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Hot
Dawg Hall of Fame -- Rules
Eat 8 hot
dawgs in one hour, and you become a permanent plaque-holder on
our Hall of Fame. (you pay for the dawgs)
Eat 20 dawgs
in two hours, you become a plaque-holder on our Hall of Fame,
you get a FREE T-shirt, and WE pay for the DAWGS! This is the
best deal in town!
Our History
Originated
by Dion Boeke, Olde Tyme Drafts & Dawgs is a fun-based concept
restaurant that focuses on the simple good things in life. Cold
beer, great dawgs and great times together with friends in a comfortable
inviting atmosphere.
Offering
towering tubes of ice cold draught beer, a wide variety of tasty
brand name dawgs, and a unique assortment of European inspired
games of chance and skill, Olde Tyme is a favorite place to grab
a quick lunch, close a business deal, spend a lingering happy
hour, and hone your gaming skills on unique amusements and games
not found anywhere else.
Olde Tyme
dawgs are based on the simple and popular hot dog -- they are
among America's favorite foods. Every year, Americans consume
an average of 60 dogs each! The National Hot Dog Council estimates
that over 7 billion hot dogs will be eaten by Americans between
Memorial Day and Labor Day. In fact, during July 4th weekends
alone, over 155 million dogs will be consumed, making this the
biggest hot dog holiday of the year!
Clearly
one of the country's favorite foods, the history of the humble
sausage goes back as far as Homer's Odyssey in the 9th Century
B.C. Historical records show that the actual frankfurter was developed
in Frankfurt, Germany (five years before Christopher Columbus
set sail for the new world). In 1987, the city of Frankfurt celebrated
the 500th birthday of the hot dog. In the 1850s, the Germans made
thick, soft, and fatty sausages from which we get the name "franks."
In the year
1860 here in the US, the wienerwurst became known as a "wienie".
Then in 1867, Charles Feltman (1841-1910), a German butcher, opened
up the first Coney Island hot dog stand in Brooklyn, New York.
He sold 3,684 sausages in a roll during his first year in business.
He is also credited with the idea of the warm bun.
Thirty three
years later in 1893 the Chicago World's Fair, also called the
Columbian Exposition, brought thousands of visitors who consumed
large quantities of sausage sold by vendors. People liked this
food that was easy to eat, convenient, and inexpensive. Also in
1893, sausages became the standard fare at baseball parks. This
tradition is believed to have been started by a St. Louis bar
owner, Chris Von de Ahe, a German immigrant who also owned the
St. Louis Browns major league baseball team.
Today, Olde
Tyme Drafts & Dawgs is proud to be part of the heritage of the
famous hot dog.
Join us
today for a dawg or two, won't you? We'd be happy to serve you.
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