Nathan craftsman

Nathan Handwerker (born June 14, 1892 in Austria-Hungary , † March 1, 1974 in Sarasota , Florida , USA ) was a Polish-American entrepreneur .

Life

Craftsmen emigrated to Belgium in 1910 and from there to New York in 1912 . In addition to his job as a copy boy at Max's Busy Bee , where he earned $ 4.50 a week, he worked at Feltman's German Gardens , a restaurant in Coney Iceland ( Brooklyn , New York), where he sliced bun. The restaurant offered hot dogs for 10 cents at the time.

In 1916, Handwerker was encouraged by two of his colleagues, later actors Eddie Cantor and Jimmy Durante , who worked as singing waiters at Feltman's , to open his own hot dog stand and sell his hot dogs for just 5 cents. That same year, Artisan with $ 300 capital and the help of his wife Ida opened his own hot dog stand at the intersection of Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, selling his hot dogs for a nickel. The hot dogs were seasoned with a mixture of spices, the composition of which was his wife's secret. His booth grew and in 1925 he opened Nathan's Famous . Another expansion took place in 1957 when his son Murray Handwerker (* 1921) persuaded him to open a second store in Ocean Side, Long Island . Soon after the franchise system began, Nathan's Famous became popular and began selling its products to supermarket chains in the early 1970s.

Artisan is often referred to as the inventor of the American hot dog, but this has not been undoubtedly proven.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nathan's - And the man behind the brand is ... - Nathan Handwerker , February 12, 2007 (English)

Web links

• Nathan's Famous