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Atlasburg hot dog shop is small, but famous
The Beaver County woman is dining this afternoon beside her husband, Larry, at a dusty picnic table beside the tiny roadside restaurant that has been drawing crowds for decades.
“It’s a hot dog,” Maryann Lyons says, rolling her eyes, when asked if her dog covered in mustard and onions is any good. “I’m here for my first time. He talks so much about this place I had to try one.”
She is not the typical customer of this busy establishment that has been in the same family for a few generations.
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The most-popular item on the menu is actually named the “world famous.” It’s a footlong smothered in ketchup, mustard, relish, chopped onion and chili. This full-meal-on-a-paper-plate costs a mere $2.65.
Porchiran said she couldn’t begin to estimate the number of steamed dogs the shop sells a day. “A lot,” said Porchiran, who shares the workspace with two other women.
Bert’s was founded 60 years ago by Marino Funari in the same spot along Route 18 near Burgettstown. Robert Bertolotti took it over upon Funari’s death in 1972 and it remains to this day in the Bertolotti family.
Patrons order food through a small window while standing outside under a small canopy, even in the winter. The roof line is strung with a strand of Christmas lights, several of which are burned out.
Tucked in a narrow room behind the kitchen is the dining room stuffed with two small tables, a black bar stool, five chairs and two park benches.
“There used to be an expansion plan,” said Larry Lyons, who deals in hardwoods.
He said the man standing in line behind him at the kitchen window mentioned he drove 25 minutes to get one of Bert’s dogs.
“Every trucker knows about this place.” Larry Lyons said. “They all come here to eat.”
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HOT DOGS!!! : 5/30/2009
Oh man oh man HOT DOGS!!!! WEe've been married forr 36 years and make a routine run to Bert's at least twice a month! When we lived out of state and came home for a visit it was natural to come to Bert's!! I don't know what make the dogs SOOOOO GOOOOOD, but whatever it is I sure hope they keep it going for a long time. Try the hot sausage and hamburgs and the other food items, they are just as awesome. Our son lives out of town and he's another one that MUST go to Bert's before he leaves. Good food comes from good people, the ladies there really seem to like theri job. I hope this place stays in business for MANY more years. Where else are the truckers going to eat????? Good luck in the future and keep those dogs hot, I just made myself hungry!!
Berts Hot Dogs : 5/31/2009
So, why are you giving some ramdom crankpot the first paragraph. I thought maybe you would wrap it up with her tasting the hot dog & loving it. If I owned that establishment & was goin to get a write up in the paper, I would be less than thrilled at your choice of interviewees
