text: With family in upstate New York I grew up with trips to Teds while visiting back east The charcoal grilled hot dogs always tasted sooo good nnIn high school I discovered that Teds had a location in Tempe only a bit away from my parents house in Mesa The yumminess of the food definitely translated west of the Mississippi Everything is so good and has that awesome taste of being grilled and perhaps fried like the fries and onion rings without being too heavynnI love standing in line calling out my order when asked buying Webers mustard I have not found it sold anywhere else in Arizona drinking fountain rootbeer that has a kick looking at the Buffalo NY paraphenalia that decorates the walls nnOn the trays there is a paper with a quiz that I pretty much have memorized I know from the quiz that Teds uses million pickle spears per year I also always laugh with my friends over the easiest question on the quiz True or False there is a Teds Hotdogs location in Tempe AZ the quiz was clearly written for my Teds friends to the eastnnIt gets pretty crowded at lunchtime and stays that way through the afternoon I would suggest going slightly before noon or after pm