Gus's Hot Dogs

Gus's Hot Dogs can refer to one of several hot dog stands in the Birmingham area. Gus Alexander, a Greek immigrant, opened the first location on 4th Avenue North in 1947. When Alexander moved back to Greece in the 1960s, Alex Choraitis took over the store.

It is currently owned by George Nasiakos, who moved was invited by Choraitis to come to Birmingham and take over the store in the mid 1990s.

Locations

• 1915 4th Avenue North, owned by Gus Alexander, John Kostakis, and George Nasiakos
• 3011 27th Street North, North Birmingham, owned by John Kostakis
• 302 Oxmoor Road in Homewood, owned by Phillip DiGiorgio
• 224 Brooklane Drive, Hueytown
• 430 Green Springs Highway
• 71 Church Street
• 5415 Beacon Drive in Irondale

References

• Evans, Amy (March 9, 2004) Interview with George Nasiakos. Southern Foodways Alliance oral history project on Greeks in Birmingham

External link

• "Hot-Dogopolis" short documentary film by the Southern Foodways Alliance