{"id":3614,"date":"2020-06-08T22:15:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T02:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hunterdoneats.com\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2020-06-17T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:52:54","slug":"highway-hot-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hunterdoneats.com\/highway-hot-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway Hot Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hot dog people are the best people in the world, according to Jane Morell, owner of Highway Hot Dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re the nicest, kindest, just easy going people. I think hot dogs just make people happy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In 2019 the Morell family – Jane, her husband, and their two adult sons, found themselves with an empty kitchen. It wasn\u2019t hard to decide what they\u2019d use it for. One afternoon, a few weeks after they started planning, the Morells piled into a car to go do \u201chot dog research.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt was fun and filling. We went to like 5 different places,\u201d Jane Morrell said. She recalled the trip fondly, laughing. \u201cI was driving and every other person in the car was asleep on the way home. It was great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Once the research was completed the family moved onto phase 2 – taste testing. Every member of the family came up with their own hot dog ideas – 4 different hot dogs on 4\u00a0 different buns –\u00a0 and the family went to work once again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The next family endeavor was planning what the restaurant would actually look like.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe all got together and redecorated the restaurant as a 50s style interior,\u201d Morell said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Their one year anniversary was May 1, 2020 – right in the center of the coronavirus global pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe were really just hitting our groove,\u201d Jane said.\u00a0 \u201cAs to be expected, business is down.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Her son\u2019s hours at the restaurant were cut, but Jane continued to work through it. She\u2019s excited for what lies ahead as restrictions are slowly lifted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re just a really good old fashioned hot dog joint. It\u2019s a fun thing for the whole family to do. Sunday fundays – kids would win prizes when they spun a wheel, so hopefully we\u2019ll be able to bring that back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n As one might expect, the restaurant is almost entirely hot dogs. But they do have something called a \u201cnot dog-\u201d a chicken finger on a bun with their signature highway sauce and a pickle.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n On top of their signature hot dogs there are a few other things that set this hot dog stand apart from the rest – they also carry ice cream and draft birch beer!<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe work with a local ice cream maker – Sip \u2018N Swirl – and they\u2019re amazing,\u201d Jane said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n For up to date information about their weekly offerings and hours you can give them a call at 908-617-1203 or\u00a0 view their listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If you are a Hunterdon County restaurant owner or manager and would like your restaurant featured on Hunterdon Highlights, please email support@hunterdoneats.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hot dog people are the best people in the world, according to Jane Morell, owner of Highway Hot Dogs. \u201cThey\u2019re the nicest, kindest, just easy going people. I think hot dogs just make people happy.\u201d In 2019 the Morell family – Jane, her husband, and their two adult sons, found […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":3615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hunterdon-highlights"],"cubewp_post_meta":[],"taxonomies":["Hunterdon Highlights"],"yoast_head":"\n