About Jack's
Open the door to Jack's Hot Dog Eagle Street eatery and several
things hit the consciousness: the sizzle of a hot grill, the crowd
jam-packed at the counter, and the organized chaos guided by cook
and business owner Jeff Levanos.
First opened in 1917 by Levanos' grandfather Jaffros Levanos, the
small but wildly popular business has stood the tests of the Roaring
Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, the economic booms of
the 1950s and '60s, the fuel crisis of the '70s, and the economic
downturns of the 1980s and 1990s. With the turn of the century and
what many believe is the turn of fortune for the city, Jack's
thrives from it's street-facing niche within one of the city's most
historic regions.
The story of Levanos is deeply entwined with the story of Jack's, a story that belongs exclusively to a Northern Berkshire city known as the "Western Gateway."