There's a New Dog in Town
The Making of the Simonson Dog.
In February, I took a seat at the bar at PDT. I was there to try the new hot dog created by Bill Durney, the owner of Hometown Bar-B-Que and Red Hook Tavern. I was working on a story about fancy bar hot dogs and the Durney dog looked like a likely candidate for coverage.
PDT owner Jeff Bell soon posted up at the barstool beside m…