Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

Brooklyn, NY · Quirky

When: July 4, 2027
Where: Nathan's Famous, 1310 Surf Ave · Brooklyn · NY
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

A competitive hot dog eating contest held every Fourth of July outside the original Nathan's Famous stand in Coney Island, run by Major League Eating. It traces back informally to 1916 and has run in its modern televised format since the 1970s, now broadcast live on ESPN with men's and women's divisions. It draws large crowds to Coney Island every Independence Day.

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Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contestsame spot
A competitive hot dog eating contest held every Fourth of July outside the original Nathan's Famous stand in Coney Island, run by Major League Eating.
Coney Island's amusement erasame spot
Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland turned a beach into the first modern amusement district, drawing a million people on summer Sundays.
Coney Island and Nathan'ssame spot
A Polish immigrant undercut the going price for a hot dog by half and hired men in surgeons' coats to eat at his counter so people would believe it was safe.
When Joey Chestnut was banned from Nathan'ssame spot
Sixteen-time champion, barred from the Fourth of July contest over a sponsorship deal with a plant-based hot dog company.
Steeplechase Park runs for 67 years0.1 mi
George C.