Nicholas Gray, pictured in front of his eponymous and still-standing hot dog store Gray’s Papaya, popular for merging dogs with a drink made of “the aristocratic melon of the tropics.” Gray passed away on May 19th. ( Photo via Instagram, Gray’s Papaya. ) Widely Admired Founder Of UWS Hot Dog Stand Gray’s Papaya Is Dead At 86 Nicholas Gray, a famed proselytizer of pairing chilled tropical fruit juice with a fine old American staple–hot dogs–has... News 29 May 2023 | 08:47