchise locations ohio kentucky indiana florida dish area best known regional food origins history cincinnati originated immigrant region trying expand customer base moving narrowly ethnic styles cuisine tom began serving traditional mediterranean topping hot dogs called hot dog stand located theater called empress sauce modify traditional greek dish speculated come dish called developed recipe calling cooked changed method response customer requests began serving sauce topping eventually adding cheese topping response customer requests ordering efficient brothers created way system ordering style copied modified restaurant fellow greek immigrants worked empress restaurants leaving open following business model point locating restaurants adjacent theaters empress largest chain cincinnati empress employee greek immigrant started brothers named immigrants jordan bought restaurant called empress employee noticed cincinnati menu changed restaurant skyline locations locations largest cincinnati chains empress remaining locations dozen chain successful period smaller chains numerous including acclaimed camp washington probably known include park price hill totalling addition version cincinnati commonly served local restaurants arnold bar oldest bar city serves vegetarian dish ordered ways offers way history cincinnati shares factors common apparently independent simultaneous development hot dog areas united_states virtually developed greek immigrants passed fled fallout balkan wars decades twentieth century preparation ordering raw ground beef water stock paste added mixture brought hours form thin meat sauce recipes overnight allow easy fat allow develop serve typical proportions pounds ground beef cups water paste way system based specific ingredient series cheese kidney beans number way determines ingredients included order customers order way topped called way cheese way cheese way cheese beans beans substituted way cheese beans restaurants skyline use term way instead term way denote way plus customer choice beans restaurants add extra ingredients way system example offers way adds way ways traditionally served shallow oval bowl cincinnati hot dog topping regional variation dog topped cheese cheese standard includes way cheese popular orders customers order bowl plain offer plain regular menu item usually served cincinnati mild hot sauce frequently optional topping cincinnati confusing unfamiliar term evokes expectation con bears resemblance cincinnati mediterranean meat sauce hot dogs seldom eaten bowl typical con common describe starting cincinnati seasoned usually contains contains combination pepper recipes small chocolate according author cincinnati cincinnati uses chocolate normally thin consistency closer soup contains meat vegetables common find large pieces pepper hulls empress consistency serving method similar sauce meat hot dogs rochester parts upstate new york rhode_island michigan con reception cincinnati area best known regional food according consume cincinnati year topped cheese overall industry revenues million national food critics jane wrote blue plate food consider cincinnati america meals nation distinctive regional plates food huffington_post named beloved regional dishes camp washington won james beard foundation america classics award named cincinnati iconic foods america calling camp washington destination choice writing baltimore sun called perfect fast foods referring opined greeks invented nearly century ago called able enjoy named food eat ohio common unfamiliar confused expecting con poor example went far popular culture country music duo sang flying cincinnati grabbing bowl skyline song city album blues musician sang song called camp washington album second sight cincinnati symbol social interaction social animated film main character business trip cincinnati multiple encounters try local specialty similar dishes dog generic term hot dog topped meat sauce founded wisconsin lithuanian immigrant offers dish similar way created island hot dog dish similar developed greek immigrants apparently independently midwest
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