ONION RINGS AT STAN'S HOT DOGS

ONION RINGS AT STAN'S HOT DOGS

Until Stan's Char-Broiled Hot Dogs opened, when the craving for a hot dog hit, a trip to a downtown cart or a fast-food joint was the only course of action. When Stan's set up shop in Vista Village, sitting down for a dog no longer meant finding a few inches of curb. But owner Stan Linkowski doesn't rely on hot dogs alone to draw diners. The menu also includes onion rings so worth the trip that the eatery could just as easily be called Stan's Onion Rings.

The thin and consistently sized rings have a texture more breaded than battered/with none of that thick, doughy covering often found at other joints. Linkowski refused to divulge the batter …