Dog n Suds

Dog n Suds

Type	Drive-In
Industry	Fast food
Founded	1952 in Champaign, Illinois
Founder(s)	James Griggs, Don Hamacher
Headquarters	Champaign, Illinois, USA
Number of locations	19
Area served	Midwestern United States
Products	Hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, root beer

Dog n Suds is a midwestern United States chain of root beer and hot dog drive-in style eateries with the once popular and now rare form of in-car "carhop" delivery service. The chain was created in Champaign, Illinois, by school teachers James Griggs and Don Hamacher. Licensing rights are now owned by TK&C's LLC of Lafayette, Indiana.^[1] They were very common throughout the 1950s and 1960s and at one time had about 850 restaurants. Griggs sold his interest in the business in the early 1970s. As of 2009, sixteen locations remain open.

Food

Dog n Suds serves many different food items, but mainly serves hot dogs. The "Dog" in Dog n Suds represents the Coney Island hot dog-style chili con carne over hot dog or chili dog served there, while the "Suds" represent its super-sweet original formula homemade root beer, which is served in frosted glass mugs and claimed to be "The World's Creamiest Root Beer." Dog'n'Suds root beer can also be found in some vending machines throughout the midwest.

Another favorite from the classic Dog N Suds menu is the Texas Burger. This burger is made using two burger patties, 1½ buns (One top, one middle, and one bottom), a slice of cheese on the top burger, lettuce and the Dog N Suds secret sauce on the middle bun, and Coney sauce on the bottom bun.

In the early days, representatives of Dog n Suds met with Coca Cola to bring Coke products to Dog n Suds, but an agreement could not be reached, so Dog n Suds created its own cola.^{[citation needed]}

Locations

As of 2010, there are eighteen Dog n Suds restaurants in the United States.^{[2] [3]} There is also a Dog n Suds in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada.

References

1. ^ "Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)". http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4001:efvj4n.3.9. Retrieved December 11 2010. 
2. ^ "Dog n Suds locations". Dog n Suds official website. http://drive-ins.dog-n-suds.com/plugins/dns_locations/dns_locations.php. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
3. ^ Hawk, Jason (2008-04-02). "Dog ‘n Suds owner doesn’t sell after all, keeps tradition going". The Chronicle-Telegram. http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/04/02/dog-n-suds-owner-doesn%E2%80%99t-sell-after-all-keeps-tradition-going/. Retrieved 2008-06-30. 

Further reading

• Carolyn Walkup "Dog n Suds operators gear for revival push - Company Profile". Nation's Restaurant News. July 17, 1995. FindArticles.com. Retrieved 26 Apr. 2007.
• Carolyn Walkup "Classic Dog n Suds Drive-In chain strives for a comeback - Company Profile". Nation's Restaurant News. Oct 19, 1998. FindArticles.com. Retrieved 26 April 2007.

External links

• List of all Dog n Suds locations
• Dog n Suds in Lafayette, Indiana
• Dog n Suds in Montague and Norton Shores, Michigan
• Dog n Suds TK&C's LLC, the owner of licensing rights.
• History of Dog n Suds, at TK&C's LLC.
• Dog n Suds In Loves Park.