By Bill Esparza – Eater.com – Photo: Nick Oza.
Photo: A boneless roll at Sushi-lito food truck in Tucson, Arizona.
Each night, just as the desert sky fades from red to black, a swarm of stainless steel hot dog carts descend upon Tucson’s South 12th Avenue in the Mexican-American neighborhood of Sunnyside. Crowds of families assemble just as quickly, chatting inaudibly beneath the high-pitched hiss of the grills and the buzz of power generators. Everyone is here for the Sonoran hot dog, a bacon-wrapped behemoth with a lightly sweet bun made, ideally, from Sonoran wheat; a barrage of condiments (everything from diced tomatoes and onions to nacho cheese, crushed Ruffles, and creamed corn); and an all-beef wiener swaddled in bacon.
