83 year old Harry and his two friends, Ron and Larry, have a passion for hot dogs.  A real, obsessive passion. 

They regularly go on “hot dog crawls” where they visit and sample the best hot dog joints throughout their home state of New Jersey. But to them, the crème de la crème of all hot dogs is the Hot Texas Weiner—a deep fried concoction only known about and found in Paterson, New Jersey, which also happens to be Harry’s home town.

On their most recent crawl, the guys are in search of the world’s greatest Hot Texas Weiner among the grills they hung out at in their youth (the original grills below). They discover how and why a small handful of Greek and Italian immigrants created the Hot Texas Weiner ONLY in Paterson.  

But along the way, they also discover that Paterson, once the most important industrial city in America, has been abandoned by the country it so well served, and has become one of the poorest and most densely populated cities in the United States. 

Harry, Ron and Larry’s very personal journey touches upon their own issues of aging, love and loss, as well as larger issues of poverty and immigration. It’s a short but poignant journey that any parent, child, hot dog lover or lover of humanity will never forget.