Fluky's

Fluky's

Fluky's is a Chicago-area fast food restaurant known for hot dogs.

History

Fluky's began in Chicago in 1929 on Maxwell and Halsted Streets. Founded by Abe Drexler, this stand is widely acknowledged as the originator of the Chicago-style hot dog.cite news | first=Leah A. | last=Zeldes | coauthors= | title=New name, same good dogs at landmark stand | date=31-MAR-06 | publisher=goliath.ecnext.com | url =http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5390402/New-name-same-good-dogs.html | work =Daily Herald | pages = | accessdate = 2008-05-13 | language = When the Fluky's sign on Western Avenue came down in February, a lot of hot-dog lovers' hearts sank. This was the only freestanding location and the last city site of the venerable wiener purveyor that, most agree, originated the Chicago-style hot dog back in the Depression.] cite news | first=R.W. | last=Apple | coauthors= | title= A TASTE OF CHICAGO: Stand-Up Food in a City of Big Appetites | date=April 14, 2004 | publisher= | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/14/dining/14CHIC.html?ei=5007&en=007192277a7c5612&ex=1397275200&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=all&position= | work =New York Times | pages = | accessdate = 2008-05-13 | language = Fluky's, which claims to have invented the salad-laden dog on Maxwell Street in Depression-ridden 1929, when it sold for a nickel] Still owned by the Drexler family, Fluky's maintains a restaurant in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove and stands in some Wal-Mart stores.

The one-time chain had dwindled by the time the last city-of-Chicago Fluky's, 6821 N. Western Ave., changed its name to U Lucky Dawg on February 14, 2006; that site had been owned by a licensee for the previous eight years.cite news | first=Leah A. | last=Zeldes | coauthors= | title=New name, same good dogs at landmark stand | date=31-MAR-06 | publisher=goliath.ecnext.com | url =http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5390402/New-name-same-good-dogs.html | work =Daily Herald | pages = | accessdate = 2008-05-13 | language = ]

External links

* [http://www.flukys.com/ Official website of Fluky's]

References


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