Business Cycle: Coffee Pot owner opens up about a need — food sales

Carroll Bell breaks down discussing hot dogs at his landmark Coffee Pot restaurant at the southern gateway to Roanoke. He’d mark the dogs on a hot grill, apply sauce and return them to the heat for the sauce to caramelize. “It makes huge difference in the way it tastes,” he said. “It’s the little extra things you have to do that makes you, um” and then he freezes, head lowered, silent. Nearly half a minute passes. “Sorry, this is hard for me,” said a moist-eyed Bell. “I’ve never been in...