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August 12, 2013 By cheryl

Breezy Dogs & Shakes (Breezy Point, N.Y.): A Dog Day of Summer

Lunchtime on a hot summer’s day and two small boys are very silently perched on a bench near Fort Tilden Beach.

They’re still; their eyes a little glazed. Finally, one breaks the stupor to very slowly say, “These are soooo good.”

The source of their trance is at their elbows — two almost empty cups of thick, cold milkshakes and the carcass of lunch. At this point, sous chef and I have just gotten off a sunny bus ride all the way to the end of the Q22 line at Rockaway Beach, all in search of this mythical Breezy Dog food truck we’d been reading about.

From the look of the fog these boys were in, lunch was starting to seem worth the ride …

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Filed Under: American, Beach, Food Truck, New York, Queens, Tales From the Road, The Beach, Travel Tagged With: Beach, Breezy Dogs & Shakes, Breezy Point, Burgers, Food Truck, Fort Tilden, Hot Dogs, Milkshakes, New York, Rockaway Beach, Summer

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