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 was invited by Choraitis to come to Birmingham and take over the store in the mid 1990s. Like Alexander, Nasiakos is originally from Greece, and Choraitis is a descendant of earlier immigrants from that land. The restaurant provides on its basic hot dogs the special ketchup-based, spiced sauce found at all the hot dog stands in the Birmingham area established by people from Greek backgrounds.

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 in Crestline Village
• 5415 Beacon Drive in Grants Mill Station in Irondale, owned by John Musso

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
• Gus's Hot Dogs at southernfoodways.com