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Mary Kate Murray's avatar

I loved Hot Dog Week!!! Weeeeeeeeee! πŸŒ­πŸŒ­πŸŒ­πŸΈπŸΈπŸΈπŸ‘»πŸ‘»πŸ‘»

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Robert Simonson's avatar

It was a fun week!

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Susan Marquis's avatar

It’s been a fun week of dogs and wieners! Did I miss your preferred cocktail to accompany the Simonson dog?

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Benton's Old Fashioned, a PDT classic.

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Dale Degroff's avatar

Chang -... son- do

every dog has his day and this is your baby

Nice

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Thanks, Dale. I hope you get to try it.

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Erik Gullberg's avatar

finished my shift at Hearth tonight and strolled over to PDT to partake in the revels of Hot Dog Week - the way the meat sauce is almost sweet for just a brief moment before racing into smoky, salty and savory, amplified by the perfect dog and that Gulden’s… c’mon 🀀 delightful. thank you πŸ™πŸ»

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Thank you so much! You totally got it, especially the meat sauce.

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Mary Kate Murray's avatar

Hot Dog Week! What a great description!

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Leah Baumgartner's avatar

I loved everything about this piece - from all of the variations to your R&D process. And I want to sample every single one of the hot dogs. 🌭 What is more emblematic of summer??

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Indeed!

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Eric Simonson's avatar

We're going to feature it and celebrate it at DKAF (if we're allowed).

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Hot dog!

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Pat Handley's avatar

Well done! Congratulations, Chef! 🌭

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Haha. I'm a chef!

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Whitney Moeller's avatar

Very interesting to learn about the difference between chili and meat sauce. I would love to know more about meat sauce - perhaps you could write a post on the various regional variations (if you haven't already done so).

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Good idea!

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Eric Simonson's avatar

Congratulations! What an honor. I wan that dog!

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Robert Simonson's avatar

I hope you get to try it before it goes away!

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Mitch Kushinsky's avatar

I had the Simonson dog tonight at PDT. I'm not a big fan of dogs with meat sauce, but your dog was really well balanced and delicious. Full disclosure, my opinion may have been swayed by my Blanton's Old Fashioned or two, but probably not.

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Robert Simonson's avatar

If you took a picture, pls post it on Insta.

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Mitch Kushinsky's avatar

Aaaargh, sorry. I did not. My bad.

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Thank you for trying it!

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Dave & Adina Ewaldz's avatar

Sounds absolutely delicious! Adina and I may have to venture to NYC asap and try one! Was in Germany (Dusseldorf) the past week, and many great hot dogs were enjoyed- German style with the requisite horseradish mustard and freeze-dried onions.

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Mary Kate Murray's avatar

Wish I could be in Dussdorf!

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Kevin Nairne's avatar

That dog looks so appealing. I will we had one in my corner of the UK.

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