Happy National Hot Dog Day: Where's the Best Dog In Town?

By MARC TORRENCE (Patch National Staff)

Some like them fully loaded. Some with ketchup, mustard, relish or all three. Some even think they should be considered a sandwich.

Thursday is National Hot Dog Day, and Americans across the country are celebrating, some even with free dogs.

Sonic is offering $1 hot dogs all day, visit the Edgewater location at 3106 B Solomons Island Road.

Other dog deals can be found at 7-Eleven. Pilot Flying J is giving away free hot dog coupons on its social media.

The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council estimate that nearly 1 billion packages of hot dogs are sold in the U.S. every year, representing $2.5 billion in retail sales. Baseball fans are expected to eat 21,357,361 million hot dogs this year at MLB stadiums.

So we want to hear from you: Where is the best hot dog in town? Sound off in the comments below.