Remembering Dog 'N Suds Back Then: Food Prices

We haven't been to the place yet this year, but usually we go on Thursdays when they have a special on Charcoburgers.  Last year the deal was two for $4.  We don't know what it is this year.  A few years back, it was two for $3.  Wash that down with one of thse great root beers, and you're in heaven.

Anyway, they had a menu with prices from the past.  Unfortunately, there was not a date on it.

But, here they are:

Charcoburger  60 cents

Coney Dog:  60 cents

Hot Dog:  30 cents

Texas Burger:  $1.15

Root Beer:  25 cents and 30 cents

French Fries:  35 cents

Onion Rings:  50 cents

Shakes and Malts:  55 cents

Pork Tenderloin:  70 cents.

Sure wish we still had these prices.  I almost can't afford to eat out these days.

Don't You Wish.   --CootBeer

Remember Dog 'N Suds

We are fortunate to have one of the seven or so remaining Dog 'N Suds restaurants  left in the United States right here in Ingleside, Illinois, just a short distance from the Grant Hall Museum where the Fox Lake/Grant Township Area Historical Society meets.

There are also two other Dog 'N Suds within twenty miles of us.  One is in Richmond and the other in Grayslake.  I am particularly fond of their root beer, of course, but also their Coney Dogs and Charburgers.

Plus, the gal comes out to your car to take your order and bring the food.  It's real retro.  And, for even more of a retro experience, you can go over to the McHenry Drive-In (about 15 miles away) and see movies under the stars.

We have a Miller's Dog 'N Suds display in the museum.

I looked at a menu from the past (unfortunately no date on it), but I sure would like to have those prices today.

Next Post.  --CootBeerandDog

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Champions

The event was broadcast live on ESPN at noon, July 4th and rebroadcast (when we watched it) at 2 PM on ESPN2.  Joey "Jaws" Chestnut of San Jose, California won his 8th championship in a row after proposing to his long-time girlfriend before he went into chowaction.

He ate 65 hot dogs and didn't break his record he set last year at 69.    In the women's group, Miki Sudo, of Las Vegas, ate 34.  Sadly, he wasn't up against seven-time winner Takeru Kobayashi who refused to sign an exclusive contract with MLE (Major League Eating, and is presently banned from its functions.

The winner gets the mustard yellow big belt.

Still, I'd rather Savor the Dogs.  --Cooter

Competitive Eating at Nathan's Last Friday: Competitive Eating's Biggest Weekend

From the July 4, 2014, Chicago Tribune "Warriors of mass digestion".

I have to admit that the headline was one clever one.  None of that "Weapons of Mass Destruction" for us.

And, this stuff has gotten very organized.  People vying to get into the record books for eating huge amounts of stuff have the organizations called Major League Eating and the International Federation of Competitive Eating to oversee them and make sure every things is on the down swallow.

These groups oversee some 80 professional contests every year, the most famous being the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog eating one held every July 4th in front of the place at Coney Island in New York City.

We watched it Friday at Antonio's in Spring Grove after the parade and almost got sick doing so.  Yuck!! and what a waste of good Nathan's hot dogs.  Plus, I am amazed that no one puked eating stuff like that.  I would prefer to savor mine if I ever get the chance to eat one at that historic place.  I have had some Nathan's Hot Dogs, but not there.

--Cooter