Smack at the hub of downtown Clifton's tangle of parkways, the Hot Grill's the place you thought had long since disappeared. "New" Jersey seemingly doesn't have time for either 1960s prices or meals, but here they somehow survive thanks to a ravenous and loyal clientele. Join the always-lengthy queue and gobble a "Texas" wiener (invented in Jersey, though nobody can agree where) dressed "all the way" with onions, chili and mustard; a plate of zingy, gravy-sopping fries; a cup of chili with beans; or two eggs with bacon, toast and potatoes. You couldn't spend more than five bucks on an entree if you tried -- even on a platter of roast beef with gravy and fries. Want to take home some of the spicy house chili sauce? No problem. Lots of customers do that; they've even designed a special bucket here for easy carrying home. How entrenched is this place? Tricky Dick Nixon was supposedly a client of the place. Er, pre-Watergate, that is.

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