Hot dog! Contest lures big eaters to Spectacle Island
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October 10, 2009 04:40 PM
Essdras M. Suarez/Globe Staff
Lavallee pondering the work ahead before the contest began.
It wasn’t quite Coney Island.
But for ketchup-stained Robert Lavallee and seven other contestants with a hankering for hot dogs, the last weekend of the season on Boston’s Spectacle Island had a touch of amusement park flair.
Lavallee, an 18-year-old who likes his dogs with steak sauce, Dijon mustard, and relish, sprinted and stretched before devouring seven wieners and a big bite to win the 10-minute competition.
“I had fun and I got something out of it. Two things actually: being full and a gift certificate,” said the buzz-cut teen after calling his mom about the contest.
The Summer Shack doled out Pearl deli-style dogs -- a Randolph-based brand -- in hopes of plowing through its last 320 wieners of the summer.
“I figured it’s the last weekend of the season, so why not have some people come out and stuff their face?” said Krystle Campbell, a 26-year-old manager at the restaurant.
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