Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs

Affable Jim Pittenger, aka Biker Jim, repoed cars for a living before he turned to slinging sausages from a spotless stainless steel cart on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. His wieners are split down the middle and charred on a gas grill, but most important is this: Jim’s dogs are the antithesis of a ballpark frank. Instead, the charismatic hot dog hero turns out reindeer and wild boar brats, rattlesnake and pheasant, elk and antelope, yak and buffalo—all of them torpedoed with Coca-Cola soaked grilled onions and a swizzle of cream cheese unloaded from the front end of a caulking gun. On the rare occasion he’s hawking his house-made cheesecake, order a slice for now, another one for later, and still one more—just because it’s that good. – Guyot