One day only. May 16, Paulina Market, Dog cooking and serving his MEAT.

HOT DOUG APPRECIATION DAY

So all you Hot Doug psychos can go see him one more time.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

"How many dawgs joo guyz want?"
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"Lez git us tooof wiff everyting"
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"Ahz wantz sum dick-phat fryz!"
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I told you that fucker couldn't ride into the sunset. He's an egomaniac. When's his new place opening?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

"gimme 4 of dem double-doug dawgs"
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"Ahz luv Hot Dougs"
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"Sorry about the crowd, but what did you expect for encased meats"
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"People, simma down, they're WIENERS on A BUN!"
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Any chance he Charlie Trotters his way out?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I always thought he would just start selling sausages with the brand name. HOT DOUGS and then do these "Appearances" to feed the fame.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

PIECE is having a Hot Doug pizza during the month of March.
Some sort of spicy sausage, caramelized onions and pepper jack cheese.

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f2bbs is some dark shit.

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I wrote a year or two ago that Paulina seemed to offer the same sausages as Doug and that I thought they were his production outlet. I don't know if this confirms my thought but it certainly strengthens it

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

by the way, Doug Day will be as hipster as drinking a PBR at a Bucktown bar while wearing your finest fedora

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

That sounds just awful

PIECE makes good stuff, so I'm sure it's pretty good, but I could do without the monthly "guest chef" recipes they've been having.

Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Stephanie Izard
DOUG

IMU is gonna be the guest in September. Velveeta shells n cheese on top of a Tombstone.

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Pretty sure it was. Actually needed a SMALL RUN place to make his stuff. Then with the small runs, had to be local for delivery fresh. he used to use a guy in Roscoe Village when he first started. Would see him in. Dont remember the name of the place but it was authentic enough that they took the summer off! THATS OLD SCHOOL

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-new-wrigley-concession-stand-features-hot-dougs-sausages-20150703-story.html

(JORR isn't alone in that though, BTW. I've heard that from a pretty broad cross section of people in and out of the industry.)

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

He was standing on the balcony along Sheffield shooting the shit with security guard all game overlooking his stand.

There wasn't much a line to get his stuff. The hot dogs were $9!!! Nice mark-up.

brought a sandwich i made at home. bigger and 1/3 of the cost.

When I was there the line was pretty long. Seems to be killing it up there.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Upcoming homestand on Platform 14 at Wrigley.....

Platform 14, the new outdoor concession area in the Budweiser Bleachers located behind the center field scoreboard, will serve a new rotation of Hot Doug’s sausages as well. The “Champ Summers” is a spicy Vienna Polish sausage served with Goose Island beer mustard and crispy fried onions. The “Pete LaCock” is a ribeye steak sausage with horseradish cream and blue cheese. The “Bill Bonham” is an atomic pork sausage with cherry marmalade and smoked gouda cheese

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We went to Piece and got a "Hot Doug's Atomic Pizza" yesterday.
It was good, not great. The problem is that the sausage on it tastes/feels like breakfast sausage.
The other pizza we got (sautéed mushrooms/banana peppers/onions) was better than the Atomic.

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He's making the transition into some sort of messianic figure, a sausage Bono, just going around blessing neighborhood beef joints and the like.

http://chicago.eater.com/2015/8/11/9133 ... bo-upgrade

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could he have made enough in less than a decade at his stand to live in this semi retirement state he appears to be living in

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Yup....Remember he also got a nice head start with a fire insurance settlement on his first Roscoe Village Location...

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Plus I think he may be a trust fund kid to begin with. He isn't hurting for dough, that's for sure.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

As I have done a ton of bar/tavern/restaurant deals, guys usually dont have the startup capital they need. They underestimate the mechanical costs, because they dont know how much that costs to fix or get working or replace. They have the cheesy pictures, paint and benches ready to go because they have a best friend or brother in law who is a contractor in a van who will do it for cheap...ughhh....

To get an insurance company to build you a new facility is like running a mile, with the first 1/2 mile already done for you....and I know some would still not be able to complete it.

I cant tell you how many knuckleheads I have met with "concepts" they think are going to be huge....and I wouldnt trust these guys to paint a door!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

This guy retires worse than Panther.
P.S. way to not toss a bone to the guys at Pork Shoppe, who actually fabricated all your sausages, and have a new location I'm sure could use some press.

Hot Doug's Taking Over Publican Quality Meats For First Full-Fledged Popup
Mark your calendars for Jan. 18.

Doug Sohn has found something to occupy himself during Chicago's winter while he waits for pitchers and catchers to report for his beloved Cubs. On Jan. 18 he'll host the first full-fledged Hot Doug's restaurant popup at another renowned sausage-making restaurant—Publican Quality Meats.

There won't be any reservations or tickets, true to the Hot Doug's philosophy. He'll offer an a la carte menu of six to eight encased meats—along with duck fat fries. Like those beloved wistful days in Avondale, it's first come, first serve. Marz Community Brewing will also supply the beer for the special event. Down the street on Fulton Market, The Publican will offer a full bar and a limited food menu to help address potential overflow from the surely long lines at PQM.

Though Sohn has served sausages at other locations, including Wrigley Field and hungry guests on the summer festival circuit, he's never hosted a full-fledged popup. Paulina Meat Market didn't count. Hot Doug's closed in October 2014, and although two of his cooks opened Hot "G" Dog, copying some of Sohn's offerings, fans continue to crave those original specialties unique to Hot Doug's.


http://chicago.eater.com/2016/1/4/10708832/hot-dougs-popup-restaurant-publican-quality-meats

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Swung on and belted!

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It's not that they crave the original specialties. They're not unique at all and you can still get them at Hot "G", made by the same fucking dudes that made them at Hot Doug's with the same products they used over there. People crave interaction with this goofy motherfucker. I'm not really sure why. He's about as sincere as Bill Murray's lounge singer. It's truly a cult of personality.

He's a sharp marketeer, I'll give him that much. His business model worked for him. The line that I refused to stand in was part of the mystique. The Fatso's guys opened a place in Doug's space with a product that was as good or better and they couldn't make it there. Doug's existed for the convenience and glorification of Doug, not to actually serve customers. I don't patronize places like that. But I do respect Doug for pulling it off. Most people can't get away with it. Many have tried and they often had better and more unique products than Doug ever did. It takes a certain personality.

Back in November Mike Sula wrote a review of Cantina 1910 (great place and the owner/chef is a cute chick who is super cool and says "fuck" a lot) wherein he suggested that Andersonville would not support a certain high level of dining and he cited Pasticceria Natalina and Great Lakes Pizza as examples of places that failed. I felt compelled to write to him and point out that Natalie Zarzour of Natalina and the douchebag that ran Great Lakes tried to do that thing where they run a restaurant on their own terms and fuck you if you don't like it. That's great if you can get away with it. But it takes a certain type of person, e.g. the obsequious phony Doug or the crusty but lovable Burt of Burt's Pizza. (And some LTH hype doesn't hurt either.) Natalie is a goof and the Great Lakes guy is possibly the biggest Caller Bob I've ever met in my life.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Doug is a product of Sarkis and Irvings.

While neither of us worked at Sarkis, both attended often and Doug took orders exactly how Sarkis did..

I agree, nothing spectacular by any means, but people enjoy the show...

Always said it. its not hard work, just a ton of work

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

One difference- Sarkis made up the prices as he went. Two Disasters and a Loretta? Uh, that'll be 25 bucks, buddy.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don