The Famous River Hot Dog Man

For what it is it's not bad, it's included with your purchase of Rafting on the Delaware (Frenchtown, NJ side, not sure about PA)  I got 2 hot dogs which were actually pretty crisp, the frozen snickers wasn't quite so frozen but I guess when your stand is sitting in the sun on a river it's kind of hard to keep things frozen.  They give you soda in a Styrofoam cup which was a little annoying but understandable to try and keep non biodegradable trash down on the river.  If you were actually paying out of pocket though the prices are pretty outrageous, $5 for a dog and I think it was $7 for a cheeseburger and $8 for chicken sandwich, $2 for a cup of soda and $2 for a tiny bag of chips and/or a candy bar.  Oh well whatevers, it's pretty cool standing in line in the water to get your food.

cheeseburger is yummm

Yuck!  I only "dined" at this floating hot dog stand because lunch was included in the price of admission for Delaware River Rafting.  A not-so-insignificant $37 gets you a floating tube, a fountain soda, a bag of chips and your choice of a cheeseburger or two hot dogs.  My friend opted for the hot dogs.  What a disappointment!  You'd think that "famous" hot dogs would, at the very least, be grilled.  Instead, these dogs were boiled.  Gross.

As for me, I waited in a long line and paid an extra $2 for the veggie burger (I don't eat the street meat in Manhattan.  I'm not interested in the river meat of New Jersey).  After paying, they told me I had to get into another line to actually order the burger.  I waited.  When I got to the front, I was told I could only get drinks in that line and that I would need to get in yet another line to order the veggie burger.  Even though the guy on the grill was literally standing right next to him, and he could have easily said, "Please throw a veggie burger on the grill."  But no.  So I waited again - for the third time! - just so someone would actually start cooking the veggie burger that I ordered and paid for 25 minutes earlier.  I don't understand their line system, and I could tell I wasn't the only one.  It was completely disorganized.  

35 minutes later, I received my burger.  It was burnt to a crisp!  I would have complained and ordered a new one, but it took forever to get the burger in the first place, my friends were waiting on me, I was starving and I just couldn't be bothered anymore.  What an awful experience.

My last criticism is their use of styrofoam cups.  There is going to be waste no matter what.  I understand that.  But couldn't they at least use biodegradable paper cups?  While I'm sure most people do their part to properly dispose of their garbage before getting back in their tubes, I have no doubt that plenty of cups end up floating down the river.  Seeing as styrofoam has some 57 chemical by-products and takes YEARS to break down, I'm not sure why they would use the least environmentally friendly type of cup while literally serving food/drinks on a river.  It feels very irresponsible.

My advice.  Pack a lunch in an airtight container and skip this floating food truck.