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Hey everyone, it's Dan here with a reheat by request.

Listener John wrote in and said, I'm a longtime Hot Dougs fan.

I was looking for some history and came across your podcast on the subject,

but they're no longer available. Well, that's right, John. Some of the really old ones are no longer

available until we pull them out of the deep freezer and reheat them as we are doing for you

today. In this episode, I talked with Doug Sown, aka Hot Dug himself. Now, Hot Dugs was a legendary sausage joint in Chicago.

It closed down, but the six-month advance notice of its closure sparked real hysteria,

not just in Chicago, but it spread across the country. They were like pilgrimages to Hot Dugs.

So why? Why would anyone wait in life for four hours for a sausage?

Well, you're going to listen to this episode and find out. Then later in the show, I'm joined by

filmmaker and food writer Kevin Pang and chef Curtis Duffy. Kevin made a documentary about Curtis called

for Grace, all about what it took for Curtis to open his Michelin-Star restaurant, Grace.

Now, I should note that Grace closed in 2017, but Curtis went on to open

another Michelin-starred restaurant in Chicago in 2020. That one's called Ever. Remember, there's

an episode of the Sporkful. You want us to pull out of the deep freezer. We take requests. This one's

by request from John. If you want to hear one, send me an email or voice memo to hello at sporkful.com.

Thanks so much and enjoy.

This is the Sporkful.

It's not for foodies, it's for eaters.

I'm Dan Pashman, and we're coming to you from the 35th annual Taste of Chicago.

Thank you. That was really good.

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