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History of the Chicago Hot Dog The "Chicago Style" hot dog got its start from street cart hot dog vendors during the hard times of the Great Depression. Money was scarce, but business was booming for these entrepreneurs who offered a delicious hot meal on a bun for only a nickel. The famous Chicago Style Hot Dog was born! They'd start with a Vienna Beef hot dog, nestle it in a steamed poppyseed bun and cover it with a wonderful combination of toppings: yellow mustard, bright green relish, fresh chopped onions, juicy red tomato wedges, a kosher-style pickle spear, a couple of spicy sport peppers and finally, a dash of celery salt. This unique hot dog creation with a "salad on top" and its memorable interplay of hot and cold, crisp and soft, sharp and smooth, became America's original fast food and a true Chicago institution.NOW TO BECOME A NEW ORLEANS TRADITION TOO.
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WORLD"S LONGEST HOT DOG - 196.85 feet longALSO, On July 4, 2007, Joey Chestnut set a new record when he ate 66 hotdogs in 12 minutes at the Hot Dog Eating Contest 2007 event at Coney Island.************In 2006, consumers spent more than $3.9 billion on hot dogs and sausages in U.S. supermarkets – that equals more than 1.5 billion pounds of hot dogs and sausages bought at retail stores alone._____Americans will eat enough hot dogs at major league ballparks this year to stretch from RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. to AT&T Park in San Francisco._____New Yorkers consume more hot dogs than any other city – beating out Chicago and Los Angeles._____Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport consumes SIX times more hot dogs – 725,000 – than Los Angeles International Airport and LaGuardia Airport combined._____On Independence Day, Americans will enjoy 150 million hot dogs – enough to stretch from D.C. to L.A. over five times._____During Hot Dog Season – Memorial Day to Labor Day – Americans typically consume 7 billion hot dogs – or 818 hot dogs consumed every second during that period._____U.S. soldiers in military posts around the world – from Fort Meyers in Arlington, Va. to Okinawa, Japan to Aqaba, Jordon – consumed 2.4 million hot dogs last year.Site maintained by: Julie F. Store front signs by: Damion (Big D) Falgoust