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	From an avocado-topped Chilean hot dog to a frank and beans masterpiece, Newsday food writer Andi Berlin spent a day trying hot dogs all over Valley Stream.&nbsp;
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Newsday's Andi Berlin tries the hot dogs of Valley Stream

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